To our Wonder of Parenting podcast, a mom wrote two questions that we are asked a great deal.  “Are some kids just more resilient than others?  I have three children, two girls and one boy.  I think I’m doing all the right things to make sure they are resilient but how can I be sure?” A dad wrote about his daughter and son, four and five.  “We’ve noticed our daughter …

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, our Story of a Man blog is Michael Gurian’s poem, “What I’ve Learned About Marriage.”  It is a mind expanding poem in a number of ways, and benefits from multiple readings.  We hope you enjoy it. Don’t forget to register for our Virtual Summer Training Institute in June.  Early Bird registration is in full swing.  Bring teams with you if you can to this exciting …

Almost every day we get questions about healthy screen time for kids, especially in the pandemic and post-pandemic context.   Our children are going to be on screens, especially as they get older, but how much, when, why, and what limits are best? Dr. Meghan Owenz is the author of the book Spoiled Right: Delaying Screens and Giving Children What They Really Need.  A professor at Penn State University, Dr. Owenz …

What parent does not have regrets?  We all do, and if we give our memories free reign as we lay in bed at night, regret might overwhelm us for long moments before sleep.   But what if our mistakes are not as mistaken as we thought, especially if we make them striving to build resilience in our children? In “Both Our Beauty and Our Awkwardness We Bring,” from his Story of …

Multiple times per week I receive a phone call, email, or social media post about children’s mental health.  A teacher wrote, “I’m having trouble focusing on learning because of the behavioral issues the kids are bringing to our classrooms after more than a year without proper socialization.”  Another:  “They haven’t socialized, so they don’t know good boundaries, and I’m seeing a high increase in depression and anxiety.” A mom called …

The Gurian Institute (GI) is proud to be expanding its Head Start Pilot programs in Phoenix, AZ.  The two year GI Pilot at Cartwright Early Childhood Center is completing this year (more on its results in a moment) and new Pilots at Arizona State University Early Childhood School, Byron Barry Early Childhood School, and Booker T. Washington Early Childhood School are underway. The Pilots are a collaboration between the Gurian …

Today’s blog post is a guest column from a longtime friend of the Gurian Institute, Paul Cumbo.  Paul is a teacher at Canisius High School in Buffalo, N.Y., author of Wilderness Therapy and other books, and Co-Founder of the Camino Institute.  “Sure,” Paul writes, “your kids will probably use social media sooner or later, but we should do everything we can to make it later. Meanwhile, parents and educators …