The title of this blog post is determinedly incendiary, implying that we parents, teachers, and citizens might not have the power to do something elemental: protect our children. Do we have the power? Do we collectively and individually assert the power to change what is happening with our girls? I ask because people come up to me at conferences or write in emails some version of: “I want to curtail …
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September 13, 2019
Buy now! on Amazon (Michael Gurian) convincingly illustrates…the peculiar pain and potential loneliness of being a boy in America today. —Time Magazine The Gurian Institute is proud to announce the publication of The Stone Boys by Michael Gurian, New York Times bestselling author of The Wonder of Boys. We hope you will use it in your classrooms and homes as a way of engaging both boys and girls in …
September 26, 2019
This month, mass shootings took dozens of lives in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas. Last month, months before, last year, and for more than two decades, American mass shootings–perpetrated by, mainly, young to middle life males–have shocked us. Everyone has a theory as to why these go on. Politicians weigh in constantly, giving different viewpoints. Mental health professionals like myself have weighed in, especially since the late 1990s when …
August 15, 2019
Our colleague, Dr. Jed Diamond, wrote a powerful blog post recently that begins: “It’s good we recognize that not all humans are either XX or XY, but we shouldn’t forget that the exceptions are few. According to the World Health Organization, humans are born with 46 chromosomes in 23 pairs. The X and Y chromosomes determine a person’s sex. Most women are 46XX and most men are 46XY. “Research suggests …
August 22, 2019
Early bird registration is open for our January 2020 Winter Training Institute! We will all be together at Lovett Middle School, a Gurian Model School, in Atlanta, Georgia for learning, networking and lots of fun, too. A fully tech-modern facility, Lovett also has beautiful grounds on which to relax and process, and it is only about a half hour away from the Atlanta airport. Our deep thanks to Principal Debbie …
September 6, 2019
Our Winter Training Institute will be held at Lovett Middle School on January 24-26, 2020, with the extra Monday morning session for Trainer Certification on January 27, 2020. Lovett Middle School, a Gurian Model School, provides not only a lovely setting for the conference, but also an institutional passion for educating children successfully–both in academics and social-emotional growth. We hope you’ll join us in Atlanta for this powerful weekend. Eva …
September 1, 2019
Gaming is popular, but do we use it to teach maturity? If not, why not? Should boys just be gaming without adult input? To me, videogames are not just games but potential maturation tools because they already deal with themes of character development and manhood at their core. Every videogame—even ones that we might find despicable, like Grand Theft Auto—can become assets in a boy’s moral development, but we MUST discuss the games …
August 7, 2019
We are very proud of our partnership with Dr. Gregory Jantz, Founder of The Center, A Place of Hope, as well as our partnership with the Center itself, located in Edmonds, WA, a suburb of Seattle. Dr. Jantz and his wife, Lafon, founded the Center more than 30 years ago to be a premier facility for mental health treatment. The Center delivers. If you go to www.aplaceofhope.com, you’ll see testimonials …
August 2, 2019
Just under a decade ago, I met Fr. William Watson, the founder of the Sacred Story Institute in Seattle, WA. When we met to discuss our mutual work, we realized that we had actually known one another, at least in passing, decades before when we were both at Gonzaga University in Spokane, he as a professor and administrator, and me as an instructor. We also realized our mutual commitment to …
July 26, 2019
We are proud to announce that we will be holding a Winter Training Institute in the Southeast again. YOU made this happen! For the last two years we’ve received phone calls, emails, and personal requests from many of you that we provide a Winter Training Institute like the one we provided in Tampa, Florida for four years, and like our Summer Institute in June in California. Thank you for …
July 17, 2019
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