Our Gurian Summer Training Institute will take place virtually on June 27 – 28. This will be our 28th Summer Training Institute on how boys and girls learn and grow differently, and the theory and strategies that allow for each child’s potential to be realized in classrooms and beyond. We do this event virtually so that schools and organizations can participate in small cohorts and large groups, including full …

The What Boys Need As Males Conference was last weekend. Thank you all for making it such a big success! This was, and still is, truly a global conversation. We have had more than 2,000 people worldwide register for the Conference. Countless more will watch the sessions on You Tube. Our deep thanks to all of our speakers who delivered powerful content and thus have helped us move the …

In two recent conferences on boys’ mental health, political confusion around “gender,” “masculinity,” and “social construction” took up a lot of time. At one conference, talking about the male brain was considered “boring” despite that the male brain is where male mental health resides. At another conference a speaker told the group that using the word “male” was ineffective in politics and media because advocates for women and trans …

The What Boys Need As Males Conference is this weekend on Zoom! You can learn more and register here: https://helpingboysthrive.org/what-boys-need-as-males-conference/. The Conference is free, but to participate, you need to register. We have more than two dozen great speakers at the conference with some of their sessions and interview pre-recorded. This includes speakers from all over the world who will help you help the boys in your family, school, …

We are honored to have renowned speakers from outside the United States keynoting our What Boys Need as Males Conference: Maggie Dent (Australia), Robert Samery (Canada), Neil Bierbaum (South Africa) Ola Akinwe (Nigeria), Kenny Mammarella-D’Cruz (Uganda/England), and Dr. John Barry (England). The Conference is free, but you need to register to participate. Please go to https://helpingboysthrive.org/what-boys-need-as-males-conference/ to learn more about the conference and to register. Now here is an article …

We are excited to announce that Dr. Michael Thompson, New York Times bestselling author of It’s a Boy! and co-author of Raising Cain, will speak at the What Boys Need As Males Conference in January. Today’s newsletter features his topic and biography. The Conference is free but you need to register to participate. Registration is easy. Please go to https://helpingboysthrive.org/what-boys-need-as-males-conference/. On that site you can learn more about the …

We are excited to announce that staff and students from Army and Navy Academy, a premier boys school in Carlsbad, CA,  will speak at the What Boys Need As Males Conference in January. Today’s newsletter features their topics and their speaker/student biographies. The Conference is free but you need to register to participate. Registration is easy. Please go to https://helpingboysthrive.org/what-boys-need-as-males-conference/. On that site you can learn more about the conference and …

We are excited to announce that Dr. Warren Farrell, author of The Boy Crisis and Director of the Coalition to Create A White House Council on Boys and Men, will keynote at the What Boys Need As Males Conference in January. Today’s newsletter features his topic and biography. The Conference is free but you need to register to participate. Registration is easy. Please go to https://helpingboysthrive.org/what-boys-need-as-males-conference/. On that site you can learn more …

We are excited to announce that Dr. Jed Diamond will keynote at the What Boys Need As Males Conference in January. Dr. Diamond has been in the Men’s Health field for more than fifty years. Today’s newsletter features his topic and biography. The Conference is free but you need to register to participate. Registration is easy. Please go to https://helpingboysthrive.org/what-boys-need-as-males-conference/. On that site you can learn more about the conference …