As I was writing Saving Our Sons (February 2017) and just recently, as I am completing The Minds of Girls (January 2018), I’ve been receiving more and more emails about a topic I bring up wherever I travel: environmental neurotoxins. These neurotoxins affect children’s physical and mental health at cellular levels but we can’t see them—they are hidden neuro-stressors and can be very dangerous. At a speaking engagement in the Midwest I shared a …
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October 3, 2017
Is Children’s Mental Health a School Issue or a Parent Issue? We’ve been alerting our readers to issues in suicide prevention this last few weeks, and I want to follow up with a plea for community partnership on the issue of children’s mental health. The newest national estimate for mental health medication-use among children sits between 1 in 4 and 1 in 5. It is likely, though, that more children …
September 26, 2017
As we honor the passing of the 16th anniversary of one of the deadliest days in the history of the United States of America, we remember the helpers. Those who gave and sacrificed their lives, their time, and their families to aid in the rescue and recovery of others. We are eternally grateful. In tandem, we honor this week of suicide prevention week as we connect the work of The …
September 12, 2017
It doesn’t matter where I am working–from Houston to Nashville, San Antonio to Bel-Air, Bloomfield Hills to Chandler–everyone is wondering the same things. “How do I get my kids off their devices?” “Why would she say something like that online?” “Why is she posting 34 duck faced selfies?” “Why does he act so poorly after playing his video games?” Twelve years ago, when smartphones rolled out, I set out to …
August 23, 2017
Michael Gurian’s new book, The Minds of Girls: A New Path for Raising Healthy, Resilient, And Successful Women, is now published! We hope you will get it for your family and school. Find it at brick and mortar stores and online at amazon.com and other vendors. We are very proud to be the first to announce the book’s publication! “The Minds of Girls is a very important book. In …
January 8, 2018
A blog by Michael Gurian, August 16, 2017 On the day Google software engineer James Damore was fired for writing a Memo about Google’s diversity programs that went viral, my daughter Davita, 24, shot me a quick text: “Dad, I can’t believe they fired the guy. That was the wrong move.” We met the next day and talked at length. The conversation was a wonderful blend of perspectives from a young millennial woman and a baby boomer man. Our …
August 15, 2017
A revolution may be underway on behalf of boys, not just in the U.S. but also abroad. Our own Katey McPherson just returned from Singapore, where she presented and taught at the Maris Stella K-12 school for boys. Not just in the U.S., but throughout the world, issues facing our sons are beginning to be recognized. An example: the latest educational research known as the PISA study (Programme for International …
July 20, 2017
Gurian Institute Executive Director Katey McPherson talks with Heather Chauvin about screen time in the summer. As we move through summer, technology and healthy boundaries are on every parent’s mind as we try to balance free play and tech use. Listen in on some tips and strategies to save your sanity and connection with your children. Katey McPherson — How To Set Boundaries With Technology {“type”:”audio”,”tracklist”:true,”tracknumbers”:true,”images”:true,”artists”:true,”tracks”:[{“src”:”https://gurianinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/katey_mcpherson_-_how_to_set_boundaries_with_technology_327706124_soundcloud.mp3″,”type”:”audio/mpeg”,”title”:”Katey McPherson — How To …
July 7, 2017
My daughter, Davita, 24, is an avid and accomplished rock climber. She and her boyfriend, Ben, go on two to three month climbing trips around the country every year. They “send” their routes and “redpoint” their projects and otherwise master boulders and cliff-faces as much as a human being can. Davita’s calling—and her older sister, Gabrielle’s interest in climbing a few years earlier in the family chronology–has recently spilled over …
June 14, 2017
Answer: They are both games and potential maturation tools because they already deal with themes of character development and manhood. Every video game–even ones that we might find despicable, like Grand Theft Auto–can become assets in a boy’s moral development, especially if we discuss the games with the boys. Here’s a quote from General George Patton that dads who play war games with sons can use to mentor their sons. “Despite the …
June 7, 2017
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