Welcome to our Summer Newsletters.  Today we hope you to enjoy the wisdom of a friend of the Gurian Institute, and a very wise parenting expert, Jennifer Fink, who writes the Building Boys Bulletin on Substack – https://buildingboys.substack.com/.  Her original post is here:  https://buildingboys.substack.com/p/my-summer-success-equation. While we at GI continue to caution every parent about letting kids have inordinate screen time  (and Jennifer agrees), still, Jennifer’s comments on gaming and future …

There is still time!  Our Summer Institute is Virtual this weekend, June 21 – 22.  The Pre-Service workshops and bonus keynotes are already available to registrants.  Register now and you’ll get two and a half weeks, until July 6, to explore the content.  To learn more and register visit:  https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2025/. To bring groups of 5 of more, contact Dakota Hoyt at info@gurianinstitute.com.  To become a Certified Gurian Trainer at …

Our Summer Institute happens on Zoom next Weekend, June 21 – 22, but the Pre-Service workshops and bonus keynotes are available to registrants starting this Monday, June 16, 2024.  This gives you a week to get all of that knowledge before the start of the Training Weekend. To take advantage of the Pre-Service recordings and the whole Summer Training Institute, visit:  https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2025/.   You can register on the website all the way …

Our Virtual Summer Training Institute is later this month!   Rob Kodama and young women he has coached over the last decades will provide a unique workshop. To join this workshop, learn more about our Summer Training Institute, and to register, click here:  https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2025/. Because each keynote and workshop is recorded, registrants can watch the pre-service workshops before the event, and watch all keynote and workshop recordings after, as well.  For …

That boys are now more likely to own a smartphone than to live with their dad is striking. ********** The headline on The Guardian’s Opinion Page (a newspaper from England, the US Edition), says: Boys need mentors, not marketers. The opinion piece was written in response to, and in agreement with, former football (soccer) player and manager Sir Gareth Southgate, who raised the alarm on boys. Rather than turning to teachers, …

Sean Kullman, co-author with Michael Gurian of Boys, A Rescue Plan (2025) will be one of our keynoters at the Gurian Summer Training Institute. Registrants for our Summer Institute can join Sean, Michael, and our other presenters on June 21 – 22 on zoom and/or access the recordings for three weeks beyond the weekend. To learn more and to register for June’s program, please visit https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2025. To register groups of …