If Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer were alive today, we’d say they had ADD or a conduct disorder. They [boys] are who they are, and we need to love them for who they are. Let’s not try to rewire them.
We expect him to take up a lot of space in his gangly experiments with life, and we teach him, through task, work, game, activity, and experience how… - Michael Gurian
We expect him to take up a lot of space in his gangly experiments with life, and we teach him, through task, work, game, activity, and experience how…
- Michael Gurian
If we want boys to succeed, we need to bring them back to education by making education relevant to them and bring in more service learning and vocat… - Michael Gurian
If we want boys to succeed, we need to bring them back to education by making education relevant to them and bring in more service learning and vocat…
Our contemporary society is experimenting with the diminishment of caregivers for children. Some children are raised through crucial stages of life b… - Michael Gurian
Our contemporary society is experimenting with the diminishment of caregivers for children. Some children are raised through crucial stages of life b…
Father's Day is hopefully a time when the culture says, 'this is our moment to look at who our men and boys are.' - Michael Gurian
Father's Day is hopefully a time when the culture says, 'this is our moment to look at who our men and boys are.'
Neuroligacally, human beings haven't caught up with today's overstimulating environment. Getting kids out in nature can make a difference. - Michael Gurian
Neuroligacally, human beings haven't caught up with today's overstimulating environment. Getting kids out in nature can make a difference.
The boy and the man must be raised to see the possibility of self worth, then meet a few others who provide the vision of a road toward it, then spen… - Michael Gurian
The boy and the man must be raised to see the possibility of self worth, then meet a few others who provide the vision of a road toward it, then spen…
Boys get unfairly labeled as morally defective, hyperactive, undisciplined, or 'problem children,' when quite often the problem is not with the boys … - Michael Gurian
Boys get unfairly labeled as morally defective, hyperactive, undisciplined, or 'problem children,' when quite often the problem is not with the boys …
Boys need to learn the value of spiritual solitude. For the soul to grow, it needs those moments of no-stimulation, of wakeful peace. Because we adul… - Michael Gurian
Boys need to learn the value of spiritual solitude. For the soul to grow, it needs those moments of no-stimulation, of wakeful peace. Because we adul…
Most teachers are not trained in how boys and girls learn differently. - Michael Gurian
Most teachers are not trained in how boys and girls learn differently.
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