Michael Gurian Quotations

Our youth want less adult contact if that co ntacttreats them like boys. They want more adult contact that treats them like young men. Tired as they are of the former, they are hungry for the latter

All over the world when you test men and women for facial cue recognition, women test... better. Its a negotiation tool.

Most teachers are not trained in how boys and girls learn differently.

Soul development depends on attachment and bonding. Every brain and body is genetically wired to develop itself, but the full soul development of brain and body depends on each child receiving the care of between two and five completely bonded caregivers.

Jed Diamond is, quite simply, one of the wisest men writing today on the topic of male emotional and physical health.

Teacher cannot solve or heal all student stress. The teacher can be vigilant in trying to guide the child toward solutions;but the teacher's job in relation to this stress is ultimately to help the child learn to manage his or her own stress wisely. In accomplishing this, the teacher mentors higher academic learning by removing distracting stress, and teaches valuable life-survival skills.

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 vocational education.

If we create a generation of men who aren't getting an education, that's bad for women.

Neuroligacally, human beings haven't caught up with today's overstimulating environment. Getting kids out in nature can make a difference.

Boys get unfairly labeled as morally defective, hyperactive, undisciplined, or 'problem children,' when quite often the problem is not with the boys but with the families, extended families, or social environments, which do not understand their specific needs as human beings and as boys