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 More Quotes by Michael Gurian More Quotes From Michael Gurian If we create a generation of men who aren't getting an education, that's bad for women. Michael Gurian generations ifs men A lot of women will be sort of 'competitive like a guy' in the workplace, but then when they go home, they realize that's not fully authentic for them. They would like to have a more expansive or more authentic relationship in the workplace around competition. Michael Gurian competition guy home Without fathers you would have no civilization. Michael Gurian civilization father The culture in which you parent, mentor, or educate boys exhorts them to be individualistic and group-oriented at once, but does not give them a tribal structure in which to accomplish both in balance. It used to be that the tribe formed a boy's character while the peer group existed primarily to test and befriend that character. Nowadays, boys' characters are often formed in the peer group. Mentors and intimate role models rarely exist to show the growing boy in any long-term and consistent way how both to serve a group and flourish as an independent self. Michael Gurian independent character boys 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. Michael Gurian attachment two children All over the world when you test men and women for facial cue recognition, women test... better. Its a negotiation tool. Michael Gurian tools men world 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 Michael Gurian tired men boys There is a great suspicion of saying that anyone, especially a child, is 'the product of destiny,' or 'formed by fate,' or 'predestined for a certain life.' I am suspicious, too, of efforts to cage children or adults in preconceived ideas of who they are or should be. Michael Gurian i-am great life children I don't think anyone disagrees that male and female brains work differently. Michael Gurian brains differently think work
