Michael Gurian Quotes & Sayings

“Father's Day is hopefully a time when the culture says, 'This is our moment to look at who our men and boys are.'”

“A mother's job... is very much to hold back the coming of manhood.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“All over the world when you test men and women for facial cue recognition, women test... better. It's a negotiation tool.”

“I don't think anyone disagrees that male and female brains work differently.”

“Making fun of guys to get them to perform and prove themselves, that's always going to exist. But we have to equally celebrate them and empower them.”

“There is no single way to educate.”