The quickest way to create a boy or man who lacks compassion is to judge and shame his feelings.
Michael GurianIf 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.
Michael GurianAll over the world when you test men and women for facial cue recognition, women test... better. Its a negotiation tool.
Michael GurianMaking 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.
Michael GurianAs Carl Jung once said, 'When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.' When our boys become adults, we become their inner situation. We become inner voices they often hear in their work, relationships and spiritual practice.
Michael GurianThe human community and individual people are more likely to hurt or undernourish children they think of as 'bodies' to be used. Cultures and people are more likely to raise children to be mere economic interns rather than fully developed humans if they see children as 'bodies' to be forced into certain economic and social molds.
Michael Gurian