Problem Children Quotes by Michael Gurian

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• We expect him to take up a lot of space in his gangly experiments with life, and we teach him, through task,…
• Our youth want less adult contact if that co ntacttreats them like boys. They want more adult contact that treats them like…
• Boys need to learn the value of spiritual solitude. For the soul to grow, it needs those moments of no-stimulation, of wakeful…
• The culture in which you parent, mentor, or educate boys exhorts them to be individualistic and group-oriented at once, but does not…
• As our lives speed up more and more, so do our children's. We forget and thus they forget that there is nothing…
• Jed Diamond is, quite simply, one of the wisest men writing today on the topic of male emotional and physical health.
• Boys get unfairly labeled as morally defective, hyperactive, undisciplined, or 'problem children,' when quite often the problem is not with the boys…
• If Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer were alive today, we’d say they had ADD or a conduct disorder. They [boys] are who…
• One of the great tragedies in human life is to be born a male and not be guided toward the value of…
• Teacher cannot solve or heal all student stress. The teacher can be vigilant in trying to guide the child toward solutions;but the…
• Neuroligacally, human beings haven't caught up with today's overstimulating environment. Getting kids out in nature can make a difference.
• The quickest way to create a boy or man who lacks compassion is to judge and shame his feelings.

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