Helping Boys THRIVE Summit™

Coming in Spring 2020

Washington, D.C., Virtual Summit, Sponsored by The Boys Initiative

In most of the world, girls and women are doing better than boys and men in both physical and mental health indicators…In most parts of the world, health outcomes among boys and men continue to be substantially worse than among girls and women. Yet this gender-based disparity in health has received little national, regional, or global acknowledgement or attention from health policy-makers or healthcare providers.

– 2015 World Health Organization

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The Helping Boys Thrive Summit™  is committed to working with parents, educators, church and community leaders, and all called to the noble task of raising boys. Using brain-science research and best practices, the Summit offers practical insights and applications for helping boys thrive in the 21st century.

Children are our destiny, whether we ourselves give birth to them or not. If we are not working to improve the lives of children, we are living half a life. When we devote ourselves to children, we become whole.
Dr. Michael Gurian

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Did you know...

  • 70%-90% of all boys will leave the Christian church and most won’t come back.
  • 70% of all D’s and F’s go to boys, but only 40 % of the A’s.
  • Boys have fallen behind girls from preschool through graduate school.
  • Boys are four times as likely to be suspended or expelled from early childhood and K-12 environments than girls.
  • 85% of stimulant medications (like Ritalin) prescribed to U.S. boys.
  • Over the last 20+ years, the reading skills of the average 17-year-old boy have declined.
  • Boys are farther behind girls in reading than girls are behind boys in science and math.
  • Boys are twice as likely as girls to be diagnosed with a behavioral or learning disorder.

General Session Topics Include:

What Are Boys Thinking? (Inside the Mind of Boys)

A brain-science deep dive into how boys think, react, and view life, with practical insights for use in the classroom and at home.

Shaping the Faith of Boys:

Practical insights for forging faith in boys at home, in Christian schools, and in the Church.

Shaping the Spirit of Boys

A look at the many challenges boys face in the 21st Century and how we can raise them to be honorable, purpose-filled men.

Questions The Summit Can Answer

  • How can we set up the 0-5 year old boy’s brain to thrive?
  • What do boys need and how are boys needed in the world?
  • Why are boys falling so far behind in education and life?
  • What do boys need from mom, dad, and grandparents as they grow?
  • How do we create a compelling vision for boys?
  • How does the design of a boy’s brain impact the way we raise boys?
  • How can we create a boy-savvy environment in our schools and faith communities?
  • How can we best protect the emotional lives of our boys and young men?
Our boys face unprecedented challenges in the 21st century. Now's the time to roll up our sleeves and change the storyline of their lives, calling them into good, noble manhood.
Pastor Tim Wright
About the

SPEAKERS

Dr. MICHAEL GURIAN

Michael Gurian is a marriage and family counselor and the New York Times bestselling author of 28 books including his new book: Saving Our Sons: A New Path for Raising Healthy and Resilient Boys; The Wonder of Boys; The Minds of Boys; and Boys and Girls Learn Differently. He is co-founder of The Gurian Institute and a pioneer in the fields of family development and education. His work brings brain-science into homes, schools, churches, corporations, and public policy. Appearing on Today, Good Morning America, Fox News, NPR, the 700 Club, Focus on the Family, and in the New York Times, USA Today, Time, and Newsweek, Michael is credited with sparking the modern boys movement. Michael does a weekly podcast with Tim Wright: “The Wonder of Parenting: A Brain Science Approach to Parenting”.

TIM WRIGHT

Tim Wright is the Founding and Sr. Pastor of Community of Grace Lutheran Church in Peoria (Phoenix), AZ (ELCA). He co-hosts, along with Michael Gurian, the weekly international podcast The Wonder of Parenting: A Brain Science Approach to Parenting. He has written several books including Searching for Tom Sawyer: How Parents and Congregations Can Stop the Exodus of Boys from Church, and his two newest ebooks: Raising Sons in a #MeToo World and Raising Daughters in a #MeToo World. He has co-created with Michael several rites of passage programs for secular and faith-based families. (Tim is a graduate of Minnehaha Academy.)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Parents, Grandparents, Educators, Foster Care Givers, Pastors, Youth Leaders, Sunday School Teachers, Therapists, Non-Profit Organizations, and anyone who works with or who is engaged in raising boys

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Every registrant will receive a free copy of Tim Wright’s Book

(A certificate of hours will be given at the end of the Summit.)

For more information on the Summit email Tim@helpingboysthrive.org

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