1KHO 616: The Best Ways to Raise Resilient Children | Dr. Michael Gurian, The Wonder of Boys

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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What does it really take to raise strong, confident, and grounded kids in today’s digital world? In this deeply affirming and practical conversation, New York Times bestselling author and family therapist Michael Gurian joins Ginny Yurich to share timeless wisdom backed by neuroscience and 35 years of experience. Gurian explains why children—especially boys—are struggling more than ever, and how the breakdown of extended family and community support leaves them seeking belonging in the artificial world of screens and social media. He introduces his transformative “three family” model and reveals why real work, real play, and real mentorship are the foundation of resilience. This episode offers a blueprint for parents who want to raise children who can handle life’s challenges with strength and purpose. Learn how to rebuild community around your kids, why two hours of physical activity a day matters, how to use chores as “sacred work,” and why screen limits aren’t punishment—they’re protection. It’s an episode filled with compassion, clarity, and hope—reminding every parent that resilience grows best in the real world, surrounded by love, purpose, and connection. Get your copy of The Wonder of Boys here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	slash setup welcome to the 1000 hours outside podcast my name is Ginny Urich I'm the founder
0:33.4	of 1000 Hours Outside and I'm so excited for today's guest. I wrote this book. It's kind,
0:39.1	it's an older one. But I think it is incredible, Michael, that you can write these books.
0:43.5	And you never know. You never know when someone's good. It's like it lives on forever.
0:47.9	So I've got the 10th edition of this book called The Wonder of Boys. And you have, you have
0:52.9	got so many books. You've got books about the girls. You've got, you've got a new book. The newest book is called Boys, A Rescue Plan. And you've written, I mean, how many? 20 plus books, all sorts of languages. New York Times bestseller, Michael Gurion, welcome. Ah, thanks so much for having you today. Tell us the the background because you're really putting out so much incredible information for parents.
1:14.6	I think it's a tricky day and age, especially with technology, to raise children, boys or girls.
1:19.6	What's your background on helping families?
1:21.6	Yeah, so I'm a marriage and family therapist, so I have been for about 35 years. And I had my wife,
1:29.5	Gail, and I, two daughters, and then a couple grandkids now. I got very interested. So many
1:36.8	years back, you know, we're talking 30 plus years back, 35 years ago. I got very interested in
1:43.1	neuroscience to try to help people understand
1:45.7	how differently male and female brains operate. So in other words, how, you know, we come,
1:51.3	we come at things somewhat differently. And I was studying preschool systems and school systems,
1:57.7	and it was very clear, you know, we knew this back there in the late 80s, early 90s, that the school systems were it was very clear you know we knew this back there in the late 80s early 90s that
2:02.0	the school systems were having difficulties with boys and they the folks didn't understand i mean
2:08.2	educators were never trained in male and female brain so they they just kind of defaulted toward
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