Dr. Reichert on the Transformational Power of Connection on Boys’ Learning
National Association of Independent Schools Webinar: Reaching Boys Through the Magic of Relational Learning
Pathways to Restorative Communities: “Why Building Relationships is Essential for Helping Boys Thrive in School”
“In his research, Reichert learned that when relationships with their teachers were strong, boys stayed engaged. But when they fractured, boys often disengaged—sometimes permanently.” Read more here!
Dr. Reichert on WBUR/NPR’s On Point: How to keep boys from ‘falling behind’
Dr. Reichert developed and leads an emotional literacy program for 16-19 year olds at a boys’ school outside Philadelphia. The program occupies a central place in the school’s social and emotional curriculum and exemplifies what schools can do to address the loneliness epidemic among young men.
Teenage boys are experiencing increasing rates of loneliness and suicidal thoughts — which is having a direct impact on their achievement in school.
How can schools address that?
It's the final part in On Point’s special series “Falling Behind: The Miseducation of America’s Boys.” Listen here!
Education Week: Why are boys underperforming in school?
“Boys tend to do a good job of keeping their emotions in check, masking their vulnerability, and failing to ask for help when they need it—a nod to cultural norms learned early in childhood, experts say. (Think: Boys don’t cry.) But these stereotypical gender norms can keep boys and their teachers from building strong relationships, which research shows is critical to helping boys thrive in school.”
The Independent: The best way to help women? End the male loneliness epidemic.
Journalist Helen Coffey deploys both the 2023 Equimundo study and a brief interview with Dr. Reichert as she concludes that the “best way to help women, then, may be to finally start helping boys – by scrapping outdated and damaging notions of what it is to be a man and encouraging them to be emotionally open and foster deeper relationships.” Read the whole article at The Independent!
Filipino actress Kylie Padilla discusses using How to Raise a Boy to combat ‘toxic masculinity’ while raising her young sons
The Filipino celebrity posted on Instagram about her experience with Dr. Reichert’s book, writing that the book “made [her] reflect on [her] own style of parenting and strangely see from new eyes how and why the other men in [her] life became the way that they are.”
