If the Future is Female: Josh Horwatt on Helping Boys Keep Up
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Host Cory Greenberg unpacks a concept you don’t hear much about: if the future is female, what does that mean for our young boys? She talks to Josh Horwatt, a brilliant and funny educational therapist in the Los Angeles area, who’s been tackling this question both in his own home as well in his practice. They dive into the science a little bit - the truth is boys develop those executive functioning skills a year or so later than girls, but the expectations of focus, planning and organization are equally distributed. What do boys need within the education system that isn’t being addressed? What do you do when they come home and ask you, “What is the point of all this?” This is a lively conversation about raising boys today and helping them survive school.
Brought to you by Tutor Corps and Pacific Preparatory.
About our guest:
Josh is an educational therapist in Los Angeles. His company Beyond Bored works with kids who are bored and disconnected from education and he works with his team to rebuild wonder and interest in learning along with school success. Josh has 3 children ranging in age from 12 to 17 and loves going on adventures with them whenever possible. His last adventure was spending a week canoeing through the Canadian wilderness with his wife. Josh was a bit of wild child in his youth and had the help and support of amazing mentors and experiences throughout his life. He is fascinated and dedicated to finding ways to bring that sort of mentoring to boys in need of that kind of support.
Find him at:
Website: www.gobeyondbored.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshhorwatt/
Resources mentioned in the episode:
Unbreakable Boys: Group Training Program
The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys are Struggling and What We Can Do About It, Warren Farrell
Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons, Cara Natterson
Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do About It, Richard Reeves
“I Quit, I think,” John Taylor Gatto (originally published in the Wall Street Journal)
