How to Raise a Boy in 2019 | Michael C. Reichert, Ph.D.

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#236 - MICHAEL C. REICHERT, Ph.D., clinical practitioner and founding director of the Center for the Study of Boys' and Girls' Lives at the University of Pennsylvania shares transformational insights from his extensive studies and his book How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection to Raise Good Men (TarcherPerigee, April 2019). We discuss discipline and the single most important factor that shapes how a boy learns. This is a conversation every educator and parent will want to hear. Listen up. You may have first heard this episode in April 2019. It’s worth a re-visit!

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About Our Guest: Michael C. Reichert, Ph.D.

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Michael C. Reichert, Ph.D., is founding director of the Center for the Study of Boys' and Girls' Lives at the University of Pennsylvania, and a clinical practitioner specializing in boys and men who has conducted extensive research globally.

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I want you to think back to before you can even remember. Kidding. But, seriously, ever wonder how your mother's relationship with you as a baby influenced your life as an adult? And how about your relationship with your own kids - what effect are you having on their future relationships? Sabrina's future partner -- you're welcome. Ha!

In The Attachment Effect: Exploring the Powerful Ways Our Earliest Bond Shapes Our Relationships and Lives, Peter Lovenheim shares this quote from psychologist Theodore Waters: "There is a thread connecting life in your mother's arms and life in your lover's arms."

In our podcast discussion, Lovenheim talk about how our relationship with our primary caregiver in those first critical years of life can play out in all types of future relationships, romantic and platonic. He also shares:

  • The different attachment styles and their characteristics

  • The surprising benefits of each attachment style, including the anxious and avoidant styles

  • How temperament and environment come into play

  • How to heal your relationship style and become an "earned secure" as an adult

  • The history behind attachment theory

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