• Colin Gleason on Listening to Our Boys

  • Jan 30 2025
  • Length: 50 mins
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Colin Gleason on Listening to Our Boys

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  • It’s true: we talk too much. And we know that just one more brilliant lecture from us will not solve our boys’ every problem—but we can’t seem to help ourselves.

    This week on HeightsCast, lower school head Colin Gleason takes an intentional look at how we as parents and educators engage our boys, and how we might do better. The conversation reminds us that parenting is relational, not a delivery system, and that ultimately we want to keep the lines of communication open.

    Chapters:

    2:30 Talk less, engage more

    8:31 Over-supervision leads to acting, not being

    15:11 Strategies for listening

    17:23 Recon: trying to draw something out

    21:12 Showing unanxious interest

    25:38 Response: when they come to you

    28:13 Keep them coming to you

    31:01 Let the emotions breathe

    37:32 Disrespect and complaints

    43:38 The impact of listening

    Featured opportunities:

    Parents’ Conference: Freedom and Addiction at The Heights School (April 12, 2025) link coming soon

    Teaching Men’s Conference at The Heights School (October 2025) link coming soon

    Also on the Forum:

    On Emotional Presence and Imperfect Parenting featuring Alvaro de Vicente

    Seeing Our Boys with Loving Eyes: Not Projects but Persons featuring Tom Royals

    Building a Relationship of Trust with Your Son featuring Alvaro de Vicente
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