Taste, Formation, and the Perpetual Adolescent w/ Joshua Gibbs

Jason Craig sits down with Joshua Gibbs, a classical literature teacher of 19 years, author, and director of the Classical Teaching Institute at the Ambrose School to talk about what it actually takes to form young men and women. Drawing from his book A Parlay with Youth and his essay "Overgrown Adolescence," Gibbs offers hard-won wisdom on taste, discipline, coeducation, and what perpetual adolescence is costing the rising generation.What We Cover:Why the sophomore year is the critical window for forming young men, and what happens if they miss itHow consuming bad things dulls the mind, and what it looks like when a student finally wakes upThe case for sex-segregated education and why coed classrooms make boys harder to form and disciplineWhat the rise of the "18-to-34" demographic reveals about arrested development and perpetual adolescenceWhy over-praising children is more likely to stunt their growth than almost anything else a parent can doChapters:00:00: Introduction01:33: Gibbs' background and the making of A Parlay with Youth09:35: How bad consumption creates dullness12:23: The sophomore year awakening17:28: The age of accountability and middle school19:55: A second crack at life at age 26–2726:53: The first rule: adults must genuinely like youth34:24: The case for sex-segregated education49:51: The rise of the 18-to-34 demographic58:48: What perpetual adolescents are missing01:12:31: Closing advice for fathers: on over-praiseResources Mentioned:A Parlay with Youth by Joshua GibbsSomething They Will Not Forget by Joshua GibbsLove What Lasts by Joshua GibbsIn the Trenches podcastGibbs ClassicalDivini Illius Magistri by Pope Pius XIJOIN 2500+ MEN READING SERIOUS, YET ACCESSIBLE ESSAYS ON VIRTUE, CULTURE, AND LIVING WELL: https://fraternus.org/sword-and-spade/Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios