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Girls today are motivated and hardworking. In school, they
regularly outperform boys. But beneath the confident and strong
exteriors of many girls lies a brittle sense of self. Girls are
much more likely to experience anxiety and depression than boys,
and the gap is increasing. In Girls on the Edge, esteemed family
psychologist Leonard Sax identifies four key factors in the new
threat to girls' success and offers practical guidance on how to
safeguard your child from them. Sax provides parents with tips on
everything from figuring out how much time on Instagram is too
much, to choosing which sports to play, to finding female-centered
activities, like Girl Scouts, that provide good role models and
offer safe environments for self-exploration. As urgent as it is
inspiring, Girls on the Edge illuminates the way to ensure our
daughters grow up to be independent, confident women.
Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to
college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less
ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in
college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically.
While Emily is working hard at school and getting A's, her brother
Justin is goofing off. He's more concerned about getting to the
next level in his videogame than about finishing his homework. Now,
Dr. Leonard Sax delves into the scientific literature and draws on
more than twenty years of clinical experience to explain why boys
and young men are failing in school and disengaged at home. He
shows how social, cultural, and biological factors have created an
environment that is literally toxic to boys. He also presents
practical solutions, sharing strategies which educators have found
effective in re-engaging these boys at school, as well as handy
tips for parents about everything from homework, to videogames, to
medication.
In The Collapse of Parenting, internationally acclaimed author
Leonard Sax argues that rising levels of obesity, depression, and
anxiety among young people can be traced to parents abdicating
their authority. The result is children who have no standard of
right and wrong, who lack discipline, and who look to their peers
and the Internet for direction. Sax shows how parents must reassert
their authority-by limiting time with screens, by encouraging
better habits at the dinner table, and by teaching humility and
perspective-to help their children thrive in an increasingly
complicated world
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