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Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men - Paperback | Diverse Reads

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Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it.

Something 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.
In Boys Adrift, 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.

ISBN-13: 9780465040827

Media Type: Paperback(Second Edition)

Publisher: Basic Books

Publication Date: 06-28-2016

Pages: 352

Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D., is a board-certified family physician, psychologist, and author of Why Gender Matters, Boys Adrift, and The Collapse of Parenting. As the founder and executive director of the National Association for Single Sex Public Education (NASSPE), Sax has spoken on child development in over a dozen countries and has appeared across major broadcast radio and television, including programs on CBS, CNN, Fox, CBC, BBC, and PBS. Sax lives with his family in in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

A Word of Caution ix

Chapter 1 The Riddle 1

Chapter 2 The First Factor: Changes at School 17

Chapter 3 The Second Factor: Video Games 71

Chapter 4 The Third Factor: Medications for ADHD 103

Chapter 5 The Fourth Factor: Endocrine Disruptors 127

Chapter 6 End Result: Failure to Launch 151

Chapter 7 The Fifth Factor: The Revenge of the Forsaken Gods 201

Chapter 8 Detox 227

Acknowledgments 275

Notes 279

Index 333