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The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them like Grown-Ups - Paperback | Diverse Reads

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In this New York Times bestseller, one of America's premier child psychologists offers a must-read account of the dismal state of parenting today, and a vision for how we can better prepare our children for the challenges of the adult world

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 renew their relationships with their children. Drawing on nearly thirty years of experience as a family physician and psychologist, along with hundreds of interviews with children, parents, and teachers, Sax offers a blueprint parents can use to help their children thrive in an increasingly complicated world.

ISBN-13: 9780465094288

Media Type: Paperback(First Trade Paper Edition)

Publisher: Basic Books

Publication Date: 05-09-2017

Pages: 304

Product Dimensions: 5.30(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. 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

Part 1 Problems

Introduction: Parents Adrift 3

1 The Culture of Disrespect 11

2 Why Are So Many Kids Overweight? 33

3 Why Are So Many Kids on Medication? 49

4 Why Are American Students Falling Behind? 75

5 Why Are So Many Kids So Fragile? 93

Part 2 Solutions

6 What Matters? 117

7 Misconceptions 139

8 The First Thing: Teach Humility 159

9 The Second Thing: Enjoy 173

10 The Third Thing: The Meaning of Life 187

Conclusion 201

Acknowledgments 207

Notes 211

Credits and Permissions 265

Index 267

About the Author 289