Boys Adrift The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men

Name: Boys Adrift The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
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ISBN: 9780465072101

ISBN-10: 0465072100

ISBN-13: 9780465072101

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Authors: Leonard Sax

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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…

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List price: $16.00
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Publication date: 1/6/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

LEONARD SAX, M.D., Ph.D., is a physician and a psychologist and the founder of the National Association for Single-Sex Public Education. His scholarly work has been published in a wide variety of prestigious journals includingAmerican Psychologist,Behavioral Neuroscience,Journal of the American Medical Association,Journal of the American College of Nutrition,Journal of Family Practice,Annals of Family Medicine,Journal of Sex Research,and others. He has been a featured guest on CNN, PBS, Fox News, Voice of America, NPR’sTalk of the Nation,and many other news programs, discussing the importance of sex differences in how children learn.




The Riddle



The First Factor: Changes at School



The Second Factor: Video Games



The Third Factor: Medications for ADHD



The Fourth Factor: Endocrine Disruptors



End Result: Failure to Launch



The Fifth Factor: The Revenge of the Forsaken Gods



Detox


Afterword to the Paperback Edition


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index