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Boys adrift, girls on the edge, and why gender matters. The five factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men paperback june 28, 2016. According to his web site, he is currently employed as a physician at a healthcare facility in chester county pennsylvania, where he also resides. This summary of the ideas from leonard saxs book boys adrift examines the five factors that are critical for the development of underachieving boys.
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Leonard sax reveals the truth about whats driving the decline of american boys and what parents can do about it. Leonard sax md phd is a practicing family physician and the author of four books for parents, including boys adrift, girls on the edge, the collapse of parenting, and why gender matters. Leonard sax books list of books by author leonard sax. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Boys adrift is about the changes in society that have made it increasingly common for men in their late twenties and earlier thirties to still be living.
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