Boys Adrift
by Leonard Sax
Sax's five factors behind unmotivated boys: schooling, video games, ADHD medication, endocrine disruptors, loss of male role models. Provocative; some claims are contested, the questions are real.
Read it if…
you are raising a boy who has checked out and want to think about why.
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Skip it if…
you want consensus science only.
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Three things you will actually use
- Motivation has causes.
- Screens compete with effort.
- Boys need men to model.
Do this first
Read the chapter on video games and set one boundary.
Our verdict
Unmotivated boys, examined.
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