Quotes by Leonard Sax

About Leonard Sax:

Leonard Sax is an American psychologist and a practicing family physician. He is best known as the author of three books for parents: Boys Adrift, Girls on the Edge, and Why Gender Matters. According to his web site, he is currently employed as a physician at a healthcare facility in Chester County Pennsylvania, where he also resides.
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Defining yourself in terms of how you rank is always dangerous and ultimately immature. It doesn't matter whether the rank has to do with your grades, your weight or where you finished in the 800 meter race. Becoming a mature adult means, among other...

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The destructive effects of video games are not on boys' cognitive abilities or their reaction times, but on their motivation and their connectedness with the real world.

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If we fail to provide boys with pro-social models of the transition to adulthood, they may construct their own. In some cases, gang initiation rituals, street racing, and random violence may be the result.

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Quoting an experienced school counselor: "You can't change a bully into a flower child, but you can change him into a knight.

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Author Bio

  • NameLeonard Sax
  • DescriptionAmerican psychologist and physician
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPsychologist