Why America’s sons are underachieving, and what we can do about any of it.

Something is going on to males today. From kindergarten to college, American kids are, typically, less resilient and much less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender distance in university attendance and graduation prices has widened dramatically. While Emily can be working hard at school and obtaining A’s, her sibling Justin is usually goofing off. He’s even more concerned about progressing to another level in his videogame than about completing his homework.

In Guys Adrift, Dr. Leonard Sax delves in to the technological literature and attracts on more than twenty years of clinical experience to explain why guys and young men are failing in school and disengaged in the home. He displays how social, ethnic, and biological factors have created an environment that is actually toxic to children. He also presents practical solutions, posting strategies which teachers have found effective in re-engaging these guys at school, aswell as handy tricks for parents about from research, to videogames, to medicine.