The Collapse of Parenting, Leonard Sax
The Collapse of Parenting, Leonard Sax
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The Collapse of Parenting
How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups

Author: Leonard Sax

Narrator: Leonard Sax

Unabridged: 10 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 10/01/2024


Synopsis

In this New York Times bestseller, one of America’s premier physicians offers a must-read account of the new challenges facing parents today and a program for how we can better prepare our children to navigate the obstacles they face 

In The Collapse of Parenting, internationally acclaimed author Leonard Sax argues that rising levels of obesity, depression, and anxiety among young people can be traced to parents abdicating their authority. The result is children who have no standard of right and wrong, who lack discipline, and who look to their peers and the Internet for direction. Sax shows how parents must reassert their authority - by limiting time with screens, by encouraging better habits at the dinner table, and by teaching humility and perspective - to renew their relationships with their children. Drawing on nearly thirty years of experience as a family physician and psychologist, along with hundreds of interviews with children, parents, and teachers, Sax offers a blueprint parents can use to help their children thrive in an increasingly complicated world.

About Leonard Sax

Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D., is a practicing family physician, a PhD psychologist, and a speaker for community groups, schools, and professional organizations. His scholarly work has been published in a wide variety of journals including American Psychologist, Annals of Family Medicine, Behavioral Neuroscience, Environmental Health Perspectives, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has been a featured guest on CNN, PBS, The TODAY Show, Fox News, NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” and many other national programs. He lives with his wife and daughter in suburban Philadelphia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by K on January 23, 2016

It's always a tough call for me to give a book five stars. I'm afraid of overselling something and then disappointing people (although my critical reviews appear to offend more people than my hyperbolic ones). I was also reluctant because the beginning of this book felt like hackneyed, well-trod gro......more

Goodreads review by Tammy on February 12, 2016

I typically don't write reviews about my books because I feel they are very personal, so, I let everyone form their own opinions. However this one took me a bit off guard. I believe the authors point of view deserves questioning. I identified with some interviews that I read from the author. I decid......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on April 11, 2016

Wait wait wait...Dr. Leonard Sax, could that possibly be a pseudonym? Are you sure you're not...my dad? Seriously though, Sax's parenting philosophy basically lines up with how I was raised, and how I plan to raise my own kids. So he's preaching to the choir here. If that were not the case, I might h......more

Goodreads review by Phoenix on January 13, 2022

The Collapse of Parenting by Leonard Sax MD PhD took me by surprise. I am fascinated by an author who is a board-certified physician and has a PhD in Psychology. The book answered many questions on how to be with a child, a teenager, how to be a proper parent. How to do parental work? Patients and p......more

Goodreads review by Ami on February 06, 2016

This parenting book has everything I look for: studies that back up the author's claims, good organization, great writing, and plenty of case studies or examples to illustrate any points. Yet, what really pushed this book into five star territory was that despite the grim and alarming picture the au......more


Quotes

"[Sax is] sounding some alarms that we'd do well to heed, and for our kids' sakes, I think sooner is better than later."—Chicago Tribune

"Dr. Leonard Sax's The Collapse of Parenting should be required reading for all parents."—Dr. Nancy Kehoe,author of Wrestling with Our Inner Angels

"[Sax's] guidelines are clear and well-supported."—Booklist

"A comprehensive breakdown of where parents have gone awry and how they can get back on track to teach virtue and character to their children."—Kirkus

"The Collapse of Parenting is one of the best books I've ever read on the subject of raising children. It's not written from a religious perspective, but it's chock-full of information every parent should have."—National CatholicRegister

"The Collapse of Parenting may sound like a lone voice in the world of American parenting these days, but it's a desperately needed one.... If you're going to read a single parenting book this year, please make it this one."—Treehugger.com

"If you're going to read one book on parenting this year, make it The Collapse of Parenting by Leonard Sax."—New York Journal of Books

“One of the premier experts on parenting, Dr. Leonard Sax brilliantly articulates the problems parents experience with their children, then gives solutions. If you have time to read only one book this year, read this one.”—Meg Meeker, MD, bestselling author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters and Strong Mothers, Strong Sons

"The family unit is in unprecedented decline and under assault from a wide variety of cultural forces. With years of experience and research working directly with parents and children, Dr. Leonard Sax provides an important glimpse into parenting in modern times, where it's gone wrong, and how to fix it. Being a parent has never been more important and Dr. Sax explains how to avoid parenting pitfalls and raise your children well."—Dr. Bill Bennett, former United States Secretary of Education

"Based on years of extensive clinical practice and interviews with students and parents internationally, Sax presents a sobering and alarming picture of the collapse of parenting in this country. But he does not leave the reader without hope; he offers simple, if not easy solutions, giving parents an accessible guide to help them regain their rightful roles."—Dr. Nancy Kehoe, assistant clinical professor of psychology atHarvard Medical School, and author of Wrestling with Our Inner Angels:Faith, Mental Illness and the Journey to Wholeness