Why people recommend it
Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax is an insightful exploration of the growing trend of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men, identifying key cultural and biological factors behind the phenomenon. Megyn Kelly repeatedly discussed this work on The Megyn Kelly Show, specifically highlighting its fully revised and updated edition titled Boys Adrift: The Six Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men. Throughout her broadcast, Kelly brought up Dr. Leonard Sax as her guest to analyze why young males are falling behind in contemporary American society, touching on topics related to ADHD, plastics, and modern social pressures. As she closed out her episode and transitioned between commercial breaks, Kelly continually reminded her audience of the author and his newly updated publication, ensuring listeners paid attention to the vital messages contained within its pages. By weaving these references into her interviews and program segments, Kelly underscored the urgency of the issues Dr. Sax addressed regarding male underachievement and shifting generational dynamics.
Who recommended it
- Megyn Kelly Recommended
Megyn Kelly — 6 mentions
“It's called Boys a Drift: The Six Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men.”
“He is author of the new Boys a [music] Drift.”
“He is the author of boys a drift.”
“By the way, we're speaking with Dr. Leonard Saxs and the book is Boys a Drift, the fully revised and updated version.”
“He is the author of boys [music] a drift.”
“Dr. Leonard Sax is his name. The book is Boys a Drift.”
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“So, in the new edition of Boys of Drift, I paid the Financial Times 450 bucks for the rights to repro reproduce one of their graphs”
“So the subtitle of my book is the six factors driving there are six factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men”
“So in in the new edition of my book, Boys of Drift, I I go into some detail about how you can figure out on a one-day visit, is this school boy friendly or not?”
“In the new edition of Boys a Drift, I share a longitudinal cohort study showing that a boy who is suspended from school once, the risk of him being incarcerated for a felony in prison increases by 800%.”
“um and we've got the research which I present in that chapter of boys a drift.”
“And I've included a link to the full text of Justice Alo's remark in the new edition of my book, Voice of Drift”
“and I explore this at length in in the chapter on uh ADHD and boys in the new edition of boys drift”
“And I fought to include in the new edition of Boys of Drift detailed guidance for parents to determine does your kid have ADHD?”
“I own the copyright to Boys of Drift. Photocopy chapters four and eight from the new edition of Boys of Drift.”
“though there is a better approach which I describe in chapter 4 of boys uh excuse me chapter five no chapter four of boys a drift”
“Yes, absolutely I think it's such an illuminating story And I've seen this so much in my own practice as a family doctor now for more than 30 years So many boys want to be heroes They want to be seen as heroes They want to see themselves as heroes in their own eyes You know, I spoke some years”
“And again, that's going back to my book Boys A Drift where I talk about good role models Men like Dietrich Bonhoeffer who gave his life for the right cause Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a pastor He had a comfortable job preaching in New Jersey in 1938 and left that job, went back to Nazi Germany Put his life in jeopardy”