Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men Audiobook (Free)

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

Something is happening to males today. From kindergarten to university, American kids are, on average, less resilient and much less ambitious than they were a mere two decades ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened significantly. While Emily is working hard at college and getting A’s, her brother Justin can be goofing off. He’s even more concerned about getting to another level in his videogame than about finishing his homework.

In Boys Adrift, Dr. Leonard Sax delves into the technological literature and draws on a lot more than twenty years of clinical experience to explain why guys and teenagers are faltering in school and disengaged at home. He displays how social, social, and biological factors have created a host that is literally toxic to males. He also presents useful solutions, sharing strategies which teachers have found effective in re-engaging these guys at school, aswell as handy techniques for parents about everything from homework, to videogames, to medicine.