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The Lila Rose Show

E72: Why Boys Are Struggling and How to Help Them with Dr. Leonard Sax

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Lila Rose

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4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Testosterone levels have plummeted and video game and porn addictions are rising. Meanwhile, boys are struggling in schools academically vs girls. Why is this? How do we change this? As boys are bombarded with many factors leading to the suppression of their transition into manhood, I talk with Dr. Leonard Sax, PhD, who, in his book Boys Adrift, identifies 5 major factors that contribute to this “growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men.” We also explore the practical ways we can solve the crisis facing boys.

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Boys need to see a man in order to become a man.

0:03.6

And our culture no longer offers good role models.

0:06.5

50 years ago, if you were to say to boy, be a man.

0:09.2

He knew exactly what that meant, because he was immersed in a culture

0:12.2

with movies starring men like

0:14.0

Paul Newman and City Pointier and meant to be courageous to be willing to sacrifice

0:19.7

yourself for the good of others to be a hero and sometimes you'll discover the problems not with the boy.

0:24.5

Your kids are immersed in a toxic culture. American popular culture right now is a toxic culture. Hey guys, welcome back to the Lila Rose Podcast. Today we've got a fascinating

0:38.8

episode in store for you guys. I think you're going to really enjoy it and it's with Dr. Leonard

0:44.4

Sachs. Dr. Leonard Sachs is a family physician, a psychiatrist and he is an

0:48.9

author who's written extensively on issues addressing boys, girls, families, and parenting.

0:54.4

So he wrote the book Boys Adrift talking about the five factors that are causing

0:58.8

boys to really struggle today.

1:00.4

He wrote the book, Girls on the Edge, The Collapse of Parenting and Why Gender Matters.

1:06.8

There's a ton to get into with Dr. Sachs or planning to have him in studio in a few months.

1:11.2

Today we're going to mostly focus on his book Boys Adrift. So he does a very deep dive analysis into the status of boys today. How they're struggling compared to say 30, 40, 50 years ago. And then he has some very practical applications and tips, especially for

1:25.0

parents, for how you can help raise your boys and do it in a way that helps them have a healthy

1:30.6

sense of self, a healthy masculinity, a healthy future, healthy

1:33.8

relationships. So I think you're going to really like this especially if you're a parent.

1:37.0

Check out Dr. Sacks's work on his website which is

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W. W. W.

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Leonard Sacks.com and with no further ado,. Leonard Sacks.com.

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