Home / Authors / Leonard Sax

Leonard Sax Quotes

Psychologist

Leonard Sax is a renowned psychologist whose research focuses on child development and psychotherapy. His book 'Why Boys Don't Read Girls' has had a significant impact on the field of family education.

Filter quotes by topic

All Boys Adulthood Social Boy And Girl Cases Cognition Constructs Daughter Empower Failing Female Gang Gender Differences Girl Girls Ifs Initiation Males Mammals May

Famous Leonard Sax Quotes

“The destructive effects of video games are not on boys' cognitive abilities or their reaction times, but on their motivation and their connectedness with the real world.”

Motivation Social Boys Social Issues Cognition Video Games Relatedness

Book:Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men

Source: Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men

“Girls and boys respond to stress differently - not just in our species, but in every mammal scientists have studied. Stress enhances learning in males. The same stress impairs learning in females.”

Girl Boys Female Scientist Stress Species Males Boy And Girl Mammals

Author:Leonard Sax

“If we fail to provide boys with pro-social models of the transition to adulthood, they may construct their own. In some cases, gang initiation rituals, street racing, and random violence may be the result.”

Ifs May Social Results Boys Cases Violence Failing Streets Models Ritual Transition Racing Adulthood Constructs Gang Initiation Random Violence

Book:Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men

Source: Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men