Michelle's review
Boys Adrift: Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men by Leonard Sax
I am so glad I read this book while my boy was little as I think it will help us avoid some of the pitfalls facing parents and sons in today's society. I read this on the tails of "Raising Your Spirited Child," and one of my fears has been that in a traditional school setting with an overworked and underpaid teacher, I think it would be easy to label our son as "hyper." I have envisioned being advised to medicate my son--not by a healthcare professional--but by a teacher or administrator. Instead of trying to make the schools fit the kids, I think they're trying to make the kids fit the schools (and the standardized testing protocol). This book also touches on a lack of physical exercise and the outdoors, environmental exposures and other factors as challenges to raising self-assured and motivated young men.
