Girls on the Edge: Why So Many Girls Are Anxious, Wired, and Obsessed-And What Parents Can Do
In "the best book about the current state of girls and young women in America” (Atlantic), the New York Times-bestselling pediatrician outlines the four biggest threats to girls' psychological growth and how parents can help 

Girls today are motivated and hardworking. In school, they regularly outperform boys. But beneath their confident exteriors too often lies a brittle sense of self. Girls are much more likely to experience anxiety and depression than boys, and that gap is increasing.

In Girls on the Edge, physician and psychologist Leonard Sax identifies four key threats to girls’ success: sexual identity, social media, obsessions, and environmental toxins. Sax provides practical advice on how to improve the odds for your daughter. He offers tips on everything from figuring out how much time on Instagram is too much, to helping your daughter choose which sports to play, to finding female-centered activities that provide good role models and opportunities for growth.

As urgent as it is inspiring, Girls on the Edge illuminates the way to ensure our daughters grow up to be independent, confident women.
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Girls on the Edge: Why So Many Girls Are Anxious, Wired, and Obsessed-And What Parents Can Do
In "the best book about the current state of girls and young women in America” (Atlantic), the New York Times-bestselling pediatrician outlines the four biggest threats to girls' psychological growth and how parents can help 

Girls today are motivated and hardworking. In school, they regularly outperform boys. But beneath their confident exteriors too often lies a brittle sense of self. Girls are much more likely to experience anxiety and depression than boys, and that gap is increasing.

In Girls on the Edge, physician and psychologist Leonard Sax identifies four key threats to girls’ success: sexual identity, social media, obsessions, and environmental toxins. Sax provides practical advice on how to improve the odds for your daughter. He offers tips on everything from figuring out how much time on Instagram is too much, to helping your daughter choose which sports to play, to finding female-centered activities that provide good role models and opportunities for growth.

As urgent as it is inspiring, Girls on the Edge illuminates the way to ensure our daughters grow up to be independent, confident women.
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Girls on the Edge: Why So Many Girls Are Anxious, Wired, and Obsessed-And What Parents Can Do

Girls on the Edge: Why So Many Girls Are Anxious, Wired, and Obsessed-And What Parents Can Do

by Leonard Sax
Girls on the Edge: Why So Many Girls Are Anxious, Wired, and Obsessed-And What Parents Can Do

Girls on the Edge: Why So Many Girls Are Anxious, Wired, and Obsessed-And What Parents Can Do

by Leonard Sax

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In "the best book about the current state of girls and young women in America” (Atlantic), the New York Times-bestselling pediatrician outlines the four biggest threats to girls' psychological growth and how parents can help 

Girls today are motivated and hardworking. In school, they regularly outperform boys. But beneath their confident exteriors too often lies a brittle sense of self. Girls are much more likely to experience anxiety and depression than boys, and that gap is increasing.

In Girls on the Edge, physician and psychologist Leonard Sax identifies four key threats to girls’ success: sexual identity, social media, obsessions, and environmental toxins. Sax provides practical advice on how to improve the odds for your daughter. He offers tips on everything from figuring out how much time on Instagram is too much, to helping your daughter choose which sports to play, to finding female-centered activities that provide good role models and opportunities for growth.

As urgent as it is inspiring, Girls on the Edge illuminates the way to ensure our daughters grow up to be independent, confident women.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781541617803
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 08/25/2020
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Leonard Sax, MD, PhD, is a board-certified family physician, psychologist, and author of Why Gender Matters, Boys Adrift, and The Collapse of Parenting. Dr. Sax has visited more than five hundred schools worldwide and has appeared on major radio and television programs including the TODAY show, CBS, CNN, Fox, and NPR’s Weekend Edition. Dr. Sax lives with his family in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Introduction: three girls 1

Chapter 1 First factor: sexual identity / sexualization 12

Chapter 2 Second factor: social media 38

Chapter 3 Third factor: dreams and obsessions 71

Chapter 4 Fourth factor: environmental toxins 120

Chapter 5 Mind 145

Chapter 6 Body 160

Chapter 7 Spirit 193

Acknowledgments 243

Permission credits 253

Notes 255

Index 291

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