359: High Self- Esteem Is Destroying Your Kid's Future // Dr. Leonard Sax

Now That We're A Family

Elisha and Katie Voetberg

Kids & Family, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Leonard Sax MD PhD graduated Phi Beta Kappa from MIT in January 1980, at the age of 19. He then went on to the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned both a PhD in psychology, and an MD. He did a three-year residency in family medicine in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Dr. Sax has been continuously certified by the American Board of Family Medicine since 1989.

Dr. Sax has spoken on issues of child and adolescent development not only in the United States but also around the world. He has appeared on the TODAY Show, CNN, National Public Radio, PBS, Fox News, Fox Business, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, New Zealand Television, and many other national and international media.

Dr. Sax lives with his wife and daughter in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he also sees patients. He continues to lead workshops for teachers, parents, juvenile justice professionals, communities of faith, corporations, physicians, psychologists, social workers, and other professionals who work with children and teenagers.

Website - https://www.leonardsax.com/
Leonard Sax’ books:
- “The Collapse of Parenting” - https://amzn.to/4jghdlA
- “Girls On the Edge” - https://amzn.to/3PFdhNA
- “Boys Adrift” - https://amzn.to/40pT17A
- “Why Gender Matters” - https://amzn.to/42gwhK5

Mentioned during podcast:
- “Hunt, Gather, Parent” by Michaeleen Doucleff - https://amzn.to/3PI13ns

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0:00.0	You can't tell me nothing. Can nobody tell me nothing? That's the culture of disrespect in a nutshell.
0:07.8	You can't tell me nothing. If you can't tell me nothing, why go to church? Why go to school? You can't tell me nothing.
0:16.4	Howdy folks? Welcome back to the podcast. Katie and I thoroughly enjoyed conducting this interview
0:22.0	with Dr. Sacks, and we're excited to be able to share it with you all. We recently read his
0:27.0	book, The Collapse of Parenting, and so we talk primarily about this book. He has written some
0:32.1	other books, which we will link below, and he mentions a couple of them briefly in this interview.
0:36.4	Before I give you a quick bio
0:38.2	on Dr. Sachs, I am going to ask that if you are listening to our podcast on Spotify or iTunes,
0:45.4	or really if you're listening to our podcast on any platform, if you're able to leave a rating or a review,
0:50.6	we would really appreciate that. That really helps our podcast. And if you watch our podcast
0:54.6	on YouTube, if you're able to hit the like button or subscribe to our channel, that also
1:00.6	helps our podcast as well. So if I mean, so just please do that if you are able to do that.
1:07.0	That's what I'm asking. Now let me read a bit of a bio from Dr. Sacks and then we'll dive into this interview.
1:14.1	Dr. Leonard Sacks, MD, Ph.D., graduated from MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the fall of 1977 at the age.
1:23.7	Oh, no, sorry. I met, guys, I messed this up already. Okay, hold on. I'm reading the wrong line here.
1:28.7	Dr. Leonard Sachs, MD, Ph.D., graduated from MIT in the year 1980 at the age of 19.
1:36.8	He then went on to the University of Pennsylvania where he earned both a PhD in psychology
1:41.2	and an MD. He has continuously been certified by the American Board of
1:46.5	Family Medicine since 1989. Dr. Sacks speaks on the issues of child and adolescent development,
1:53.8	on childhood and adolescent development, not only in the U.S., but around the world. And he has been
1:58.9	featured on the Today Show, CNN, National Public Radio,
2:02.9	PBS, Fox News, Fox Business, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting
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