The Collapse of Parenting by Leonard Sax, MD, PhD

  

Synopsis: In this New York Times bestseller, one of America's premier child psychologists offers a must-read account of the dismal state of parenting today, and a vision for how we can better prepare our children for the challenges of the adult world

In The Collapse of Parenting, internationally acclaimed author Leonard Sax argues that rising levels of obesity, depression, and anxiety among young people can be traced to parents abdicating their authority. The result is children who have no standard of right and wrong, who lack discipline, and who look to their peers and the Internet for direction. Sax shows how parents must reassert their authority - by limiting time with screens, by encouraging better habits at the dinner table, and by teaching humility and perspective - to renew their relationships with their children. Drawing on nearly thirty years of experience as a family physician and psychologist, along with hundreds of interviews with children, parents, and teachers, Sax offers a blueprint parents can use to help their children thrive in an increasingly complicated world. 

This book was recommend to me by my sister-in-law. She said she was going to use it in her book club and she thought I would like it and wanted to know my opinion.  While there were some pretty interesting statistics in there I found the book rather repetitive, especially in the chapter about medications. I felt like if i kept hearing all these drug names for meds the doctors were prescribing the kids I would go crazy. I almost wanted just to skip over that chapter and read the next one, but I kept going. This book made me realize the importance to spend time with my kids and not take it for granted. They are growing up each day and I might miss an important moment if I spend too much time on myself or on my electronics.