Leonard Sax

Dr. Leonard Sax is a physician, psychologist, and best-selling author who writes and speaks on parenting, education, and child development. A graduate of MIT, he also earned both his MD and PhD in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and is board-certified in both family medicine and psychology. Sax practiced primary care for nearly two decades before focusing on research and public speaking, and has worked with more than 500 schools worldwide.

He is the author of multiple influential books—Why Gender Matters, Boys Adrift, Girls on the Edge, and The Collapse of Parenting—which have been translated into multiple languages and widely cited in media outlets such as the TODAY Show, Fox News, NPR, and the BBC.