Dr. Leonard Sax: Parent Education Night
- What
- Dr. Leonard Sax: Parent Education Night
- When
- 2/5/2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- Where
- Youngsville Academy 2045 Hicks Road
We invite YA parents to join us for an evening with Dr. Leonard Sax, a parenting expert and New York Times bestselling author!
This presentation provides information about what parents need to know about the emerging worlds of social media and online video games
Recent research demonstrates that the more time a girl spends on social media such as Instagram, the more likely that girl is subsequently to become anxious or depressed. How come? And why is that effect so strong for most girls, but much weaker for most boys? What do you need to know about how girls and boys are using Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media?
Boys appear to be more vulnerable than girls to the addictive potential of online video games. The lived experience of boys has changed dramatically over the past decade. For many boys, winning at video games is now more important – and will do more to raise that boy’s status in the eyes of his peers – than getting an A instead of a B in English.
What do parents need to know? And more importantly, what do parents need to do? This presentation answers the following questions, among others:
- At what age is it OK for a child to have a smartphone?
- How much should I know about what my daughter (or son) is doing on Instagram, or TikTok?
- How much time spent playing video games is too much time, and how do we know?
- Which video games are OK, and which are not OK, and how do we know?
- How do I enforce any of these guidelines, when my son or daughter can just go to a friend’s house and do whatever they want to do?
About the Presenter:
Dr. Leonard Sax MD PhD attended public schools in Shaker Heights Ohio from kindergarten through grade 12. He enrolled in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge Massachusetts in the fall of 1977; he 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.
In March 1990, Dr. Sax launched a primary care medical practice in Montgomery County Maryland. From 1990 through 2008, Dr. Sax provided primary care to children and adults. In 2001, Dr. Sax began visiting schools and speaking to parents. In 2005, Doubleday published his first book Why Gender Matters; an updated second edition was published in 2017. In 2007, Basic Books published his second book Boys Adrift; an updated second edition was published in 2016. In 2010, Basic Books published his third book Girls on the Edge; an updated second edition was published in 2020. In December 2015, Basic Books published his fourth book The Collapse of Parenting, which became a New York Times bestseller. An updated second edition was published in October 2024.
Dr. Sax has spoken on issues of child and adolescent development not only in the United States but also in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Scotland, Spain, and Switzerland. Since 2001, he has visited and worked with more than 500 schools, universities, juvenile justice facilities, communities of faith, pre-Ks and nursery schools, corporations, community groups and parent groups. 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.
As this is a Parent Education event, we kindly request no students/children be in attendance.
To RSVP, please visit the Evite link provided.