Dr. Leonard Sax on Why America’s Kids are Depressed, Anxious, and Overmedicated

Dr. Leonard Sax, physician and psychologist, sits down with PragerU CEO Marissa Streit to expose how toxic culture, weak parenting, and a corrupt medical system have failed our children. They discuss the rising crisis of overmedicated children, the ADHD and antidepressants drugs epidemic, and why the best parenting combines love with firm boundaries.

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00:00 – Why Parenting Feels Impossible Today
02:30 – How American Culture Undermined Parents
04:30 – Disney, Nickelodeon, and the Rise of Disrespect
07:00 – “My Body, My Choice” vs. Parental Authority
10:00 – Why Parents No Longer Teach Right and Wrong
13:00 – Schools Replacing Parents in Raising Children
16:30 – Gender Ideology in Classrooms
20:00 – Are Boys and Girls Really Different? The Science Says Yes
24:00 – The Explosion of Transgender Identity in Just 30 Years
28:00 – Why Europe Banned Puberty Blockers, but the U.S. Hasn’t
32:00 – TikTok, Depression, and Teen Gender Confusion
36:00 – ADHD, Sleep Deprivation, and the “Medicalization of Misbehavior”
42:00 – Big Pharma’s Influence on Child Psychiatry
48:00 – Why American Kids Are the Most Medicated in the World
53:00 – Love + Boundaries: The Parenting Model That Works