Caitlin Flanagan, """The Atlantic""The best book about the current state of girls and young women in America, "Girls on the Edge," by a physician and psychologist named Leonard Sax, offers astonishing and troubling new insight into the role and consequences of binge drinking in so many girls' lives." "Booklist"
"In clear, accessible language, Sax deftly blends anecdotes, clinical research, and even lines of poetry in persuasive, often fascinating chapters that speak straight to parents...Warning that 'a 1980s solution' won't help solve twenty-first-century problems, Sax offers a holistic, sobering call to help the current generation of young women develop the support and sense of self that will allow them to grow into resilient adults."
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Library Journal"
"The world is way different from what it was a couple of years ago; this is essential reading for parents and teachers, and one of the most thought-provoking books on teen development available."
"Slate"'s Double X Book of the Week"Fortunately, [Leonard] Sax is up to more here than pronouncing young women irrevocably doomed..."Girls on the Edge" doesn't dramatize the self-destructive behavior it describes...[and it] speaks exclusively to parents and offers concrete ways to help their daughters cultivate stronger personal identities." Florence Hilliard, Director of the Gender Studies Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Dr. Sax once again combines years of experience with compelling research and common sense to intelligently challenge the status quo of what it means to raise a healthy daughter. "Girls on the Edge" offers skills parents can incorporate to feel more competent with our girls and young women."
Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, author of God's Paintbrush and In God's Name
"Turn off your cell phones and computers, and read this book! You will connect with your daughter in new ways, and she will thank you."
Margaret M. Ferrara, PhD, editor of Advances in Gender a

Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D., is a family physician, psychologist, and acclaimed author of Boys Adrift and Why Gender Matters. He is founder and executive director of the National Association for Single Sex Public Education (NASSPE). He has been featured on many US shows including CNN, The Today Show, Fox News, NPR's Talk of the Nation. He lives with his wife and daughter in Pennsylvania.