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Leonard Sax MD PhD earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in five semesters at the age of 19. He then went on to the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned both his PhD in psychology, and his MD. Next he did a 3-year residency in family practice at Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster Pennsylvania. In 1990, Dr. Sax established a family practice in Montgomery County Maryland, just outside Washington DC. He provided primary care services to children and adults in Montgomery County for more than 18 years. After a 5-year sabbatical to devote himself full-time to speaking engagements and to researching his fourth book The Collapse of Parenting (which was published by Basic Books on December 29, 2015), in 2013 Dr. Sax returned to clinical practice near his home in Chester County, Pennsylvania, while continuing to do speaking engagements. Dr. Sax has built an international reputation as an expert in