Cracking the Boy Code

Dr. Adam Cox is a clinical psychologist, author, speaker and educational consultant. He has been consulting and writing about the emotional and cognitive development of youth for more than a decade. He is the author of several books, including his most recent, Cracking the Boy Code, published in 2018. His commentary on youth, families, and schools has been widely covered by radio, television, and print media, including The New York Times, National Public Radio, and Newsweek. 

A frequent lecturer on child development, Dr. Cox was commissioned by the International Boys’ Schools Coalition to conduct a global school-based research project, Locating Significance in the Lives of Boys. During the research, he visited 20 project schools in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa. The results of this groundbreaking study – the first to interview students worldwide about how they find meaning and purpose in their lives – was presented at the IBSC International Conference in London in 2011; these findings provide a framework for a new understanding of the role of education in boys’ lives.