Have smartphones created an 'anxious generation'? Social psychologist sounds the alarm
The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt 's new book The Anxious Generation delivers an urgent call for action. Haidt argues ...
Podcasting For Learning—And An Antidote To Screen Time?
With the flurries of worries over social media and student mental health, given that kids are unlikely to leave tech ...
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Jonathan Haidt Wants You to Take Away Your Kid’s Phone
The social psychologist discusses the “great rewiring” of children’s brains, why social-media companies are to blame, and how ...
Social media and smartphones cut children off from parents and communities. Some think that’s good
The writers who think it's good for middle schoolers to be on TikTok seem to dislike parents and push for transgender ...
McCloskey: Phones are ruining childhood. Here are 3 steps Dallas ISD should take
The current awakening about the damage smartphones are bringing to this generation is encapsulated in Jonathan Haidt’s new ...
Opinion: Does social media rewire kids' brains? Here's what the science really says
Jonathan Haidt's "The Anxious Generation" feeds the latest technology panic. But the research says something different.
Limiting ‘free play’ may be worse than screen time for children, professor says
Peter Gray, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College, believes it’s the lack of free play — not just the ...
Turn off cellphones in state's classrooms
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New book urges parents to help kids reclaim a childhood full of play — and less screen time
In The Anxious Generation best-selling author and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores how, when and why Gen Z's ...
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Parenting and its attendant anxieties underlie a number of our recommended books this week, from Jonathan Haidt’s manifesto ...
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Wide Angle: Play Time
Haidt argues that the “great rewiring” is a convergence of “safetyism” culture, or the hampering of childhood development by overprotective caregivers, and the reliance on smartphones.
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6 Ways Smartphones and Social Media Tax Your Spirit
“Social media is a fountain of bedevilments. It trains people to think in ways that are exactly contrary to the world’s ...