• The Anxious Generation: Childhood and Mental Illness

    The Anxious Generation: Childhood and Mental Illness

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    • Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller addressing youth mental health crisis linked to smartphones and social media
    • Investigates the decline of play-based childhood and its replacement by phone-based childhood since the early 2010s
    • Highlights sharp increases in depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rates among adolescents since the early 2010s
    • Explores the impact of social media on girls and boys, noting specific detrimental effects and withdrawal into virtual worlds
    • Presents over a dozen mechanisms that disrupt children’s social and neurological development, including addiction and loneliness
    • Offers a clear call to action with four proposed rules to combat the mental health epidemic
    • Advocates for collective responsibility from parents, teachers, tech companies, and governments to restore healthier childhoods
    • Written by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, known for his data-driven insights and tackling difficult societal issues
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