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The Anxious Generation 2024
The Anxious Generation is a 2024 book written by Jonathan Haidt. It tells the story of how smartphone use, social media, and overprotective parenting have changed childhood and contributed to rising mental health issues.
Haidt claims that reduced play-based activities, worsened by what he calls overprotective parenting, combined with increased smartphone usage, have negatively affected children starting in the late 2000s. During an interview at the WSJ's Future of Everything Festival, he supports prohibiting smartphones in schools, suggesting feature phones with restricted capabilities.
This book has impacted several nations worldwide by encouraging strict age verification requirements for websites and services.
Crew
- Cover artist
- Dave Cicirelli
Details
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- ISBN
- 9780593655030
- Pages
- 400
- Format
- Print (hardcover), e-book, audiobook
