The Anxious Generation explores the dramatic decline in adolescent mental health since the early 2010s, arguing that the rise of smartphone-based childhood and social media is a primary cause. It delves into the loss of play, sleep deprivation, attention fragmentation, and addiction as foundational harms, offering solutions for parents, schools, and policymakers.
but what I decided to do in writing this book and writing the anxious generation was I'm not even going to talk about the phones and social media until I've taken readers through what is childhood why do we have it how is human childhood different from every other animal including chimpanzees and so you know if
""The speaker, Jonathan Haidt, explicitly mentions that he wrote this book, making it directly relevant to the conversation about the impact of technology on children's mental health."