A look at the costs of a smartphone-based childhood, as Gen Z struggles with poor mental health and lags behind previous generations on many important metrics
particularly onto social-media platforms designed for virality & addiction.” 👇 https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Jack Badelaire / @jbadelaire : I'm not a parent, but many of my friends are, and I've worked in Higher Ed for 25 years. The way college students behave and interact has changed a lot in that time, and not really for the better, as far as I can tell. Long article, but worth the read. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Dale Chu / @dale_chu : “Social-media companies such as Meta, TikTok, and Snap are often compared to tobacco companies, but that's not really fair to the tobacco industry...social media even harms adolescents who do not use it.” @JonHaidt via @TheAtlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... @RIKKISCHLOTT @LetGrowOrg David Zweig / @davidzweig : A remarkable study. Most young people would prefer for themselves and their peers to not be on social media. In fact, they hate it so much that they'd be willing to pay to make this happen. But they are stuck on TikTok and Insta because everyone is on it. [image] Nicholas Kristof / @nickkristof : .@JonHaidt on the mental health crisis among young people, caused by living on smart phones, and how we can do a better job supporting children to avoid these problems: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... It's an excerpt from his forthcoming book, “The Anxious Generation.” Bawar Kim Ismail / @thelemoncurd : Jonathan Haidt: “My claim is that the new phone-based childhood that took shape roughly 12 years ago is making young people sick and blocking their progress to flourishing in adulthood. We need a dramatic cultural correction, and we need it now.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Evan McMurry / @evanmcmurry : .@JonHaidt breaks down when, how, and why smartphones disrupt adolescent development, and traces the developmental consequences to societal ones. He also has ideas for what parents and communities can do about it. A comprehensive and necessary read: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Adrienne LaFrance / @adriennelaf : A sweeping history of what smartphones and social media are doing to people—especially kids. An absolute must-read from @JonHaidt, in defense of childhood: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Jonathan Haidt / @jonhaidt : If you'd like to see a preview of the main arguments in The Anxious Generation, here it is. Thanks to @TheAtlantic for letting me tell the story. LinkedIn: Megan Weisenberger : Fuck, there are a lot of depressing sentences in this but it feels spot on. — “This rerouting of enculturating content has created a generation … Forums: r/neoliberal : The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood
This is a powerful essay from @JonHaidt, one that's making me think more deeply about how I relate to screens as a parent and a person https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
I used to be skeptical that smart phones were have a huge deleterious effect on kids. But the case is just overwhelming. Essential reading from @JonHaidt https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
By a variety of measures and in a variety of countries, the members of Generation Z (born in and after 1996) are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harm, and related disorders at levels higher than any other generation for which we have data. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ..…
A powerful call to action from @JonHaidt: End the phone-based childhood now. The environment in which kids grow up today is hostile to human development. It's not too late to fix it for them. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
This isn't just a boomer, “get off my lawn,” rant by @JonHaidt . There is a lot of data here to backup the claim of harm done to Gen-Z with the advent of the smartphone and social media. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
🚨🚨one of the most important stories I've read in a while - The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Another zinger from @JonHaidt - The 2010s “were the years when adolescents traded in their flip phones for smartphones & moved much more of their social lives online—particularly onto social-media platforms designed for virality & addiction.” 👇 https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
I'm not a parent, but many of my friends are, and I've worked in Higher Ed for 25 years. The way college students behave and interact has changed a lot in that time, and not really for the better, as far as I can tell. Long article, but worth the read. https://www.theatlantic.com…
“Social-media companies such as Meta, TikTok, and Snap are often compared to tobacco companies, but that's not really fair to the tobacco industry...social media even harms adolescents who do not use it.” @JonHaidt via @TheAtlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... @RIKKISCHLOTT @…
A remarkable study. Most young people would prefer for themselves and their peers to not be on social media. In fact, they hate it so much that they'd be willing to pay to make this happen. But they are stuck on TikTok and Insta because everyone is on it. [image]
.@JonHaidt on the mental health crisis among young people, caused by living on smart phones, and how we can do a better job supporting children to avoid these problems: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... It's an excerpt from his forthcoming book, “The Anxious Generation.”
Jonathan Haidt: “My claim is that the new phone-based childhood that took shape roughly 12 years ago is making young people sick and blocking their progress to flourishing in adulthood. We need a dramatic cultural correction, and we need it now.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
.@JonHaidt breaks down when, how, and why smartphones disrupt adolescent development, and traces the developmental consequences to societal ones. He also has ideas for what parents and communities can do about it. A comprehensive and necessary read: https://www.theatlantic.com/ .…
A sweeping history of what smartphones and social media are doing to people—especially kids. An absolute must-read from @JonHaidt, in defense of childhood: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...