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4 Take-aways from “The Anxious Generation”
Don’t have time to read the book? Chew on these ideas instead
Jonathan Haidt’s recent book has taken bookstores by storm.
His recent book, “The Anxious Generation” has made the New York Times’ best-seller list now for 9 weeks in a row.
Many parents and educators are treating the book as a road map for how to combat screen time and social media in their homes and schools.
While there is a lot of criticism that Haidt’s main premise simply puts forth a correlation between the start of smart-phones and an increase in teen depression, I still agree with his overall premise that smart-phones are largely damaging to kids.
And there’s a better way forward.
Here are my four main take-aways from this book.
Thought #1: Parents set the example for their kids on phone use.
I’m guilty of spending a lot of time on my phone over the past few years.
I can blame moving, the Covid pandemic, and loneliness, but I truly have no one to blame but myself.
