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It’s Time to Take Phones Away from Students

The spike in teen mental distress and disruptive behaviour will require extreme steps

The Walrus

Elementary Schools Ban Tag, Football, and Fun During Recess

"It really feels as though maybe we've lost touch with what's developmentally appropriate," says one Montgomery County mom.

Reason

How to rewild your teenagers: a parents’ guide to reconnecting them with nature

Young children often love wildlife and nature but find them boring, uncool or ‘icky’ in their teens

The Guardian - UK

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Grattan on Friday: Growing momentum for governments to fight social media’s grip on children

While federal politics often seems “top down”, some issues are pushed onto the national agenda from lower levels. We’re seeing this with the increasing concern to protect kids from the harmful effects of social media.

The Conversation

Screens and adolescents: How phones broke children’s brains

LET’S UNPACK THAT: As evidence mounts that devices are sparking a mental health crisis in young people, ‘Adolescence’ writer Jack Thorne says he thinks smartphone sales should be banned for under 16s. Helen Coffey asks whether social media and tech are really to blame – and what parents can do…

The Independent UK

Psychologist Dr Becky reveals top screen time rules she uses for her own kids and admits getting the balance right is a 'struggle' - and we totally relate to #3

Psychologist Dr Becky chats top screen time rules for her own children, and how even she struggles to get the right balance. Her third rule is relatable to parents everywhere.

GoodToKnow

Is your teen part of the ‘anxious generation?’ This is what experts have to say about protecting their mental health

These expert-approved tips can help parents protect their kids' happiness

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Social media lies can unleash a dangerous contempt for others. We can stop it

In our atomised society, we don’t just reject ideas and identities, we dehumanise those who hold them. There is a way out

The Guardian - AU

The Anxious Generation wants to save teens. But the bestseller’s anti-tech logic is skewed

There’s no doubt about the mental health crisis facing young people. Jonathan Haidt blames our devices – which oversimplifies the problem

The Guardian - US

Quarter Of UK 5 To 7-year-olds Have Smart Phone: Study

Around a quarter of British children aged between five and seven-years-old now have a smart phone, a study by the UK communications regulator said on Friday.

International Business Times

Quarter of UK’s three- and four-year-olds own a smartphone, data shows

Campaigners express concern at new Ofcom figures, which also show that half of under-13s are on social media

The Guardian - UK

Regulating Smartphones? Jonathan Haidt vs. Libertarians

The author of The Anxious Generation argues that parents, schools, and society must keep kids off of social media.

Reason

How to give kids autonomy? 'Anxious Generation' author says a license to roam helps

Kids have too much screen time and not enough autonomy, says author Jonathan Haidt. His book The Anxious Generation argues this has caused an epidemic of mental illness and suggests ways to fix it.

WEKU

One thing stops us from prising teens from their phones: peer pressure

The rise in mental health problems in young people should force politicians to act

The Guardian - UK

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I gave my 11-year-old a smartphone and regret it - here's what I wish I'd known, as ministers vote to ban smartphones for under-16s

A ban on the sale of smartphones to under-16s is being considered by the UK Government, following public support for the idea.

Salon

Social media benefits teen mental health

Being online helps teens avoid suicide, self-harm and other risks. Why do media and lawmakers blame it instead?

Evening Standard

‘Mark Zuckerberg has to bear some blame for youth suicide deaths’

Jonathan Haidt, on the Brave New World podcast, sets out the harm social media and smartphones are doing to children

Evening Standard

Do phones ruin childhoods? Academic Jonathan Haidt on why he thinks so

The bestselling author and professor thinks the combination of smartphones and a loss of unsupervised play is creating an anxious generation

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Reason

The Bad Science Behind Jonathan Haidt's Call to Regulate Social Media

Only 22 of the 476 studies in The Anxious Generation contain data on either heavy social media use or serious mental issues among adolescents, and none have data on both.

The Guardian - UK

If you really want kids to spend less time online, make space for them in the real world

Tech firms can do more, but it’s the government’s job to ensure children have safe places to play – and it’s not doing it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Reason

Parents Don't Want Schools to Confiscate Kids' Phones

A new survey highlights how fear-based parenting drives phone-based childhoods.

Reason

Blaming Tech for Teen Troubles

Jonathan Haidt’s clever, insufficient case against smartphones.

Evening Standard

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt review: The awful power of smartphones on children

Forget horror; this is one of the most terrifying books I have read. We all know our phones aren’t great for us, but Jonathan Haidt sets out their true cost in such excruciating detail you will want to look away instead of a mind-numbing scroll through Instagram.

The Guardian - UK

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt – a pocket full of poison

An urgent and persuasive warning about the toll of ‘phone-based childhoods’

The Guardian - UK

Five of the best books about democracy in crisis

From mega-conspiracies to evolutionary biology, these books will help you dissect why political systems go awry

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