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Through his work, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt found that "a majority of parents wish social media apps didn't exist." ...
Haidt is being cited in legislative efforts to keep minors off social media in Alabama, Florida, and Australia, and schools are banning phones, another favorite reform of his.
For years, Haidt has been begging parents and schools to prohibit smartphones until high school and to keep kids off social media until the age of 16. An edited transcript of our conversation follows.
Michelle Obama discussed with psychologist Jonathan Haidt how parents need resilience to limit children's social media use and to protect their kids online.
Jonathan Haidt’s new book “The Anxious Generation” blames youth mental health issues on social media in a way that’s easy, wrong, and dangerous.
Haidt argues that there is clear evidence of a causality between social media use and harmful impacts on children. “We are now 12 years into a public health emergency that began around 2012.
Today, Haidt joins Oprah on her podcast for the second time. While their last episode from April aimed at outlining some tangible social media solutions for parents and teens, this one focuses on ...
Have you noticed YouTube videos getting shorter and shorter? Psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson believes that isn’t an accident. He ...
Over the past few years there has been a growing chorus of parents, doctors and legal experts who have been sounding the alarm about the effects of social media on teenagers. Jonathan Haidt, a ...
For years, Haidt has been begging parents and schools to prohibit smartphones until high school and to keep kids off social media until the age of 16. An edited transcript of our conversation follows.