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Oprah Daily on MSN2d
Oprah and Jonathan Haidt on Solving the Teen Mental Health Crisis
Haidt, the author of The Anxious Generation, joined Oprah for a second episode of The Oprah Podcast to discuss how kids can ...
Psychology Today2d
Social Media Panic: What the Science Really Says
Is social media really to blame for teen mental health struggles? A team of 120 experts dug into the data—here’s what they ...
“The Anxious Generation”'s Jonathan Haidt Encourages Kids to Break up With Their Phones in “The Amazing Generation”
A year after examining the effect of smartphones on teen mental health with The Anxious Generation, NYU social psychologist ...
Parent groups are hosting fairs that showcase phones with limited features to try and keep children away from smartphones
In the US, a group called IRL NY (In Real Life New York), a parent-led organization, has also been pushing to keep ...
A Psychologist Who Studies Kids and Screens Just Shared His Biggest Parenting Regret. It’s an Important Lesson for All Parents
A leading expert on kids and technology shared his own top parenting regret so you can avoid it. If you’ve been following the ...
New Scientist on MSN3d
Attempt to reach expert consensus on teens and phones ends in argument
There are a range of competing views on whether smartphones and social media are harmful to adolescents, and an attempt to ...
'Isn't it time for Europe to become a space where teens are protected from the jungle of social media?'
COLUMN. Philippe Bernard, a columnist for Le Monde, expresses concern over how we turn a blind eye to the damage screens and ...
Why banning social media for NZers under 16 is a bad idea – and will affect adults too
The language of the ban seems to suggest the relationship between social media and users goes in one direction - that people ...
Psychology Today3d
Social Media Panic: What the Science Really Says
We brought together evidence from over 1,400 studies, evaluating 26 key claims about social media’s effects on young people. These claims were inspired by psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s book ...