 First edition cover | |
| Author | Jonathan Haidt |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Dave Cicirelli |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Penguin Press |
Publication date | March 26, 2024 |
| Publication place | New York |
| Media type | Print (hardcover), e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN | 978-0-593-65503-0 (First edition hardcover) |
| 305.230973 | |
| LC Class | HQ792.U5 H23 2024 |
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness is a 2024 book by Jonathan Haidt which argues that the spread of smartphones, social media and overprotective parenting have led to a "rewiring" of childhood and a rise in mental illness.[1][2]
Haidt argues that the combination of the decline of play-based childhoods, exacerbated by what he describes as overprotective parents, and increasing smartphone use has been harmful to children since the late 2000s.[3] In an interview during the WSJ's Future of Everything Festival, he advocates banning phones in schools.[4]
- ^ Remnick, David (April 20, 2024). "Jonathan Haidt Wants You to Take Away Your Kid's Phone". The New Yorker.
- ^ Odgers, Candice L. (March 29, 2024). "The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?". Nature. 628 (8006): 29–30. Bibcode:2024Natur.628...29O. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00902-2. Archived from the original on April 21, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via www.nature.com.
- ^ Cox Gurdon, Meghan (March 24, 2024). "'The Anxious Generation' Review: Apps, Angst and Adolescence". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on September 10, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ^ WSJ News (May 23, 2024). Jonathan Haidt on the Mental-Health Crisis and Smartphones | WSJ News. Archived from the original on August 9, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024 – via YouTube.