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Mar 2024
52m 43s

The Anxious Generation with Jonathan Hai...

DR. BECKY KENNEDY
About this episode

Social psychologist and author, Jonathan Haidt, joins Dr. Becky to discuss his new book The Anxious Generation. In this powerful episode, they talk about the impact of phones, social media, and the decline of play on our kids' mental health. But Jonathan also offers hope that we can end the epidemic of mental illness, end phone-based childhood, and restore a more humane childhood.

For Jonathan Haidt's new book, The Anxious Generation, and more information please visit anxiousgeneration.com. To dig deeper into all of these issues, and follow Jon's work beyond the book, please subscribe to his free substack, AfterBabel.com

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