The Anxious Generation

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &bull, A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech&mdash,and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. &ldquo,Erudite, engaging, combative, crusading.&rdquo, &mdash,New York Times Book Review (Editors&rsquo, Choice) &ldquo,Words that chill the parental heart&hellip, thanks to Mr. Haidt, we can glimpse the true horror of what happened not only in the U.S. but also elsewhere in the English-speaking world&hellip, lucid, memorable&hellip, galvanizing.&rdquo, &mdash,Wall Street Journal &ldquo,[An] important new book... The shift in kids&rsquo, energy and attention from the physical world to the virtual one, Haidt shows, has been catastrophic, especially for girls.&rdquo, &mdash,Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the &ldquo,play-based childhood&rdquo, began to decline in the
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