In 'The Anxious Generation', Jonathan Haidt examines the sudden decline in the mental health of adolescents starting in the early 2010s. He attributes this decline to the shift from a 'play-based childhood' to a 'phone-based childhood', highlighting mechanisms such as sleep deprivation, attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, and perfectionism that interfere with children’s social and neurological development. Haidt proposes four simple rules to address this issue: no smartphones before high school, no social media before age 16, phone-free schools, and more opportunities for independence, free play, and responsibility. The book offers a clear call to action for parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments to restore a more humane childhood and end the epidemic of mental illness among youth.
Mark Groves is an author, speaker, coach, podcast host and human connection specialist. Earlier this year Mark made a bold move and walked away from his very popular @createthelove instagram account. He did this to better understand himself and confront his unhealthy relationship with social media. Today, we dive deep into Mark's decision and the lessons that he's learned along the way.
Today on the show we discuss: Why Mark walked away from over 1M followers on social media to find himself again, how and when he learned that he had an unhealthy relationship with social media, the impact of social media on mental health and relationships, the physical and emotional cost of overstimulation, the subtle signs that you are addicted to your phone, how social media can distract and disconnect you from yourself, how to use social media constructively and much more.
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