Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness argues that a sharp uptick in depression, anxiety, loneliness, and suicide among young people is directly tied to the wide distribution of smartphones. Is there a mental health crisis in youth today? Is it worse than pre-pandemic? And are the smartphones to be blamed?

Returning guest, author and journalist Judith Warner on her review of The Anxious Generation in the Washington Post and the state of youth mental health.

Ep. 276. Making Sense of Middle School with Judith Warner
The Kids Aren’t All Right. Are Phones Really to Blame? article by Judith Warner

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Youth Mental Health: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? with Judith Warner