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A review by meliemelo
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
An overall very well researched must-read, and I wholeheartedly agree with most of its conclusions. I especially appreciated how thorough the research was - which made it all the more disappointing on the very few points where it wasn't.
My biggest issue rests on a relatively short excerpt where the author links rises in gender dysphoria with social media, citing the comments of detransitionners, but omitting to state how very few people are affected, and how fewer still detransition - a very harmful oversight, even though I appreciate the efforts made to specify that the rise in the number of queer (including trans) people is also helped by broader acceptance.
Apart from that, however, I did thoroughly enjoy this book, and it even brought points to my attention that I hadn't thought of, such as how teens are still affected even when their phone isn't in front of them but in their pocket (as opposed to in another location altogether).
My biggest issue rests on a relatively short excerpt where the author links rises in gender dysphoria with social media, citing the comments of detransitionners, but omitting to state how very few people are affected, and how fewer still detransition - a very harmful oversight, even though I appreciate the efforts made to specify that the rise in the number of queer (including trans) people is also helped by broader acceptance.
Apart from that, however, I did thoroughly enjoy this book, and it even brought points to my attention that I hadn't thought of, such as how teens are still affected even when their phone isn't in front of them but in their pocket (as opposed to in another location altogether).