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A review by abbylechat
The Anxious Generation: How The Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
My eyes glazed over with all the data in the first chapter. I know, it’s ironic. I’m proving the writer’s point a bit because I can’t sit still to finish his book on how technology is ruining us. But the chapters are so long and he’s droning in about data I already know.
I had to put the ebook down and wait for the audiobook. I thought the author had some good points. It was interesting to think about how the media and Stranger Danger kind of canceled the play-based childhood. I do agree that parents should delay smartphones and social media to at least 16. I have a harder time with schools confiscating phones for the day. But then again, I was a HS freshman when the first IPhone came out. I got my first IPhone my junior year and I had the respect for my teachers and self-restraint to keep my phone in my pocket during class.
I had to put the ebook down and wait for the audiobook. I thought the author had some good points. It was interesting to think about how the media and Stranger Danger kind of canceled the play-based childhood. I do agree that parents should delay smartphones and social media to at least 16. I have a harder time with schools confiscating phones for the day. But then again, I was a HS freshman when the first IPhone came out. I got my first IPhone my junior year and I had the respect for my teachers and self-restraint to keep my phone in my pocket during class.
Content Warnings
Minor: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts