‘Our Kids Are the Least Flourishing Generation We Know Of’
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Mm. From New York Times opinion. This is the Ezra Klein show. Mm.
March of last year. The social psychologist Jonathan published this book called The Anxious Generation. Which caused let's call it a stir. The subtitle of this book says it all. How the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness. I don't think anybody can dispute that. What he says is controversial. Oh my God, enough with the panic about kids using smartphones. Facing enormous pushback from other researchers. You cannot. Distangle cause from effect. Jonathan Haidt is telling a scary story that many parents are primed to believe.
I always found the conversation over this book a little um Annoying. Because it got to me. At one of the difficulties we're having. Parenting, what are the difficulties we're having in society.
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