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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
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items Books that deepen or complement Jonathan Haidt's argument about the phone-based childhood, youth mental health, screen overuse, and parenting in a high-tech world. Ideal for parents, educators, and policy-minded readers who want both broader context ...
Haidt's own book outlines how the shift from a play-based to a phone-based childhood since the early 2010s is linked to rising depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide among adolescents, and proposes four rules and multi-level reforms to restore a...
The Anxious Generation: Great Rewiring of Childhood
Co‑authored by Haidt with Greg Lukianoff, this book argues that overprotection, "safetyism," and three "Great Untruths" in schools and parenting are undermining resilience and contributing to anxiety among young people. It's a natural companion to Th...
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad ...
Psychologist Jean Twenge uses large-scale survey data to profile the generation born after 1995, linking heavy smartphone and social media use to increased loneliness, anxiety, and a slower transition to adult responsibilities. Haidt himself endorses...
iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Grow Up
Addiction expert Nicholas Kardaras argues that excessive exposure to video games and screens can affect developing brains in ways comparable to substance addiction, and details sociocultural drivers of a global "tech epidemic." This book is well-suit...
Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Hijacks Kids
Johann Hari investigates why attention spans are collapsing, arguing that external forces-from design of social media feeds to broader environmental and cultural shifts-are "stealing" our focus rather than this being a simple willpower failure. For r...
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention
Behavioral designer Nir Eyal offers a four-part model for managing internal and external triggers to reduce distraction, including a section on raising "indistractable children" and building healthier tech habits at home and work. This is a pragmatic...
Indistractable: Control Your Attention & Life
Cal Newport proposes a philosophy of "digital minimalism," advocating a 30‑day digital declutter and intentional, limited use of online tools that truly support one's values. With examples from parents, students, and professionals, it offers a struct...
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life
Developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues, using evidence from anthropology and psychology, that self-directed, mixed-age free play is the primary way children learn problem solving, autonomy, and emotional resilience, and that modern schooling an...
Free to Learn: Unleashing the Instinct to Play
Jean Twenge distills decades of research on technology and youth mental health into ten specific, parent-friendly rules for managing smartphones, social media, and gaming. With endorsements from Haidt and others, it functions as a practical playbook ...
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World
Written by Dr. Jerry M. Walte, this book (subtitled "The Digital Childhood Crisis") examines how always‑on digital environments affect children's emotional development and family dynamics, positioning itself directly alongside Haidt's work as a respo...
The Anxious Generation — from a book to a movement