Jonathan Haidt: An Update on Efforts to Take Childhood Back from Phones and Social Media

<![CDATA[Jonathan Haidt's book The Anxious Generation came out a year ago. In 2023 I wrote a lot about his theory, presented in the book, that smart phones and social media were harming children. Today, the Free Press published an update written by Haidt on how his campaign to change minds and eventually rules has gone a lot better than he expected.]]>