Computers, smartphones, tablets, internet and social media: how helpful have they been for children?
Psychologist and bestselling author Jonathan Haidt provides some insights, revealing that the digital age has created anxiety, depression and fragmented attention spans. He provides a timeline of how technology changed over the years, and why he thinks the negative impacts skyrocketed around 2012. The conversation is largely focused on smartphones usage, and then turns to particularly discuss social media and the different harms for boys vs. girls, and the specific harms of Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok. He offers some suggestions to ensure that kids stay kids, laugh and enjoy each other again, and build healthy independence from a young age. Plus, he comments on the resounding success of phonefree schools.
TEDMED Conversations – video: Screens, Stress, and Struggling Kids—Jonathan Haidt Breaks It Down
Book – The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt
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