Recent research from the Pew Centre has demonstrated that parents and teens understand that there is a serious problem with the amount of “screen time” and this becomes more evident when some surveys indicate that teens are spending the equivalent of a 40-hour week on their devices.
This week, I read Jonathan Haidt’s book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. The book is one of the most important that I have read in recent years, and every parent should buy it to understand the revolution that has occurred in relation to what Dr. Haidt calls “the rewiring of childhood.”
Jonathan Haidt’s book is important because it examines the issue of generational change, particularly in the prevalence of mental illness and anxiety in today’s youth. The book presents validating data that demonstrate correlations between the changes that have occurred in parenting and the use of technology.
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