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A Zoomer explains her generation's malaise to older generations(jonathanhaidt.substack.com)

35 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 35 comments

Play deprivation is a major cause of the teen mental health crisis(jonathanhaidt.substack.com)

338 points by trevin 3 years ago | 291 comments

An After Babel Substack essay by Jon Haidt and Peter Gray arguing that the decline of unsupervised free play is a major cause of the teen mental health crisis.

Kids who get smartphones earlier become adults with worse mental health(jonathanhaidt.substack.com)

313 points by civeng 3 years ago | 294 comments

Why some researchers think I’m wrong about social media and mental illness(jonathanhaidt.substack.com)

339 points by YuukiRey 3 years ago | 468 comments

Jonathan Haidt's After Babel Substack post laying out six propositions for evaluating evidence on whether social media causes mental illness among teens.

The teen mental illness epidemic is international – Part 1: The Anglosphere(jonathanhaidt.substack.com)

217 points by paulpauper 3 years ago | 371 comments