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The Case for Phone-Free Schools
The research is clear: Smartphones undermine attention, learning, relationships, and belonging.
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Jon Haidt
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Kids Who Get Smartphones Earlier Become Adults With Worse Mental Health
New global study from Sapien Labs finds consistent links, stronger for girls
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Jon Haidt
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Zach Rausch
104
AI Will Soon Make Social Media Much More Harmful to Liberal Democracy, and to Children
My new essay with Eric Schmidt lays out four imminent threats and five doable reforms
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Jon Haidt
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Why the Mental Health of Liberal Girls Sank First and Fastest
 • Jon Haidt
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Social Media is a Major Cause of the Mental Illness Epidemic in Teen Girls. Here’s the Evidence.
 • Jon Haidt
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Kids Who Get Smartphones Earlier Become Adults With Worse Mental Health
 • Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch
104
The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic is International, Part 1: The Anglosphere
 • Zach Rausch and Jon Haidt
181
The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012
 • Jon Haidt
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The Mental Health Crisis Has Hit Millennials
Why It Happened and Why It’s Bad For Democracy
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Jean M. Twenge
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The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic is International, Part 2: The Nordic Nations
For Teens, Scandinavia is No Longer The Happiest Place On Earth.
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Zach Rausch
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Jon Haidt
75
Why Some Researchers Think I’m Wrong About Social Media and Mental Illness
Six propositions for evaluating the evidence.
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Jon Haidt
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Do the Kids Think They’re Alright?
It’s hard to find members of Gen Z who think their phone-based childhoods benefitted their generation
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Jon Haidt
 and 
Eli George
125
The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic is International, Part 1: The Anglosphere
Why did mental health fall off a cliff at the same time and in the same way in the USA, The UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand? Part 1 of 3.
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Zach Rausch
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Jon Haidt
181
Academic Pressure Cannot Explain the Mental Illness Epidemic
It’s not the homework. It’s the phones.
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Jean M. Twenge
114
The Case for Phone-Free Schools (updated links)
The research is clear: Smartphones undermine attention, learning, relationships, and belonging.
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Jon Haidt
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