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Play Deprivation Is A Major Cause of the Teen Mental Health Crisis
Allowing more unsupervised free play is among the most powerful and least expensive ways to bring down rates of mental illness
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Jon Haidt
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Peter Gray
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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
134
Yes, We Do Know Social Media Isn’t Safe for Kids
What the Washington Post editorial board got wrong about the research
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Jean M. Twenge
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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
113
The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic is International, Part 1: The Anglosphere
 • Zach Rausch and Jon Haidt
179
The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012
 • 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
113
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
121
The Mental Health Crisis Has Hit Millennials
Why It Happened and Why It’s Bad For Democracy
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Jean M. Twenge
158
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
78
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
127
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
179
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