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A Time We Never Knew
"Phones? No. We had each other."
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Freya India
96
Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness
Two major problems with a review in Nature
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Jon Haidt
168
The Girls Are Not Alright: Responses to Three Claims that the Youth Mental Health Crisis Is Exaggerated
Why changes in stigma and self-reporting procedures cannot explain the international decline of adolescent girls’ mental health.
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Zach Rausch
63
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Why the Mental Health of Liberal Girls Sank First and Fastest
 • Jon Haidt
441
Social Media is a Major Cause of the Mental Illness Epidemic in Teen Girls. Here’s the Evidence.
 • Jon Haidt
309
Kids Who Get Smartphones Earlier Become Adults With Worse Mental Health
 • Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch
119
Why Antisemitism Sprouted So Quickly on Campus
 • Jon Haidt
289
Algorithms Hijacked My Generation. I Fear For Gen Alpha.
 • Freya India and Jon Haidt
126
Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness
 • Jon Haidt
168

The International Mental Health Crisis

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The Girls Are Not Alright: Responses to Three Claims that the Youth Mental Health Crisis Is Exaggerated
Why changes in stigma and self-reporting procedures cannot explain the international decline of adolescent girls’ mental health.
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Zach Rausch
63
The Youth Mental Health Crisis is International Part 4: Europe
Why girls from wealthy, secular, and individualistic nations were hit hardest.
 • 
Zach Rausch
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Thomas Potrebny
, and 
Jon Haidt
55
The Youth Mental Health Crisis is International, Unless You Rely on a Flawed International Dataset (The GBD)
Researchers need to stop using the Global Burden of Disease study when analyzing mental health trends
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Zach Rausch
29
Suicide Rates Are up for Gen Z Across the Anglosphere, Especially for Girls
It’s not just anxiety, depression, and self-harm.
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Zach Rausch
 and 
Jon Haidt
108
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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Jon Haidt
 and 
Zach Rausch
82

The Case Against The Phone-Based Childhood

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Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness
Two major problems with a review in Nature
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Jon Haidt
168
Is Economic Deprivation the Real Cause of The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis?
Jean Twenge responds to the Nature review of The Anxious Generation
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Jean M. Twenge
58
Here are 13 Other Explanations for the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis. None of Them Work.
Only smartphones plus social media can explain the international collapse in the early 2010s.
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Jean M. Twenge
86
Kids Who Get Smartphones Earlier Become Adults With Worse Mental Health
New global study from Sapien Labs finds consistent links, stronger for girls
 • 
Jon Haidt
 and 
Zach Rausch
119
Why Some Researchers Think I’m Wrong About Social Media and Mental Illness
Six propositions for evaluating the evidence.
 • 
Jon Haidt
213

The Case for Independence, Free Play, and Responsibility in the Real World

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Why Kids Need Summer Camp
A 160-year-old solution to a modern mental health crisis
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Steve Baskin
45
Why Children Need Risk, Fear, and Excitement in Play
And why adults’ fears put them at risk
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Mariana Brussoni
91
Good News For Anxious Kids (And Parents)
A simple homework project can make your child more ready to face the world.
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Lenore Skenazy
32
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
 • 
Jon Haidt
 and 
Peter Gray
145

Voices of Gen Z

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A Time We Never Knew
"Phones? No. We had each other."
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Freya India
96
Algorithms Hijacked My Generation. I Fear For Gen Alpha.
Freya India explains how algorithms act as conveyor belts, transporting girls to dark and extreme places
 • 
Freya India
 and 
Jon Haidt
126
Do you know where your kids go every day?
A Zoomer explains her generation’s malaise to older generations
 • 
Rikki Schlott
 and 
Jon Haidt
107
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
 • 
Eli George
 and 
Jon Haidt
133

What Parents Can Do Now

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How to Delay the Age at Which Kids Get Smartphones
A smartphone-free childhood is easier than you think.
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Melanie Hempe
98
Why Children Need Risk, Fear, and Excitement in Play
And why adults’ fears put them at risk
 • 
Mariana Brussoni
91
Good News For Anxious Kids (And Parents)
A simple homework project can make your child more ready to face the world.
 • 
Lenore Skenazy
32
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