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On this episode of Newt's World, as schools began to reopen around the country,

many of them earned a schoolchildren are back to in-person learning for the first time since the pandemic began.

I wanted to explore the impact of the COVID-19 shutdowns on our school-aged children.

In his new book, Hollowed Out, Jeremy Adams reveals how a combination of excess media,

isolation, alienation from tradition and the effects of COVID-19 shutdowns are creating an avalanche

of issues with this new generation. The statistics he points to are alarming.

Here are just a few. Between 2007 and 2017, teen depression rose by 63 percent and suicide

and children ages 10 to 24 jumped 56 percent. Under the COVID-19 lockdowns,

it is estimated the young people's screen time increased by five hours a day.

And in 1980, 60 percent of teens read for pleasure every day. By 2016, that number dropped to 16 percent.

Here to discuss more of what this young generation is now facing,

I'm very pleased to welcome my guest, Jeremy Adams, his new book, Hollowed Out,

a warning about America's next generation is out now.

Jeremy, it's great to have you here.

Good day, Mr. Speaker. Great to be with you. Would you share a little bit of your background

as an educator because you come at this from a very sympathetic pro-learning background?

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