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🗓️ 15 September 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt's latest book, "The Anxious Generation," is shaping cultural conversations and sparking fierce debates about the role of smartphones in society. In this timely conversation, he investigates how a smartphone-based childhood, amplified by overprotective parenting, is driving the mental health crisis among young people. He also explores the push for phone bans in schools and the concrete steps we can take to improve the mental health of young people around the world. (This conversation was hosted by Elise Hu, the host of TED Talks Daily. Visit ted.com/membership to support TED today and join more exclusive events like this one.)

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	Hi, you're listening to Ted Talks Daily.
0:10.0	I'm your host Elise Hugh and today an
0:14.4	addition of our summer book club series where we check out new books that will
0:18.5	spark your curiosity all summer long. We are resharing our interview with Jonathan Hight today and now you can
0:25.8	check out a videotape of our conversation on TED.com too. We wanted to bring this to the
0:31.0	feed in honor of back to school season.
0:33.4	And because a peculiar trend is popping up across schools,
0:36.9	cell phone bands in the classroom.
0:39.8	Jonathan has a lot to say on the subject.
0:41.6	He is the author of the number one New York Times bestseller,
0:44.5	The Anxious Generation,
0:46.1	how the great rewiring of childhood
0:47.8	is causing an epidemic of mental illness.
0:50.6	We talked about the effects smartphones
0:52.3	are having on children, frankly all of us and
0:55.0	finally summer is winding down but the book club isn't to be a part of our next book club
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1:05.0	slash membership. You'll get live access to a virtual podcast recording session
1:09.5	and the chance to ask authors like Jonathan your burning questions. Now we'll get to the episode
1:15.4	right after a quick break.
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