We've created a world where the barrier to entry for some of the things that we've agreed on as some of the most harmful to younger kids, the barrier to entry is zero.

It's literally you click a button that says, I am 18 or older.

And I remember the first time I saw that button when I wasn't 18.

I was on a computer game called Leisure Suit Larry.

I don't know if you've ever heard of this day.

No, I haven't had that.

So it was a story of this man, Leisure Suit Larry, whose only goal was to have sex.

That's all he was trying to do.

And you get points for the number of times.

And you played this game.

I remember the first one, you were just at a bar and you would type on the computer like open door knock on door and the bouncer would be like

what's the code and you're like what is the code but like when i think about like this world i think

about the option is like in the game it would say to you at the beginning are you 18 or older and i said

i said no i was honest i was like no and the game was like you're not old enough to play i remember

being oh and you went and then i booted it up again. And then I went, I am 18. And it was like,

welcome to the game.

Something is happening to our kids.

Anxiety, depression, and loneliness are on the rise. And it looks like it's not just a phase.

Parents are overwhelmed, young people feel lost, and no one's quite sure what or who is to blame.

But today's guest has spent years trying to answer just that question.

Jonathan Heights is a leading social psychologist, a professor at NYU, and the author of The Anxious Generation, A Book, that's sparking urgent conversations around the world today.

In this episode, we unpack what's going wrong and what we might still be able to do to get it right.

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