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The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
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In what may be the year’s most discussed book, Jonathan Haidt provides a rigorously researched assessment of adolescent mental health in the 21st century. The depressing diagnosis: The arrival of the “phone-based childhood” is essentially rewiring the very experience of growing up. The good news: Haidt has some specific suggestions for parents, schools, tech companies, and governments.

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