The Anxious Generation

“this is way way larger than Co a much buzzed about book The anxious generation is available now”

“I've been wanting to have this conversation with him about many of his books, and we're finally here for his latest installment, which is called The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.”

“it's called the anxious generation how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness”

“the book is called the anxious generation how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness”

“Everyone, thank you so much for listening; the book is called 'The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.'”

“It's really really 2007. It's uh the coddling of the american mind People haven't read it It's really good”

“the anxious generation how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness it's available right now”

“the anxious generation how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness”

“And we're seeing the success of people like Jonathan height and his book, The Anxious Generation. We're seeing schools go phone free.”

“I'm a big friend and fan of Jonathan height and his new book The anxious generation which really outlined over the last decade and a half how we got here and how with this business model of maximizing attention and engagement It produced a generation of more addicted distracted you know sexualized harassed children that have more anxiety more depression”

“um the anxious generation John Heights website has a bunch of really great up-to-date resources for parents”

“what you know John height wrote about in in the anxious generation unfortunately”

“Um if you're like me, you know that this and you're reading you read Jonathan Haidt's book, The Anxious Generation, you are paying attention to what's out in the world with the TikTok bans”

“read that book and read Jonathan Hyatt's Dr Hyatt's book The an anxious generation”

“so you're not ostracizing certain kids and right you I think Jonathan Height's book The anxious generation has has done a lot towards you know kind of educating the broad populace about that and parents as well because every parent is looking for a solution to this right”

“in episode 827 we welcome the brilliant social psychologist Jonathan hey to the podcast to explore his groundbreaking research on social media's impact on on youth mental health which is the subject of his seminal book The anxious generation Heights insights into how digital technology is reshaping adolescence made this one of our most impactful episodes of the year”

“in Jonathan's latest work the anxious generation he examines the ways in which social media is fundamentally altering how children grow how they interact and perceive the world around them”

“and the lack of enthusiasm that the corporate conglomerate social media companies have around this issue that everyone is aware of and is excited about because of this book”

“you have all these graphs throughout the book many of which are just hockey sticks basically but not in every case”

“what I do want to talk about is this very interesting somewhat unexpected chapter in the anxious generation which is about the larger kind of more existential thing that's happening amidst this crisis which is spiritual degradation”

“so the book is the anxious generation”

“But I think between what you're saying and what Jonathan Haidt, who was on this podcast, the author of 'Anxious Generation,' 'Coddling of the American Mind,' professor at NYU, etc., has said, I'm starting to really believe that, yes, the human brain can focus on past, present, or future, or some combination, but that something about the architecture of our”

“The anxious generation incredibly important book”

“The anxious generation how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness”

“I really enjoyed the anxious Generation by Jonathan height was good”

“H Jonathan height was on the show recently talking about his new book The anxious generation”

“I've got him on for his new book which is called the anxious generation”

“He's the author of a number of books, The Coddling of the American Mind, The Righteous Mind, The Happiness Hypothesis, and most recently, The Anxious Generation, which is the focus of our discussion today.”

“So Dr. Height, we've met and spoken a number of times and this new book of yours, The Anxious Generation, was I suppose it was it of particular interest to me?”

“Jonathan Haidt has written a brilliant book discussing the anxious generation, particularly focusing on the damage that technology has done to children. Smartphones, for example, have drastically worsened their mental health and this topic has been extensively covered in his fantastic book.”

“the title of your blockbuster bestseller and all this research, the anxious generation is the right title because I know we have a sense that there is something deeply wrong.”

“I would love to start with just really digging into your research in this blockbuster book, The Anxious Generation.”

“I I cannot thank you enough for doing this research, for writing this blockbuster book, for all of the advocacy that you're doing, for the support that you're giving to the class action lawsuits”

“and I read Jonathan ha's brilliant book about mobile phones and cell phones”

“Jonathan hate book that came out was pretty scary about the impact on impressionable young minds”

“Man, I just saw some good news though. Jonathan Height's book, The Anxious Generation, number se 73 weeks on the list at number one for New York Times bestseller. So, a lot of parents still, they're waking up and they're fighting back. So, Please, you know, if you can, we are out. If you're a parent out there, read the”

“How to raise kids who aren't The Anxious Generation, The Self-driven Child, and even throwbacks like Battle Him of the Tiger Mother.”

“oh it's a disaster there's my colleague at NYU Jonathan heid he wrote this book uh called the anxious generation”

“My colleague at NYU wrote this book that's This is the book we wish we'd written. The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt.”

“And Anxious Generation is the most recent book that he wrote. And I earlier today, quite literally, man, I was having this conversation with my younger brother”

“I recommend The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Hay. H A I DT T. It's becoming very popular with parents, especially those with young girls. I have bought a few copies for a friend and family and would urge you and your wife to read it.”

“you know there's a book by Jonathan height called the anxious generation”

“anxious generation and coddling of American mind and generations by Jee twangy who works with Jonathan height informed me more about our generation”

“I'm a big fan of Jonathan hate mhm who if you haven't had on this podcast you you should I have he's outstanding wonderful brilliant guy I've just finished his book The anxious generation which is his last one and often find myself giving those to people”

“Jonathan height wrote a great book about this.”

“people should read my friend Jonathan Height's excellent book The anxious generation for more insight on that”

“You have kids now, so you're going to have to read these things. You And you look into the anxious generation. The same person that wrote the coddling of the American mind.”

“who's who's written the kind of the pre-minent book the anxious generation I was talking to Jonathan well before anxious generation came out”

“I mean, you know, read the Jonathan Height book that came out recently. Uh, The Anxious Mind, I believe it's called. I mean, the stats in there are just shocking.”

“I've known John height for many many years he's been on this show I've read the anxious generation”

“in March of last year the social psychologist Jonathan height published this book called The anxious generation which caused let's call it a ster Jonathan”

“so John height writes this book The anxious generation part of the book's thesis is that smartphones and social media have kicked off a mental health crisis”

“Uh and uh you know, I think what I'm arguing in the book, in The Anxious Generation, um is that now we know. We didn't know in 2012 when we were letting our kids have it, but now we know.”

“what I found in doing the research for the book is that the gap between left and right became a chasm after 2012.”

“and a review of of the book of the anxious generation in the times of London in the the UK times”

“a lot of her research is cited in this New York Times best-selling book The anxious Generation by NYU professor John height you've probably heard of this book right”

“and the book The anxious generation says that increases in social media have led to increases in anxiety”

“His most recent book is, it's got a long title here, let me get it right. The Anxious Generation, How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, came out 2024.”

“So Jonathan, remind me of the full title of your book. The book is called The Anxious Generation, How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.”

“Jonathan Haidt, who wrote the book about The Anxious Generation, started a conversation, and that conversation led to legislation.”

“In your book Anxious Generation, Jonathan, you the subtitle here is how the great re-wiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness.”

“Crystal, I'm so glad that you're trying to get smartphones out of your your kids' middle school or junior high. I'm friends with Jonathan Haidt who obviously has made history with the anxious generation and any parent knows, I'm a parent.”

“So you call your book The Anxious Generation. I'll just trace it into the briefest part.”

“I think the that whole anxious generation Jonathan height thing of like it's not good for kids and there's this kind of you know they think it's social media is as harmful as cigarettes for kids”

“Jonathan Haidt has written his book on the anxious generation. I think it's absolutely brilliant. He's talking about the damage that tech has been doing to children and smartphones in particular”

“I have just read this book the anxious generation.”

“So I just did this my um my son's uh school had a book uh book club for parents doing the anxious generation by Jonathan hate and I didn't really want to read it. It was too long and so I put it in notebook LM.”

“and that guy Jonathan hay wrote that book anxious generation this is crazy”

“the influential social psychologist Jonathan height who teaches at New York University joined this argument with the book called The anxious generation how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness”

“Jonathan hate anxious generation.”

“You mentioned Anxious Generation. Happiness right last name.”

“That was more about changes in like academia academia and helicopter parenting and safetyism. The Anxious Generation was the one about social media. right.”

“Okay, let's turn to your book, which again everyone is called The Anxious Generation.”

“I was just reading a thing uh another thing Jonathan hate the guy who who's been doing all this stuff crusading against uh phone usage with our kids Etc he wrote that anxious generation”

“I um, so I'm I'm I'm a Gen Z and I recently listened to your podcast with Carlos Whitaker and I just read The Anxious Generation and uh, my question is how do I break free from a social media addiction when so much of my life and skill set revolves around technology?”

“um I don't I mean, read the Jonathan Height book and do what you can.”

“Anxious Generation. the basically talking about how social media was primed to destroy young women first,”

“Um but I don't know if you've read Jonathan Height's book, The Anxious Generation. No, but I've read enough takes on it to feel like I have a good Yeah. sense.”

“In early 2020, the influential social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, who teaches at New York University, joined this argument with a book titled "The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness." Here is Haidt on MSNBC discussing this epidemic: "Everyone has a theory about what causes it."”

“Did any of you guys read Jonathan Haidt's book, Anxious Generation?”