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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Jonathan Haidt

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Feb 15, 2025 Tiffany rated it really liked it

Shelves: wtfiswrongwithus

Oi. It must be hard to be a parent these days.

I didn't completely agree with everything Haidt said (two examples: it seems like he says that trigger warnings mean people are soft and that people shouldn't be affected by hate speech), and some of his "solutions" for untethering kids from their phones and social media aren't realistic (One, let your kids go to the grocery store and purchase items for you. That's a great idea to help build confidence in kids and feelings of being an adult and valua ...more

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Jul 24, 2024 Alex rated it really liked it

Shelves: sociology, 2020-present

Tag Rules:

-Include everyone
-Resolve disagreements with "Rock-Paper-Scissors"
-Practice good sportsmanship
-One finger touch
-No ball tag
-If a player doesn't want to play tag, then other players must respect that
-Tag games stay outside on the yard
-Tag cannot be played in out of bound areas, or through other games
-When the bell rings, all play stops and students freeze. Then walk to line.

My notes, in the margin: who went to staples to print this shit?

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