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How To Reduce the Sexual Solicitation of Teens on Instagram
Suggestions from Meta whistleblower Arturo Béjar, which could have been implemented long ago
May 6
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Arturo Béjar
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Changes in Parents’ Mental Health Did Not Drive the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis
Jean Twenge rebuts another skeptical argument
May 2
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Jean M. Twenge
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The Revolution Has Begun in the UK
75,000 UK parents have come together to give their kids a smartphone-free childhood
Apr 29
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daisy greenwell
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Why the Mental Health of Liberal Girls Sank First and Fastest
Mar 9, 2023
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Jon Haidt
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Social Media is a Major Cause of the Mental Illness Epidemic in Teen Girls. Here’s the Evidence.
Feb 22, 2023
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Jon Haidt
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Social Media is a Major Cause of the Mental Illness Epidemic in Teen Girls. Here’s the Evidence.
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A Time We Never Knew
Apr 22
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Freya India
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Kids Who Get Smartphones Earlier Become Adults With Worse Mental Health
May 15, 2023
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Jon Haidt
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Zach Rausch
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Why Antisemitism Sprouted So Quickly on Campus
Dec 21, 2023
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Jon Haidt
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Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness
Apr 9
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Jon Haidt
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The International Mental Health Crisis
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The Girls Are Not Alright: Responses to Three Claims that the Youth Mental Health Crisis Is Exaggerated
Why changes in stigma and self-reporting procedures cannot explain the international decline of adolescent girls’ mental health.
Apr 11
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Zach Rausch
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The Youth Mental Health Crisis is International Part 4: Europe
Why girls from wealthy, secular, and individualistic nations were hit hardest.
Jan 30
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Zach Rausch
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Thomas Potrebny
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Jon Haidt
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The Youth Mental Health Crisis is International, Unless You Rely on a Flawed International Dataset (The GBD)
Researchers need to stop using the Global Burden of Disease study when analyzing mental health trends
Jan 3
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Zach Rausch
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Suicide Rates Are up for Gen Z Across the Anglosphere, Especially for Girls
It’s not just anxiety, depression, and self-harm.
Oct 30, 2023
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Zach Rausch
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Jon Haidt
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The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic is International, Part 2: The Nordic Nations
For Teens, Scandinavia is No Longer The Happiest Place On Earth.
Apr 19, 2023
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Jon Haidt
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Zach Rausch
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The Case Against The Phone-Based Childhood
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How To Reduce the Sexual Solicitation of Teens on Instagram
Suggestions from Meta whistleblower Arturo Béjar, which could have been implemented long ago
May 6
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Arturo Béjar
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Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness
Two major problems with a review in Nature
Apr 9
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Jon Haidt
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Is Economic Deprivation the Real Cause of The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis?
Jean Twenge responds to the Nature review of The Anxious Generation
Apr 2
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Jean M. Twenge
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Here are 13 Other Explanations for the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis. None of Them Work.
Only smartphones plus social media can explain the international collapse in the early 2010s.
Oct 24, 2023
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Jean M. Twenge
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Here are 13 Other Explanations for the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis. None of Them Work.
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Kids Who Get Smartphones Earlier Become Adults With Worse Mental Health
New global study from Sapien Labs finds consistent links, stronger for girls
May 15, 2023
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Jon Haidt
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Zach Rausch
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The Case for Independence, Free Play, and Responsibility in the Real World
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Why Kids Need Summer Camp
A 160-year-old solution to a modern mental health crisis
Mar 12
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Steve Baskin
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Why Children Need Risk, Fear, and Excitement in Play
And why adults’ fears put them at risk
Feb 28
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Mariana Brussoni
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Good News For Anxious Kids (And Parents)
A simple homework project can make your child more ready to face the world.
Nov 2, 2023
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Lenore Skenazy
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Play Deprivation Is A Major Cause of the Teen Mental Health Crisis
Allowing more unsupervised free play is among the most powerful and least expensive ways to bring down rates of mental illness
Jul 27, 2023
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Jon Haidt
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Peter Gray
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Voices of Gen Z
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A Time We Never Knew
"Phones? No. We had each other."
Apr 22
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Freya India
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Algorithms Hijacked My Generation. I Fear For Gen Alpha.
Freya India explains how algorithms act as conveyor belts, transporting girls to dark and extreme places
Nov 10, 2023
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Freya India
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Jon Haidt
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Do you know where your kids go every day?
A Zoomer explains her generation’s malaise to older generations
Nov 6, 2023
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Rikki Schlott
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Jon Haidt
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Do the Kids Think They’re Alright?
It’s hard to find members of Gen Z who think their phone-based childhoods benefitted their generation
Apr 12, 2023
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Eli George
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Jon Haidt
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What Parents Can Do Now
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The Revolution Has Begun in the UK
75,000 UK parents have come together to give their kids a smartphone-free childhood
Apr 29
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daisy greenwell
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How to Delay the Age at Which Kids Get Smartphones
A smartphone-free childhood is easier than you think.
Apr 3
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Melanie Hempe
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Why Children Need Risk, Fear, and Excitement in Play
And why adults’ fears put them at risk
Feb 28
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Mariana Brussoni
426
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Good News For Anxious Kids (And Parents)
A simple homework project can make your child more ready to face the world.
Nov 2, 2023
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Lenore Skenazy
228
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Responses to Skeptics
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Changes in Parents’ Mental Health Did Not Drive the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis
Jean Twenge rebuts another skeptical argument
May 2
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Jean M. Twenge
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Suicide Rates Are Now Higher Among Young Adults Than the Middle-Aged
It’s time to update statements about age and suicide
Apr 24
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Jean M. Twenge
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The Girls Are Not Alright: Responses to Three Claims that the Youth Mental Health Crisis Is Exaggerated
Why changes in stigma and self-reporting procedures cannot explain the international decline of adolescent girls’ mental health.
Apr 11
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Zach Rausch
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Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness
Two major problems with a review in Nature
Apr 9
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Jon Haidt
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Is Economic Deprivation the Real Cause of The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis?
Jean Twenge responds to the Nature review of The Anxious Generation
Apr 2
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Jean M. Twenge
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