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All the Conversations That Kids Are Missing
Alison Wood Brooks on the science of conversation and the art of being ourselves
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Alison Wood Brooks, PhD
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Schools Don’t Know How Well Cell Phone Policies Are Working. You Can Help.
Angela Duckworth, Matthew Gentzkow, and Hunt Allcott are leading the first nationwide survey on school phone policies.
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Angela Duckworth
22
Snapchat is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale
In their own words, we see that Snap Inc’s design choices expose millions of kids to harm
 • 
Jon Haidt
 and 
Zach Rausch
32
A Flawed Absolution for Smartphones
No, the Life in Media survey did not really show that 8-year-olds benefit from owning smartphones
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David Stein
33

March 2025

What Careless People Teaches Us About the Tech Lobby’s Playbook
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ new book shows us that “It didn’t have to be this way”
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Casey Mock
15
Taking Back Childhood From Phones—Finally
Americans don’t agree about anything. Except this: childhood belongs in the real-world.
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Jon Haidt
 and 
Zach Rausch
63
An EdTech Tragedy
A groundbreaking UNESCO book on the damage wrought by ed-tech during COVID school closures around the globe
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Jon Haidt
 and 
Zach Rausch
53
How Social Media Pushes Vulnerable Teens Toward Eating Disorders
Social media companies must take more responsibility to address how their products are fueling adolescent eating disorders
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Kristina Lerman
28
Raising Screen-Free Boys
Keeping them as safe as necessary, not as safe as possible.
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
63
When a Smartwatch Disrupts Second Grade
Why phone-free schools must also be smartwatch-free
 • 
Delaney Ruston, MD
 and 
Lisa Tabb
37

February 2025

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