Archive - After Babel

The Amazing Generation is the Book Parents Have Been Asking For

Our new guide for kids ages 9–12 comes out December 30th.

Dec 22 • Jon Haidt and Catherine Price

Live with Katie Couric

A recording from Jon Haidt and Katie Couric's live video

Dec 19 • Jon Haidt and Katie Couric

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How Tech Companies Rig Parental Guilt

Platforms profit from children’s attention while parents absorb the blame

Dec 18 • Daniel Frost, Sarah Coyne, and Jane Shawcroft

Strong Public Support To Restrict Social Media for Children in Germany

A huge majority of adults favors a minimum age for social media – and even adolescents themselves see harm from social media.

Dec 16 • Ludger Woessmann, Katharina Wedel, Franziska Pfaehler, and Vera Freundl

Australia’s New Social Media Regulations Put Childhood First

Why raising the minimum age to 16 is a breakthrough for families and child safety

Dec 10 • Jon Haidt

Meta’s Child Sex-Trafficking Problem

A newly unsealed court filing shows the tech giant connected children to predators on a scale much larger than previously understood.

Dec 3 • Nathan Witkin

The Devil’s Plan to Ruin the Next Generation

I asked ChatGPT how it would destroy America’s youth. Its answers were unsettling — and all too familiar.

Dec 1 • Jon Haidt

November 2025

Don’t Give Your Child Any AI Companions

Some dangers are already clear; others won’t be known for many years

Nov 24 • Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch

Growing up Online Nearly Killed Me

A dual narrative of mother and daughter about a new school, new phone, and online grooming

Nov 20 • Roxy Longworth and Gay Longworth

Sweden Went All in on Screens in Childhood. Now It’s Pulling the Plug.

How Sweden is rolling back the phone-based childhood

Nov 10 • Linda Åkeson McGurk

October 2025

The UK Is Doing the Hard Work of Protecting Children Online

Commentary and advice from Beeban Kidron, who helped start it all

Oct 28 • Baroness Beeban Kidron

Does Social Media Use at One Time Predict Teen Depression at a Later Time?

Reviewing longitudinal evidence

Oct 6 • Alec McClean and Jakey Lebwohl

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