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December 2025

A Year of Real Progress for Kids
Highlights from our movement, our research, and our substack
 • Jon Haidt, Zach Rausch, and Alexa Arnold
The Amazing Generation is the Book Parents Have Been Asking For
Our new guide for kids ages 9–12 comes out December 30th.
 • Jon Haidt and Catherine Price
Live with Katie Couric
A recording from Jon Haidt and Katie Couric's live video
 • Jon Haidt and Katie Couric
1:04:13
How Tech Companies Rig Parental Guilt
Platforms profit from children’s attention while parents absorb the blame
 • 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.
 • 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
 • 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.
 • 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.
 • Jon Haidt

November 2025

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