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March 2026

How Indonesia is Protecting 80 Million Children from Online Harm
Their first-of-its-kind regulation cracks down on harmful design and incentivizes safer technology.
 • Anindito Aditomo, Najelaa Shihab, Nisa Felicia, and Yeremia Dwi Hendryanto
Phones at School: Less Learning, More Loneliness
A new analysis shows the twin impacts of the leisure use of devices during the school day: declines in test scores and increases in feelings of…
 • Jean M. Twenge
A Note on a Correction from Jon and Zach
Regarding our retraction of the guest post "30 Facts About Childhood Today that Will Terrify You"
Your Marriage Has a Third
What The Phone-Based Adulthood is Doing to Love and Sex
 • Baya Voce
AI Can't Fix Student Engagement
Only a third of American kids are highly engaged in school. Developing students' curiosity and agency is the solution.
 • Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop

February 2026

EdTech is Borrowing Zuckerberg's Playbook
The "No Evidence of Harm" Refrain is a Familiar Deflection
 • Jared Cooney Horvath
The Parenting Trap
How Modern Parenting Is Making Adolescence Harder
 • Jonathan T. Rothwell
Why the World Is Drawing a Line on Social Media for Kids
What looked politically impossible just months ago has become a global movement to restrict kids’ access to social media. Here’s how it happened.
 • Jon Haidt
How to Evaluate Phone Policies in Schools
The Toolkit for Assessing Phones in Schools Release, Part 2
 • Jason Lu, Emma Park, Sarah Wu, Sunny Xun Liu, and Zach Rausch
You Have To Be Human
I realize now that I want to be real
 • Freya India
Scrolling Alone
A brief history of the trade-off between convenience and connection in America
 • Andrew Trousdale and Erik J Larson
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