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EdTech is Borrowing Zuckerberg's Playbook
The "No Evidence of Harm" Refrain is a Familiar Deflection
Feb 26
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Jared Cooney Horvath
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The Parenting Trap
How Modern Parenting Is Making Adolescence Harder
Feb 24
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Jonathan T. Rothwell
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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.
Feb 17
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Jon Haidt
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How to Evaluate Phone Policies in Schools
The Toolkit for Assessing Phones in Schools Release, Part 2
Feb 5
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Jason Lu
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Emma Park
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Sarah Wu
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Sunny Xun Liu
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Zach Rausch
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You Have To Be Human
I realize now that I want to be real
Feb 4
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Freya India
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Scrolling Alone
A brief history of the trade-off between convenience and connection in America
Feb 2
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Andrew Trousdale
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Erik J Larson
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January 2026
Meta's Legal Team Abandoned Its Ethical Duties
From Big Tobacco to Menlo Park — and the collapse of legal ethics
Jan 20
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Casey Mock
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Mountains of Evidence
Two new projects catalogue research on social media’s many harms to adolescents. Some of the strongest evidence comes from Meta.
Jan 14
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Jon Haidt
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Zach Rausch
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Why Every Country Should Set 16 (or Higher) as the Minimum Age for Social Media Accounts
Four features of strong age-limit policies for countries ready to follow Australia’s brave lead
Jan 13
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Jon Haidt
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Ravi Iyer
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December 2025
A Year of Real Progress for Kids
Highlights from our movement, our research, and our substack
Dec 31, 2025
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Jon Haidt
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Zach Rausch
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Alexa Arnold
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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, 2025
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Jon Haidt
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Catherine Price
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Live with Katie Couric
A recording from Jon Haidt and Katie Couric's live video
Dec 19, 2025
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Jon Haidt
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Katie Couric
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