The Case Against The Phone-Based Childhood

On The Degrading Effects of Life Online

How social media makes us worse people

May 14 •

and

Keeping Our Kids Safe Online

Reflections from a bereaved mother

May 10 •

How To Reduce the Sexual Solicitation of Teens on Instagram

Suggestions from Meta whistleblower Arturo Béjar, which could have been implemented long ago

May 6 •

Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness

Two major problems with a review in Nature

Apr 9 •

Is Economic Deprivation the Real Cause of The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis?

Jean Twenge responds to the Nature review of The Anxious Generation

Apr 2 •

Here are 13 Other Explanations for the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis. None of Them Work.

Only smartphones plus social media can explain the international collapse in the early 2010s.

Oct 24, 2023 •

Kids Who Get Smartphones Earlier Become Adults With Worse Mental Health

New global study from Sapien Labs finds consistent links, stronger for girls

May 15, 2023 •

and

Why Some Researchers Think I’m Wrong About Social Media and Mental Illness

Six propositions for evaluating the evidence.

Apr 17, 2023 •

Academic Pressure Cannot Explain the Mental Illness Epidemic

It’s not the homework. It’s the phones.

Mar 15, 2023 •

Social Media is a Major Cause of the Mental Illness Epidemic in Teen Girls. Here’s the Evidence.

Journalists should stop saying that the evidence is just correlational

Feb 22, 2023 •

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