The Case Against The Phone-Based Childhood

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

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

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

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

Reviewing longitudinal evidence

Oct 6 • Alec McClean and Jakey Lebwohl

Reclaiming Conversation in the Age of AI

Sherry Turkle on AI, empathy, and the fight for human connection

Aug 26 • Sherry Turkle

Artificial Intimacy: The Next Giant Social Experiment on Young Minds

How emotionally intelligent chatbots could trigger a new mental health crisis

Aug 14 • Kristina Lerman and David Duc Chu

First We Gave AI Our Tasks. Now We’re Giving It Our Hearts.

What happens when we outsource our children’s emotional lives to chatbots?

Aug 6 • Mandy McLean

Smartphone Gambling is a Disaster

We aren’t meant to have a casino in our pockets

Jul 24 • Jonathan D. Cohen and Isaac Rose-Berman

It’s Not Just a Game Anymore

How new monetization models changed gaming, and what parents need to know

Jul 21 • Bennett Sippel and Zach Rausch

The Mass Trauma of Porn

What have we done?

Jun 4 • Freya India

New Study Finds Most Experts Share Concerns About the Effects of Smartphones and Social Media on Adolescent Mental Health

The largest-ever expert survey finds consensus about rising mental health problems, along with general agreement about some causes and potential policy…

May 22 • Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch

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