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What Parents Can Do Now

Why Did We Let Big Tech Take Over Education?
Sophie Winkleman lays out the damage from the screen-based school day and shows how to roll it back.
 • Sophie Winkleman
Why You Should Be a Techno-Skeptic
My most urgent TED Talk yet.
 • Jon Haidt
The Parenting Trap
How Modern Parenting Is Making Adolescence Harder
 • Jonathan T. Rothwell
The Amazing Generation is the Book Parents Have Been Asking For
Our new guide for kids ages 9–12 comes out Dec. 30.
 • Jon Haidt and Catherine Price
How Tech Companies Rig Parental Guilt
Platforms profit from children’s attention while parents absorb the blame
 • Daniel Frost, Sarah Coyne, and Jane Shawcroft
Don’t Give Your Child Any AI Companions
Some dangers are already clear; others won’t be known for many years.
 • Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch
Basic Phones: A Guide for Parents
An Excerpt From Jean Twenge’s New Book: 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World
 • Jean M. Twenge
How to Protect Kids from Porn
5 Layers that Prepare Our Kids for a Mature Digital World
 • Chris McKenna
It's Never Too Late to Turn Things Around
What to do if you’ve already given a child under 14 a smartphone — or allowed social media before age 16.
 • Andrea Davis
This Summer, Take a Family Digital Detox
Why a 30-Day digital detox may be the best gift you can give your kids—and how to make it work
 • Clare Morell
A Not-So-Smartphone
How a 3D-printed prank revealed the power of collective action
 • Tracy Foster
Raising Screen-Free Boys
Keeping them as safe as necessary, not as safe as possible.
 • Katherine Martinko
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