As of this month, 34 states and Washington, D.C., have policies aimed to reduce cellphone use at school, including complete or partial bans. One of the key figures who is credited with inspiring this ...

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses the impact of social media on young girls on "Honestly" with host Bari Weiss. JONATHAN HAIDT: Girls spend a lot more time on social media than boys. Liberal girls ...

Jonathan Haidt has long promoted the idea of a play-based childhood and not a phone-based one. The NYU Stern School of Business professor writes in his bestselling book "The Anxious Generation" that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In The Amazing Generation, Dr. Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price argue that the tide is turning against smartphones for young ...

Jonathan Haidt in October 2025. A global public health emergency driven by the swift transition from a play-based to a phone-based childhood has created a “global destruction of human flourishing” ...

NEW YORK CITY — Before last year, Jonathan Haidt was already a well-known social psychologist. He had been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, had given four TED talks, and his ...

I was glad to be present in the packed space of Battell Chapel on Wednesday to hear renowned social psychologist and NYU professor Jonathan Haidt ’85 deliver the Presidential Lecture. Haidt made ...

“Mental health is declining,” says psychologist Jonathan Haidt. This week his book, “The Anxious Generation,” is No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list. His book has been a bestseller for more ...

The Conservatives have gone further, launching a ‘common sense’ campaign to ‘Get Children Off Social Media’, whatever that is supposed to mean. It is framed as a response to parents who are apparently ...

In The Amazing Generation, Dr. Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price argue that the tide is turning against smart phones for young people—they are ready to break their screen addiction. The co-authors ...