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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 Dec. 30.
The Amazing Generation is the Book Parents Have Been Asking For
Our new guide for kids ages 9–12 comes out Dec. 30.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Amazing Generation is the Book Parents Have Been Asking For • Our new guide for kids ages 9–12 comes out Dec. 30.
Live with Katie Couric • A recording from Jon Haidt and Katie Couric's live video
Live with Katie Couric
A recording from Jon Haidt and Katie Couric's live video
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December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Live with Katie Couric • A recording from Jon Haidt and Katie Couric's live video
How Tech Companies Rig Parental Guilt • Platforms profit from children’s attention while parents absorb the blame
How Tech Companies Rig Parental Guilt
Platforms profit from children’s attention while parents absorb the blame
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December 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
How Tech Companies Rig Parental Guilt • Platforms profit from children’s attention while parents absorb the blame
Strong Public Support To Restrict Social Media for Children in Germany • A huge majority of adults favors a minimum age for social media – and even adolescents themselves see harm from social media.
Strong Public Support To Restrict Social Media for Children in Germany
A huge majority of adults favors a minimum age for social media – and even adolescents themselves see harm from social media.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Strong Public Support To Restrict Social Media for Children in Germany • A huge majority of adults favors a minimum age for social media – and even adolescents themselves see harm from social media.
Australia’s New Social Media Regulations Put Childhood First • Why raising the minimum age to 16 is a breakthrough for families and child safety
Australia’s New Social Media Regulations Put Childhood First
Why raising the minimum age to 16 is a breakthrough for families and child safety
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December 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Australia’s New Social Media Regulations Put Childhood First • Why raising the minimum age to 16 is a breakthrough for families and child safety
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
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
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December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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
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.
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.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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.
Don’t Give Your Child Any AI Companions • Some dangers are already clear; others won’t be known for many years.
Don’t Give Your Child Any AI Companions
Some dangers are already clear; others won’t be known for many years.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Don’t Give Your Child Any AI Companions • Some dangers are already clear; others won’t be known for many years.
Growing up Online Nearly Killed Me • A dual narrative of mother and daughter about a new school, new phone, and online grooming
Growing up Online Nearly Killed Me
A dual narrative of mother and daughter about a new school, new phone, and online grooming
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November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Growing up Online Nearly Killed Me • A dual narrative of mother and daughter about a new school, new phone, and online grooming
Sweden Went All in on Screens in Childhood. Now It’s Pulling the Plug. • How Sweden is rolling back the phone-based childhood
Sweden Went All in on Screens in Childhood. Now It’s Pulling the Plug.
How Sweden is rolling back the phone-based childhood
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November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sweden Went All in on Screens in Childhood. Now It’s Pulling the Plug. • How Sweden is rolling back the phone-based childhood
The UK Is Doing the Hard Work of Protecting Children Online • Commentary and advice from Beeban Kidron, who helped start it all
The UK Is Doing the Hard Work of Protecting Children Online
Commentary and advice from Beeban Kidron, who helped start it all
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November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The UK Is Doing the Hard Work of Protecting Children Online • Commentary and advice from Beeban Kidron, who helped start it all
Does Social Media Use at One Time Predict Teen Depression at a Later Time? • Reviewing longitudinal evidence
Does Social Media Use at One Time Predict Teen Depression at a Later Time?
Reviewing longitudinal evidence
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November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Does Social Media Use at One Time Predict Teen Depression at a Later Time? • Reviewing longitudinal evidence
TIME TO REFUSE • NYC, Join the Mass Deletion: October 10, 2025
TIME TO REFUSE
NYC, Join the Mass Deletion: October 10, 2025
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November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
TIME TO REFUSE • NYC, Join the Mass Deletion: October 10, 2025
We Are The Slop • Your life is my background noise
We Are The Slop
Your life is my background noise
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November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We Are The Slop • Your life is my background noise
Australia’s Social Media Age Limit Policy Delays Account Creation, Not Access to Content • The policy has been widely mischaracterized
Australia’s Social Media Age Limit Policy Delays Account Creation, Not Access to Content
The policy has been widely mischaracterized
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November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Australia’s Social Media Age Limit Policy Delays Account Creation, Not Access to Content • The policy has been widely mischaracterized
Basic Phones: A Guide for Parents • An Excerpt From Jean Twenge’s New Book: 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World
Basic Phones: A Guide for Parents
An Excerpt From Jean Twenge’s New Book: 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World
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November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Basic Phones: A Guide for Parents • An Excerpt From Jean Twenge’s New Book: 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World
Reclaiming Conversation in the Age of AI • Sherry Turkle on AI, empathy, and the fight for human connection
Reclaiming Conversation in the Age of AI
Sherry Turkle on AI, empathy, and the fight for human connection
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November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Reclaiming Conversation in the Age of AI • Sherry Turkle on AI, empathy, and the fight for human connection
Meta’s AI Companion Policy Is Outrageous • They will only truly change it when the law requires them to do so
Meta’s AI Companion Policy Is Outrageous
They will only truly change it when the law requires them to do so
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November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Meta’s AI Companion Policy Is Outrageous • They will only truly change it when the law requires them to do so
Artificial Intimacy: The Next Giant Social Experiment on Young Minds • How emotionally intelligent chatbots could trigger a new mental health crisis
Artificial Intimacy: The Next Giant Social Experiment on Young Minds
How emotionally intelligent chatbots could trigger a new mental health crisis
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November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Artificial Intimacy: The Next Giant Social Experiment on Young Minds • How emotionally intelligent chatbots could trigger a new mental health crisis
How Is Your New School Phone Policy Working? • Introducing the TAPS: Toolkit for Assessing Phones in Schools
How Is Your New School Phone Policy Working?
Introducing the TAPS: Toolkit for Assessing Phones in Schools
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November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
How Is Your New School Phone Policy Working? • Introducing the TAPS: Toolkit for Assessing Phones in Schools
What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones • Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world.
What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones
Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones • Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world.
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?
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?
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November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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?
Smartphone Gambling is a Disaster • We aren’t meant to have a casino in our pockets
Smartphone Gambling is a Disaster
We aren’t meant to have a casino in our pockets
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November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Smartphone Gambling is a Disaster • We aren’t meant to have a casino in our pockets
It’s Not Just a Game Anymore • How new monetization models changed gaming, and what parents need to know
It’s Not Just a Game Anymore
How new monetization models changed gaming, and what parents need to know
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November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It’s Not Just a Game Anymore • How new monetization models changed gaming, and what parents need to know