Jonathan Haidt
@jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
Social psychologist at NYU-Stern, working to roll back the phone-based childhood. Please visit anxiousgeneration.com & afterbabel.com
Time to Refuse — led and run by Gen Z'ers — organizes these wonderful events. You can host one near you! timetorefuse.org thephiladelphiacitizen.org/the-citizen-...
Young People are Ditching Their Phones This Weekend
Social media-addicted Gen-Zers are hosting an event this weekend to collectively dump the apps — and instead enjoy each other in person.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Time to Refuse — led and run by Gen Z'ers — organizes these wonderful events. You can host one near you! timetorefuse.org thephiladelphiacitizen.org/the-citizen-...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
EDUCATORS! PREORDER ALERT! Preorder THE AMAZING GENERATION written by @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social and Catherine Price and illustrated by Cynthia Yuan Cheng and submit your receipt to receive a FREE classroom pack. Find out more and preorder at the link below.
Gen Z organizing more real-world, screen-free events! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...
They’ve Come to Free ‘the iPad Babies’
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Gen Z organizing more real-world, screen-free events! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...
The decline in childhood independence in America has been gradual, until we are now in stark contrast to other developed nations. Yet for the sake of kids' mental health, we need to find ways to give kids more independence and free play, ideally outside.
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
The Gravitational Pull of Supervising Kids All the Time
When so many people think hovering is what good parents do, how do you stop?
www.theatlantic.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The decline in childhood independence in America has been gradual, until we are now in stark contrast to other developed nations. Yet for the sake of kids' mental health, we need to find ways to give kids more independence and free play, ideally outside.
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
With Michael Wipfli, founder of the wonderful Australian campaign "36 Months," aiming to delay kids opening social media accounts for 3 years (36 months, from 13 to 16). And he succeeded — Australia is enforcing 16 as a minimum for social media accounts in December.
October 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
With Michael Wipfli, founder of the wonderful Australian campaign "36 Months," aiming to delay kids opening social media accounts for 3 years (36 months, from 13 to 16). And he succeeded — Australia is enforcing 16 as a minimum for social media accounts in December.
Dozens of companies are launching products to stop screen addiction www.fastcompany.com/91422599/wan...
The fast-growth entrepreneurs helping kids break their screen addiction
Companies like Yondr, Tin Can, and Gabb Wireless are leading a counterculture to soothe the ‘anxious generation’ and their nervous parents.
www.fastcompany.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Dozens of companies are launching products to stop screen addiction www.fastcompany.com/91422599/wan...
The team from Screenagers Movies recently launched the #ScreenFreeSleep campaign to reverse the youth sleep crisis.
Devices at bedtime steal kids’ sleep. 51% of teens get less than 7 hours of sleep most nights, and 36% wake at least once during the night to check notifications.
screenfreesleep.org
Devices at bedtime steal kids’ sleep. 51% of teens get less than 7 hours of sleep most nights, and 36% wake at least once during the night to check notifications.
screenfreesleep.org
Home | Screen-Free Sleep Campaign
Let’s make Screen-Free Sleep the norm for kids. Learn about the youth sleep crisis and how our campaign is helping families overcome it.
screenfreesleep.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The team from Screenagers Movies recently launched the #ScreenFreeSleep campaign to reverse the youth sleep crisis.
Devices at bedtime steal kids’ sleep. 51% of teens get less than 7 hours of sleep most nights, and 36% wake at least once during the night to check notifications.
screenfreesleep.org
Devices at bedtime steal kids’ sleep. 51% of teens get less than 7 hours of sleep most nights, and 36% wake at least once during the night to check notifications.
screenfreesleep.org
If you were to have just 1 rule for your kids around phones: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/08/j...
'The Anxious Generation' author's No. 1 rule for kids' screentime at home: 'We have to roll that back if we want any hope for them to grow up healthy'
When it comes to the amount of time kids spend on smartphones and tablets, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says it's necessary to find a balance.
www.cnbc.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you were to have just 1 rule for your kids around phones: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/08/j...
#AI has the power to make content *much* more addictive. If we don’t get a handle on it now, Gen Alpha and Gen Beta are going to be completely lost in the most entertaining content ever created.
www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
Jonathan Haidt is an icon in the parenting world. He says there's a new problem looming.
Jonathan Haidt is the godfather of the low-tech parenting rebellion. Now he’s concerned about a new threat lurking.
www.usatoday.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#AI has the power to make content *much* more addictive. If we don’t get a handle on it now, Gen Alpha and Gen Beta are going to be completely lost in the most entertaining content ever created.
www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
Not all screen time is bad for kids. Schedule a movie night! My thoughts via @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/...
October 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Not all screen time is bad for kids. Schedule a movie night! My thoughts via @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Instagram is not safe for kids. If you think that sexualized content shouldn't be recommended to teenage users, I agree with you!
Video and research by the great org @heatinitiative.bsky.social
Video and research by the great org @heatinitiative.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Instagram is not safe for kids. If you think that sexualized content shouldn't be recommended to teenage users, I agree with you!
Video and research by the great org @heatinitiative.bsky.social
Video and research by the great org @heatinitiative.bsky.social
By me and @iyerland.bsky.social: Australia's new age-limit law for social media does NOT ban content—it delays account creation. Kids & teachers can still use YouTube as much as they want, just w/o algorithms for the kids.
We explain on my Substack, After Babel:
www.afterbabel.com/p/australia-...
We explain on my Substack, After Babel:
www.afterbabel.com/p/australia-...
Australia’s Social Media Age Limit Policy Delays Account Creation, Not Access to Content
The policy has been widely mischaracterized
www.afterbabel.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
By me and @iyerland.bsky.social: Australia's new age-limit law for social media does NOT ban content—it delays account creation. Kids & teachers can still use YouTube as much as they want, just w/o algorithms for the kids.
We explain on my Substack, After Babel:
www.afterbabel.com/p/australia-...
We explain on my Substack, After Babel:
www.afterbabel.com/p/australia-...
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Pretty cool to get a shout out from one of my intellectual, sociological heroes @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social re: Our recent talk about @heterodoxacademy.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Pretty cool to get a shout out from one of my intellectual, sociological heroes @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social re: Our recent talk about @heterodoxacademy.bsky.social
Fabulous new TED talk from Lenore Skenazy. She shows that the cure for rising anxiety among kids and rising anxiety among parents is the same: Let kids develop competence through independence, and through (device-free) unsupervised play, as they used to. youtu.be/whaesnYloMQ?...
Why You Should Spend Less Time with Your Kids | Lenore Skenazy | TED
YouTube video by TED
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October 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Fabulous new TED talk from Lenore Skenazy. She shows that the cure for rising anxiety among kids and rising anxiety among parents is the same: Let kids develop competence through independence, and through (device-free) unsupervised play, as they used to. youtu.be/whaesnYloMQ?...
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From @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social on Threads. Let's join the kids & delete one.
📵🤸♀️🌳 “Time to Refuse” will kick off right here in NYC on World Mental Health Day, October 10th, 2025 at 6pm EST in Tompkins Square Park. Come delete one account of your choosing, at 7pm. Join the campaign: timetorefuse.com
📵🤸♀️🌳 “Time to Refuse” will kick off right here in NYC on World Mental Health Day, October 10th, 2025 at 6pm EST in Tompkins Square Park. Come delete one account of your choosing, at 7pm. Join the campaign: timetorefuse.com
TIME TO REFUSE - Join the Mass Deletion Movement
Join thousands of Gen Z refusing to be products. Mass deletion event October 10, 2025. Reclaim your life from social media and addictive technology.
timetorefuse.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
From @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social on Threads. Let's join the kids & delete one.
📵🤸♀️🌳 “Time to Refuse” will kick off right here in NYC on World Mental Health Day, October 10th, 2025 at 6pm EST in Tompkins Square Park. Come delete one account of your choosing, at 7pm. Join the campaign: timetorefuse.com
📵🤸♀️🌳 “Time to Refuse” will kick off right here in NYC on World Mental Health Day, October 10th, 2025 at 6pm EST in Tompkins Square Park. Come delete one account of your choosing, at 7pm. Join the campaign: timetorefuse.com
A wonderful feature in the NYT about the Reconnect movement, led by Gen Zer Seán Killingsoworth. (Come meet Seán at our event on Oct 10, see prev post!)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/w...
Can College Students Stand to Ditch Their Phones for an Hour or So?
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A wonderful feature in the NYT about the Reconnect movement, led by Gen Zer Seán Killingsoworth. (Come meet Seán at our event on Oct 10, see prev post!)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/w...
Join us in NYC on October 10th:
📵🤸♀️🌳 “Time to Refuse” will kick off right here in NYC on World Mental Health Day, October 10th, 2025 at 6pm EST in Tompkins Square Park. Come delete one account of your choosing, at 7pm. Join the campaign: timetorefuse.com
📵🤸♀️🌳 “Time to Refuse” will kick off right here in NYC on World Mental Health Day, October 10th, 2025 at 6pm EST in Tompkins Square Park. Come delete one account of your choosing, at 7pm. Join the campaign: timetorefuse.com
TIME TO REFUSE - Join the Mass Deletion Movement
Join thousands of Gen Z refusing to be products. Mass deletion event October 10, 2025. Reclaim your life from social media and addictive technology.
timetorefuse.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Join us in NYC on October 10th:
📵🤸♀️🌳 “Time to Refuse” will kick off right here in NYC on World Mental Health Day, October 10th, 2025 at 6pm EST in Tompkins Square Park. Come delete one account of your choosing, at 7pm. Join the campaign: timetorefuse.com
📵🤸♀️🌳 “Time to Refuse” will kick off right here in NYC on World Mental Health Day, October 10th, 2025 at 6pm EST in Tompkins Square Park. Come delete one account of your choosing, at 7pm. Join the campaign: timetorefuse.com
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My new op-ed on how we need a "great rewilding" of childhood to counteract the "great rewiring of childhood" described in Anxious Generation @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
Screen shot of print page in comments if can't access link www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...
Screen shot of print page in comments if can't access link www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...
Reverse the great rewiring of childhood with a great rewilding of childhood: Jeff Opperman
Across all neighborhoods, relinquishing parental control remains a challenge, but can be accomplished most effectively through collective action — parents, neighborhoods, and schools working together ...
www.cleveland.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My new op-ed on how we need a "great rewilding" of childhood to counteract the "great rewiring of childhood" described in Anxious Generation @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
Screen shot of print page in comments if can't access link www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...
Screen shot of print page in comments if can't access link www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...
A funny take on adapting to #phonefreeschools, from the Frisch School in NJ
September 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A funny take on adapting to #phonefreeschools, from the Frisch School in NJ
Chart from "The Anxious Generation." How do we reverse this? We get young people to stop spending 5-9 hours a day on social media and video games, and we get them back to real life.
September 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Chart from "The Anxious Generation." How do we reverse this? We get young people to stop spending 5-9 hours a day on social media and video games, and we get them back to real life.
Two Gen Z orgs—Appstinence and the Reconnect Movement—are leading a mass exodus from social media.
📵🤸♀️🌳 “Time to Refuse” starts in NYC on World Mental Health Day, October 10th, 2025 at 6pm EST in Tompkins Square Park. Come delete one account of your choosing, at 7pm. More at timetorefuse.com
📵🤸♀️🌳 “Time to Refuse” starts in NYC on World Mental Health Day, October 10th, 2025 at 6pm EST in Tompkins Square Park. Come delete one account of your choosing, at 7pm. More at timetorefuse.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Two Gen Z orgs—Appstinence and the Reconnect Movement—are leading a mass exodus from social media.
📵🤸♀️🌳 “Time to Refuse” starts in NYC on World Mental Health Day, October 10th, 2025 at 6pm EST in Tompkins Square Park. Come delete one account of your choosing, at 7pm. More at timetorefuse.com
📵🤸♀️🌳 “Time to Refuse” starts in NYC on World Mental Health Day, October 10th, 2025 at 6pm EST in Tompkins Square Park. Come delete one account of your choosing, at 7pm. More at timetorefuse.com
What happens when we give kids a smartphone — we ask the impossible. A wonderful PSA by Smartphone-Free Childhood US.
September 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
What happens when we give kids a smartphone — we ask the impossible. A wonderful PSA by Smartphone-Free Childhood US.
Californians fought all year for two bills that will help keep kids safe online. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, I hope you'll sign them to hold big tech accountable:
AB1064 protects kids from unsafe AI companions and
AB56 requires warning labels on addictive social media platforms.
AB1064 protects kids from unsafe AI companions and
AB56 requires warning labels on addictive social media platforms.
September 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Californians fought all year for two bills that will help keep kids safe online. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, I hope you'll sign them to hold big tech accountable:
AB1064 protects kids from unsafe AI companions and
AB56 requires warning labels on addictive social media platforms.
AB1064 protects kids from unsafe AI companions and
AB56 requires warning labels on addictive social media platforms.
On "Today with Jenna and Friends" about the benefits of #phonefreeschools www.today.com/video/jonath...
Jonathan Haidt on Why Parents Should Delay Screen Use in Kids
Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and author of “The Anxious Generation,” joins TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and guest co-host Ayesha Curry to discuss why delaying children’s use of screens is important...
www.today.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
On "Today with Jenna and Friends" about the benefits of #phonefreeschools www.today.com/video/jonath...
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𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 by @sturkle.bsky.social is among my top book recommendations when it comes to technology. Grateful to @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social for giving her space to share the preface of the updated edition. Her work is even more important today.
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
Reclaiming Conversation in the Age of AI
Sherry Turkle on AI, empathy, and the fight for human connection
open.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 by @sturkle.bsky.social is among my top book recommendations when it comes to technology. Grateful to @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social for giving her space to share the preface of the updated edition. Her work is even more important today.
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...