Tuesday, July 30, 2024

THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by JONATHAN HAIDT

 Jonathan was a professor in social psychology at the  University of Pennsylvania.  He focused on moral and political psychology. He lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness and investigates thr nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent explorations to mature into competent, mature thriving adults. He provides a dozen instances where neurological development is mired by circumstances, e.g., sleep deprivation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison,and perfectionism. 

In short, raising children is problematic especially in today’s evironment, e.g., internet, social media, etc.

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