Like most people concerned with the amount of time our youth spends on their phone and playing video games, I read The Anxious Generation shortly after it was published. Jonathan Haidt offers an in-depth analysis of the impact electronics are having on today’s youth. He not only addresses the astronomical amount of time the average teen spends on their devices a day, but also highlights the significant opportunities they forfeit due to this preoccupation. Haidt takes the reader from the “play-based childhood” of the late 1980’s to the “phone-based childhood” that emerged in the mid 2010’s. Fortunately, he also provides strategies which, if implemented collaboratively by schools and communities, can mitigate the negative effects of the electronics addiction. While the phones and games are here to stay, it is imperative that adults monitor their usage to prevent them from overwhelming our youth. I found this book to be both alarming and informative. Parents of students, as well as school teachers and administrators would find this book helpful so we, as a society, can begin to address this global issue.
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