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after babel jon haidt substack after babel subscribe sign in home voices of gen z what parents can do now what schools and educators ca responses to skeptics join us archive about does early access to social media harm later learning new evidence from italy students who got social media accounts by age 12 progressed less than those who waited until age 14 read the latest most popular view all the mass trauma of porn jun 4 2025 freya india 4 437 535 792 why the mental health of liberal girls sank first and fastest mar 9 2023 jon haidt 2 228 498 225 the devil s plan to ruin the next generation dec 1 2025 jon haidt 2 563 219 611 a time we never knew apr 22 2024 freya india 2 771 199 540 recent posts view all australia s social media policy is succeeding here s what the critics are missing jul 27 ravi iyer jon haidt and zach rausch 315 42 55 why you should be a techno skeptic my most urgent ted talk yet jun 2 jon haidt 576 101 96 treasure your attention my commencement address to the nyu class of 2026 may 20 jon haidt 1 691 79 335 why did we let big tech take over education sophie winkleman lays out the damage from the screen based school day and shows how to roll it back jul 13 sophie winkleman 348 61 71 what does a 13 year old see on snapchat in a normal week two new studies show that kids and teens frequently encounter graphic violence sexual content and adult strangers on the app jul 8 brooke istook 322 35 70 teen girls suicide rates are rising in many countries around the world new analyses from europe japan and south korea show increases that in many cases began before covid jul 2 jean m twenge 210 38 25 see all the latest from jon haidt australia s social media policy is succeeding zach rausch australia s social media policy is succeeding ravi iyer australia s social media policy is succeeding lenore skenazy what kids told us about how to get them off their phones after babel a free weekly newsletter where jon haidt and his team make sense of how technology is reshaping society and offer practical guidance on how we can respond subscribe the case against the phone based childhood view all does early access to social media harm later learning new evidence from italy students who got social media accounts by age 12 progressed less than those who waited until age 14 aug 11 marco gui and giovanni abbiati 146 47 32 limbic capitalism has been driving addiction for hundreds of years a chapter from historian david courtwright s magnificent book the age of addiction helps us understand how we got here and what s likely to come jun 8 375 60 93 phones at school less learning more loneliness laptops aren t great either mar 17 jean m twenge 267 37 27 edtech is borrowing zuckerberg s playbook the no evidence of harm refrain is a familiar deflection feb 26 jared cooney horvath 315 34 42 mountains of evidence two new projects catalogue research on social media s many harms to adolescents some of the strongest evidence comes from meta jan 14 jon haidt and zach rausch 515 46 84 the case for independence free play and responsibility in the real world view all free play and mental health what we know what we don t introducing the play collaborative review doc sep 22 2025 yejin park roberts and jon haidt 129 18 23 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 aug 11 2025 lenore skenazy zach rausch and jon haidt 644 94 126 let kids be loud in defense of outdoor play jul 9 2025 katherine martinko 292 32 67 if i let my kid play outside they ll be bullied what to say to other parents or yourself to put bullying fears in perspective jun 10 2025 lenore skenazy 246 56 32 a norwegian approach to supporting children s risky play ellen sandseter on the value of bumps bruises and building real world confidence may 16 2025 ellen beate hansen sandseter 241 57 42 the case for community in the real world view all we took away the phones now what how rebuilding youth community groups can restore a play based childhood may 4 seth kaplan 355 70 57 scrolling alone a brief history of the trade off between convenience and connection in america feb 2 andrew trousdale and erik j larson 443 63 123 the algorithm next door how local digital platforms like nextdoor and facebook are fraying the fabric of neighborhood trust and what we can build instead jul 31 2025 deepti doshi 207 15 41 a new american awakening how the chaos of the phone based life is giving rise to a quiet revolution in civic life and what it will take to make it last may 1 2025 sam pressler and pete davis 264 34 75 the real user interface recovering our neighborhoods although the technological forces driving us apart are powerful the forces needed to hold us together are right in front of us jan 14 2025 seth kaplan 205 44 43 the international mental health crisis view all teen girls suicide rates are rising in many countries around the world new analyses from europe japan and south korea show increases that in many cases began before covid jul 2 jean m twenge 210 38 25 how psychological distress globally accelerated among youth during the covid 19 pandemic a three decade perspective on escalating international psychological distress in adolescence feb 19 2025 karen schrijvers and thomas potrebny 97 9 11 the global loss of the u shaped curve of happiness happiness used to be u shaped by age with middle age the least happy not anymore young people are now the least happy may 27 2024 david blanchflower and alex bryson 200 47 30 the girls are not alright responses to three claims that the youth mental health crisis is exaggerated why changes in stigma and self reporting procedures cannot explain the international decline of adolescent girls mental health apr 11 2024 zach rausch 171 65 24 voices of gen z view all you have to be human i realize now that i want to be real feb 4 freya india 1 849 212 498 growing up online nearly killed me a dual narrative of mother and daughter about a new school new phone and online grooming nov 20 2025 roxy longworth and gay longworth 322 42 51 we are the slop your life is my background noise sep 29 2025 freya india 2 157 170 512 it was the damn phones a gen z poet conveys the effects of the phone based childhood jun 12 2025 korijanes 609 39 138 what parents can do now view all why did we let big tech take over education sophie winkleman lays out the damage from the screen based school day and shows how to roll it back jul 13 sophie winkleman 348 61 71 why you should be a techno skeptic my most urgent ted talk yet jun 2 jon haidt 576 101 96 the parenting trap how modern parenting is making adolescence harder feb 24 jonathan t rothwell 426 73 72 the amazing generation is the book parents have been asking for our new guide for kids ages 9 12 comes out dec 30 dec 22 2025 jon haidt and catherine price 290 39 45 what schools and educators can do now view all why did we let big tech take over education sophie winkleman lays out the damage from the screen based school day and shows how to roll it back jul 13 sophie winkleman 348 61 71 why you should be a techno skeptic my most urgent ted talk yet jun 2 jon haidt 576 101 96 how to evaluate phone policies in schools the toolkit for assessing phones in schools release part 2 feb 5 jason lu emma park sarah wu sunny xun liu and zach rausch 67 12 7 how is your new school phone policy working introducing the taps toolkit for assessing phones in schools aug 12 2025 jason lu sarah wu sunny xun liu and zach rausch 85 23 9 what governments and tech companies can do view all australia s social media policy is succeeding here s what the critics are missing jul 27 ravi iyer jon haidt and zach rausch 315 42 55 how indonesia is protecting 80 million children from online harm their first of its kind regulation cracks down on harmful design mar 26 anindito aditomo najelaa shihab nisa felicia and yeremia dwi hendryanto 129 13 24 meta s legal team abandoned its ethical duties from big tobacco to menlo park and the collapse of legal ethics jan 20 casey mock 249 41 53 why every country should set 16 or higher as the minimum age for social media accounts four features of strong age limit policies for countries ready to follow australia s brave lead jan 13 jon haidt and ravi iyer 273 49 47 responses to skeptics view all does social media use at one time predict teen depression at a later time reviewing longitudinal evidence oct 6 2025 alec mcclean and jakey lebwohl 104 25 14 a flawed absolution for smartphones no the life in media survey did not really show that 8 year olds benefit from owning smartphones apr 11 2025 david stein 118 32 17 flaws in a recent lancet study on phone use in schools five problems that call into question the authors conclusion that phone restrictions don t improve mental health or academic performance feb 13 2025 jon haidt zach rausch and alec mcclean 124 57 20 the fundamental flaws of the only meta analysis of social media reduction experiments and why it matters part 3 the recent meta analysis of social media experiments achieved a statistically insignificant result only due to a string of errors oct 4 2024 david stein 61 12 3 2026 jonathan haidt privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts