Psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses the impact of social media on young girls on "Honestly" with host Bari Weiss. JONATHAN HAIDT: Girls spend a lot more time on social media than boys. Liberal girls ...

As of this month, 34 states and Washington, D.C., have policies aimed to reduce cellphone use at school, including complete or partial bans. One of the key figures who is credited with inspiring this ...

NEW YORK CITY — Before last year, Jonathan Haidt was already a well-known social psychologist. He had been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, had given four TED talks, and his ...

Jonathan Haidt in October 2025. A global public health emergency driven by the swift transition from a play-based to a phone-based childhood has created a “global destruction of human flourishing” ...

Jonathan Haidt ’85, a social psychologist who recently published the bestselling “The Anxious Generation,” warned of technology’s harmful effects on Generation Z and urged students to reclaim their ...

Speaking to a packed crowd at Battell Chapel on Wednesday, the social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt ’85 invoked the biblical tale of the tower of Babel as a metaphor for the harms caused by ...

When Jonathan Haidt's book The Anxious Generation debuted last year, it immediately became a bestseller — and a must-read for many parents navigating an era of pervasive smartphones and social media.

Adolescence, the Netflix miniseries, presents a terrible possibility—that a seemingly “good” kid in a normal English town, with two well-meaning parents, could be drawn so far down the poisoned well ...

“Mental health is declining,” says psychologist Jonathan Haidt. This week his book, “The Anxious Generation,” is No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list. His book has been a bestseller for more ...

Gen Z has become unaccustomed to dealing with the challenges of real life because of social media, but a grassroots movement could hopefully reverse this change. (Siana Grams / Daily Trojan) ...