The Anxious Generation - Jonathan Haidt

So Approachable · Jun 5, 2025 · 1h 22m

This week, we’re switching gears—and diving into nonfiction.

We’re talking about The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, a deeply researched and eye-opening look at how technology and social media are shaping (and shaking) the mental health of Gen Z and beyond.

In this episode, we unpack the core arguments:

• How the "phone-based childhood" is changing development

• The link between social media, anxiety, and depression• What’s actually happening to attention spans, friendships, and identity

• And what we, as parents, readers, teachers, and real people on the internet, do with all of it…