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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Smartphones are driving a troubling surge in children's and adolescents' mental health problems.
Chapter 2: Play-centered childhoods, not phone-centered ones, foster healthy development.
Chapter 3: From sleep loss to attention splits, smartphone use dangerously harms children's health.
Chapter 4: The harmful effects of smartphones and social media are reducible today.
Description
The Anxious Generation (2024) argues that the decline of play in childhood and the rise of smartphone usage among adolescents are the twin sources of increased mental distress in Generation Z. Grounded in psychological and biological research, this eye-opening text explores how the profound shift from play-based to phone-based childhoods has disrupted adolescent development – and offers practical advice to address this crisis.
Who Should Listen
- Parents and carers concerned about their children’s smartphone use
- Educators and psychologists perturbed by increased rates of mental illness among Gen Zers
- Anyone addicted to their smartphone