Welcome back to Season Five of the Books Brothers Podcast! Thomas leads our discussion of the Introduction and Part 1 from The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt.

Introduction (1:30 - 17:25)

• What are your thoughts on the author’s metaphor of “Kids [today] growing up on Mars” (1:30 - 4:08)
• When did you receive your first smartphone? (4:09 - 17:25)

Part 1: A Tidal Wave (17:26 - 51:00)

• The guys share their own negative experiences and consequences from their own phone use / screen time through the years (17:26 - 35:14)
• The guys share their own experiences and thoughts on parents’ sense of ability or powerlessness to control their kids’ technology and social media use (35:15 - 51:00)

Next week we’ll discuss Part 2 (chapters 2-4): The Backstory: The Decline of Play-Based Childhood.

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