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Book Discussion Events
Join Dr. James Lee and
Child Therapist, Tomiko Gold,
for a 2-part book review on
The Anxious Generation
By Jonathan Haidt
Part 1
Tuesday, Sept 10, 2024
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location:
Frederick County Pediatrics
(Space is limited)
Part 2
Tuesday, Sept 24, 2024
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location:
Frederick County Pediatrics
(Space is limited)
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In The Anxious Generation, author Jonathan Haidt “...shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this “great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children’s social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism.
He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies. Most important, Haidt issues a clear call to action. He diagnoses the 'collective action problems' that trap us, and then proposes four simple rules that might set us free. He describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood.” (Penguin Random House).