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Can this man get Gen Z (and the rest of us) off their phones?

2024-03

Every author hopes to publish their book at a moment when the world will pay attention. Very few are better timed than Jonathan Haidt’s.

In the weeks before I meet the New York University professor, new UK figures reveal a 53 per cent rise in emergency referrals to youth mental healthcare services in the past three years. If the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service’s waiting list formed a physical queue, it would now stretch from London to Birmingham. The mother of Brianna Ghey, murdered last year by two teens, visits parliament to call for a social media ban for under-16s, backed by several MPs. Columnists write about regretting giving their 11-year-olds smartphones. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, even apologises to parents at a US
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