The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of 2024 A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2024 A TIME 100 Must-Read Book of 2024 Named a Best Book of 2024 by the Economist the New York Post and Town & Country The Goodreads Choice Award Nonfiction Book of the Year A must-listen for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones social media and big tech—and a plan for a healthier freer childhood. “With tenacity and candor Haidt lays out the consequences that have come with allowing kids to drift further into the virtual world . . . While also offering suggestions and solutions that could help protect a new generation of kids.” —Shan