How a phone-based childhood is having disastrous effects

Author Jonathan Haidt joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness'.
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How a phone-based childhood is having disastrous effects
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[@user-unionwrestling]

I've said this a hundred times, that technology is our biggest blessing and curse simultaneously!

[@JOECURR1488]

AGREED. ASTEROID2028

[@TheOpenSociety777]

Thanks Mr Wizard 🎉

[@poonyaTara]

Yes, and it's interesting what specific ramifications this fact has. As a former book editor I read recently read an article that peaked my interest when it said that the reason the murder mystery genre is almost exclusively set in remote locations these days is because Siri makes life safer by making it almost impossible not to be able to get help and information when you need it. Basically, technology has made motive-based personal murder between non-intimate acquaintances an impossible crime to succeed in committing, so such mysteries must first be set under circumstances that preclude the technology's use.

[@pioneeracademy6488]

My daughter chose a high school that doesn’t allow cell phones. She didn’t have one anyway but she chose a school that prohibited the device. Her school friends do this revolutionary thing called talking to one another. Seems pretty cool.

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

A rare gem...👍

[@TristanMorrow]

Now, imagine they could do that "talking to each other" anytime, anywhere, instantaneously -- thanks to a device more powerful than a _Star Trek_ communicator !?? 📱📱📱📱📱📱📱👭👬🧑‍🤝‍🧑👫👫👬👭🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧑‍🤝‍🧑

[@shari9721]

@@TristanMorrow Using that "device" is absolutely NOT the same as interacting and talking with people in real life that are right there with you that you are looking at , looking into their eyes , seeing facial expressions body movements , hearing breathing , able to real out to touch and comfort etc .

[@6Haunted-Days]

And? Why would anyone care? Wow…..you just want praise about the great job did as a mom and how awesome your kid is …..just NOPE. 😂🙄🤡 So ok great she doesn’t like cell phones, this makes her what….a god or something? NO ONE CARES.

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

@@6Haunted-Days Trolling for attention is the first sign of a stunted maturity...👈

[@camelsh-t_on_the_walls446]

I'm just so immeasurably thankful for having grown up before the onslaught of technology, when we were playing out in real nature with real physical friends.

[@stormriderkaos]

Me too! I owe my even temperament and lack of panic to the real world I grew up in. We weren't supposed to play near the river but oh boy did we ever... better to drown by misadventure than commit suicide aided by smartphone addiction.

[@MothGirl007]

Same!

[@RayPointerChannel]

Me, too. I am 72 and not dependent upon of all of the technology that so many people depend upon. As for kids having phones, they have no need for them in school. When they became available, the excuse was for there mother to contact them. First of all, the child is supposed to be focused on learning at school. If there is some emergency that requires parent to contact their child, the procedure is to call the school office, which will relay the message. That is the way it was handled when I went to school in the last century. It amazes me that after having a structure for education and society, nothing works any more. What happened?

[@SpinfoilHat]

@@RayPointerChannel When I was in school my mom got called in because I brought in eye drops when I started wearing contacts and used them during a power point presentation, but when I had a teacher hitting on the guys in the class or when my bag almost was stolen right in front of a teacher not a word was said, so maybe stuff like that is what happened and being able to reliably get a hold of people you trust or have ways to catch these kinds of people in the act isn't such a bad thing?

[@louiseheaven9136]

It's not just youth! Many people at all ages are finding it all hard to step back. Meanwhile, here I am online, watching and talking to people I don't know.

[@GratitudeGriot]

i'm a 40 year old mom to a 15month old girl. Protecting her mental health is one of my biggest fears. I like these guidelines to wait until she's an older teen for a smartphone and social media. she can totally get by with a flilp phone for emergencies in elementary school. We travel, hike and we read A LOT so I'm confident I can keep her socially engaged in the real world. This was a bit of fresh air after an initial moment of panic thinking my kid is doomed in this new era of the internet.

[@georgejetson9801]

you're doing the right thing. also, avoid toxic men. they literally ruin women's lives.

[@Pete_R63]

So glad I grew up in the 60s and 70s and college in the early 80s.

[@JOECURR1488]

ME TOO. THATS WHY ID ONLY VOTE FOR TRUMP. 😊

[@stormriderkaos]

@@JOECURR1488 My goodness, what went wrong, Joker?

[@JOECURR1488]

@@stormriderkaos Chemical vat. 🤤

[@AnnAndNala]

@@JOECURR1488 That's my era as well, and THAT'S WHY I VOTE FOR BIDEN, because I'm not crazy. You can get away from the trump cult, save yourself while you still have time, just say no to trump.

[@AnnAndNala]

@@JOECURR1488 Isn't it past trumps jail time?

[@PaulADAigle]

It's that phones hold their attention nearly exclusively, and social media is into 'negging', basically getting attention by being negative all the time.

[@Avery_4272]

Phone/internet-addicted parents with fears raising phone/internet-addicted/fearful kids.

[@sailincat2822]

Re: _"Phone/internet-addicted parents with fears raising phone/internet-addicted/fearful kids."_ Bingo! Modern parents are blind to the problem, because they're addicted too! And if they tried to reduce their kids' social media exposure, then the kids would quickly point out their parents hypocrisy.

[@individual1-floridaman491]

Pleas don't say 'teachers aren't doing anything'. We do what we can but are hugely limited in what that entails. As aprent of teens, it is a family/parental issue first and foremost.

[@annham4136]

Yes. I seem to recall that just "because everybody does it" is not a good excuse. I'm not sure that rules for anything for children should be set by Congress or any governing body and there will always be children whose parents are lax.

[@schiffelers3944]

My biggest beef is with the parents/adults in the room, they got the end responsibility. They are not doing the parenting correctly. My parents always said; Just because others do so, you don't have to do so. Don't be a follower. People do many things, some jump of a high rise - you don't have to follow that example.

[@Bruno-ns7gm]

Very interesting piece of journalism. I grew up in rural NC and we made our fun and we worked like adults on farms when we werent in school. We ate veggies from a garden and everybody who was cleared and trained had guns to hunt with. And we never shot anybody or brought a loaded gun in the house. No cellphones, no microwaves, no computers, no talking back to your elders. All i want right now is some barbecued chicken on the grill with corn on the cob and ice cold sweet tea. 🍗🌽🥤

[@gonz94]

❤❤

[@AnnapurnaMoffatt]

I got my first cellphone when I was a teen in the early '00s. All I could really do was make calls: I don't think I even had data. That's the sort of phone I'd give a kid: one that's intended for communication (call/text), because they might need it in an emergency and pay phones are a thing of the past.

[@mysmith7]

I'm so glad we're having this discussion. Its very important, we have to be honest with ourselves in order to grow and mature.

[@stickshiftt9127]

I really like his recommendations... so happy to see something other than politics on the news

[@BeachyKeen-ub9rg]

Wow! Parents parenting. What a concept.

[@Check.Your.Sources]

When I was a kid, it would’ve been impossible to take a picture and instantly send it to everyone I know 😂… there’s so much constant communication, I could only imagine how cruel kids are with so much interconnectivity.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

"Adults" are most certainly the cruelest of all. Especially worldwide "leaders". One fact, one look at, one word from or about folks like Chump, XiXiPi, KJU, Shenko, Puton, Bolsanerdo, etc. would be quite telling about humanity as a whole. And the children mimic what the so-called "grown ups" do. Classy is as classy does.

[@BarnaliD]

I wish I could've seen this segment in it's entirety. The thing is here, when the milennials were growing up, the technology was growing up with them. They had flip phones first, then smart phones at an older age... pre-teens/teens. They weren't BORN with smart phones so they were able to have more freedom from social media. Those of Gen Z were given smart phones by their parents and parental controls over the time spent on them were few. I know someone who let her fifteen year old daughter sleep with her phone. If I said anything to the parent, I would get a verbal thrashing becaus3 she believed she was always right. It comes down to this, the parents. Many are living vicariously through their children. Believe it.

[@00bikeboy]

Everyone, not just kids, need more exercise, better diets, and above all to focus efforts on helping others and stop thinking it's all about me, me, me.

[@xpopypip]

We also have to keep in mind our own addiction as adults. Kids are also left alone and are observing how we act. It's hard because our work is also connected to our phones. Families also need to see what changes make sense for them.

[@knowbody44]

Other generations experienced anxiety and depression also, it's just that no one thought to ask us

[@nychellebrewer]

True; there were other major stress factors in the '90s and before, like a lack of public acceptance for LGBTQ+ teenagers, that are not as prevalent today.

[@Tylermaddox1911]

As someone who is 23 with severe depression, insomnia, debilitating anxiety, and PTSD. For sure I could barely go to school my anxiety was so bad but I'm from Georgia we don't have school shootings and I doubt we will because certain teachers are trained by the local sheriff's office or PD in marksman ship and safety and have CCW license and a concealed firearm that only law enforcement and administration know about. So glad that we passed the law for that. Thats not really a big issue in most red states and no one ever does a mass shooting unless it's a gun Free zone 9 times out of 10. They never go to a military base or police station to do a mass shooting. I do think that negligent deaths would drastically lower if all schools had a beyond scared straight program and gun safety training that way they know the rules of firearm safety. We got taught firearm safety and how to drive a tractor in 9th grade. I think it should be up to the parents to actually train the child how to use a firearm and marksmanship but firearm safety should be taught as soon as the DARE program is which I think is first grade here in Georgia. You never know if a child is gonna find a firearm somewhere. In my opinion once the parent has made the decision that they can stay home alone they in my opinion should know firearm safety and how to properly put rounds on target they should be able to access one firearm if needed in case of a home invasion and obviously know how to dial 911 you could always put a baby monitor or ring camera in front of the accessible firearm just so you know if they're playing with it because they should only grab it in case of emergency if a adult isn't around. I got a 20G at 13 was my first gun and I would go hunting by myself on our property. Then I got a 12G then a 308. Then a 300win mag then a 270. Most my friends had guns and we would go hunting on our own property alone or with each other at one of our houses never was a problem. They should also always be taught who to talk to if they're having a mental crisis I've been to a mental hospital voluntarily because I was having self harm thoughts but I got pass that. Because I wasn't forced to go I still can keep firearm rights. Most states have free mental health facilitys and also free inpatient if a person is having self harm thoughts just go to the hospital and tell them the truth about what's going on. If we encourage more people to speak up about whats going on and how they feel or what thoughts they could be having there would be less self deletion and less murder.

[@MothGirl007]

@@Tylermaddox1911 🙄

[@babu357]

People weren't shooting up school years ago though. There is something different about this type of depression and anxiety. And it seems more common.

[@danysanerd2383]

This level of young people self deletions, permanent erasures because of not feeling accepted, being lonely, feeling rejected, being relentlessly and severely horribly bullied and stuff has never been this bad!! You are wrong, I'm sorry I disagree, you have NO IDEA how hard this generation has it, or mean some of this generation is! No way man, I dare you to go volunteer at any middle school or high school, in particular a troubled youth one, then try keep saying that!! My daughters boyfriend is a substitute teacher right now, for our local public school district and all last week he was at the high school idk- my point of the story is he was seriously so traumatized himself by like Thursday- he was not even at the troubled youth school just the regular one- and he didn't get to eat ANY OF his lunch that day so he was really hangry because he had to "de-escalate a student" so the student was either a danger to themself or others, I'm guessing the student was mean and nasty to him, he's a very nice guy. FURTHERMORE plz go look into how many teachers and other various educators - esp for generation alpha this newest set of kids coming through - how many of them have quit teaching?! So after 4+ years of college/university they quit?!? Yeah no, no one spends that much time and money to get their teaching degree & start a career just to quit for no good reason! This generation, these last couple aren't like yours were boomer 😅 jk, anyways, so seriously though why don't you use the power at your fingertips called Google or whatever you prefer and look into a couple things? Rather than just make broad assumptions thinking 'oh its just the same chit different day, it was the same thing back in my day." Because it isn't some examples; the wage hasn't increased anywhere near what the inflation has. There's no way that most of this generation can even afford to have kids, or many of them ever buy a home either! And while we're well I guess I'm bringing it up, most of them will not find deep and meaningful connections enough to even find a forever partner let alone marry! Most of the men in my generation (40/f) are addicted to peas and corn yk p orn so they can't keep a meaningful relationship and my daughter said most of her previous relationships had the same issues 😮 so yeah this guy who wrote the book they're talking about in this video, has more than his the nail on it's head here. And it's sad that people like you are too busy saying 'yeah we had depression too' yeah but at least you had a career, and spouse to come home to, heck a home of your own to come home too with a white picket fence and maybe 2.5 kids and a dog and couple cats and your own vehicle and ya mowed your own yard and went golfing on Saturday and church on Sunday morning and family dinner on Sunday afternoon. Kids now days have none of that regularity and routine! They're like living in grandparents or mom and dads basement forever, probably until they pass on and then if they're lucky they inherited a crumbling home, and they aren't having a company who promotes them, or keeps them for 20+ years (with medical dental vision and retirement funds), and most definitely they're not going to do anything like rotary masons golfing to church of family dinner! So please stop comparing your life to anything these kids are living now because it's so very different. Please do some research, or go volunteer at a shelter, soup kitchen, or even any of the schools, or see what programs the police departments know about that need volunteers before you think you know what you're talking about. ❤ -Edited because I didn't realize if I put a dash at the end of what I wrote that was touching it that it would put a line through it, the more you know- so I had to come put a space between the - dash thing 😅

[@chanelhopeful5336]

Phones should definitely be banned from school, also all kids should have some type of after school curriculum, keep these kids busy n engaged so they won’t have time to be on the internet all day or getting in trouble, just a thought.

[@MrWaterbugdesign]

We known this for 20 years. Parents addicted, kids addicted. Addicts rarely admit the addiction. This will continue for decades. Cool thing is for the few who are able to stay off will have a huge advantage.

[@cycoklr]

I'm turning 71 soon and use my mobile phone only for its original intended purpose: call and text. No apps, not even maps. I love to roam on my motorbike so I find my direction and plan my route before starting my trip. If I get lost, I stop and ask. I have Facebook and Messenger on my laptop to connect socially but rarely open it and if there's something important to relay to me, I get a phone call. Primitive but peaceful existence. ☮❤😊

[@NashHinton]

Depression is not because of phone use, it's because Murica is collapsing.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Nonsense. It's a worldwide issue. Whether the U.S. is falling to a totalitarian regime and to the iron fists of corporate corruption, cronyism, and control is irrelevant. Everyone is feeling the "smartphone stupidity" worldwide.

[@GanedaAutumnraine]

I have never and will never give a child a phone before the age of 16. I had to fight to keep my eldest offline, as various family would send items that had access to them. I have more control over my youngest two, and they never stop asking. They think it is unreasonable for me to wait until they are 16, but they don't understand how awful the online world *can be* and I want them to avoid that realization for now. Every other child in their school has a phone. It's weird that so many parents are simply getting them without considering the never ending access to everything including bullies.

[@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean]

I'm in my 40s and still have never had a phone. There's no need for it aside from emergencies, and they don't use their phones for emergencies.

[@BarnaliD]

You're strong! Good for you, that's good parenting right there.

[@sailincat2822]

Re: _"It's weird that so many parents are simply getting them without considering the never ending access to everything including bullies."_ Those parents who cave to pressure to let their kids under 16 have smart phones are abdicating their responsibilities. (An explanation for parental rules which I never appreciated when I was a teen. "But the other kids...")

[@kaiisth]

@@sailincat2822Every child is different and every parent is different, kids aren't a hivemind and saying a parent is "abdicating their responsibilities" just because they haven't been educated on the subject is absurd

[@yellowgerbie]

Haidt is brilliant. Everything he says just makes so much sense and I hope that parents across the board take up his norms.

[@theotherway1639]

Social Media isn't even "social" anymore...it may have been at its beginning, but it's another beast now. It's more like hypnotical media. The focus of it is to grab peoples' attention for monetization, and changing kid's brain chemistry in the meantime because they'll be the next primary consumers. That mindfulness workbook called 30 Days Without Social Media by Harper Daniels goes great with Jonathan's book.

[@dasstigma]

"What? It is not a good idea to have the kids grow up inside a Smartphone? Holy moly, who could have seen this coming?" - Humanity (Yes, the smart ones on this rock)

[@travisthornton1792]

…Anyone else watching this on their phone

[@alexeffemey3819]

Best comment on here lol point proven

[@georgejetson9801]

no , laptop lol

[@BarnaliD]

Yes but I'm full grade adult so it doesn't matter.

[@diannawatkins1723]

Schools should install WiFi jammers

[@lisaking7682]

Finally someone sees what’s happening. Post 9/11 and the internet has ruined Gen Z. No pity or understanding is offered to them. The next generation are going to be even worse.

[@AlexJaneson]

Yes, at least Gen Z had a decade or so without all this technology. Gen Alpha has been completely brought up with unlimited technology. It's going to be a disaster.

[@dougsimmons9091]

I feel sorry for my kids and grandchildren because the world is going in the wrong direction !!!

[@ryanniven]

It seems a lot of of opinions don't seem to notice that life is challenging and people are having a hard time cooping with the extra challenges. We live now with a better awareness to how difficult it is and how changing "normal" actions and reactions to something more forgiving and positive is a very slow process. Teaching emotional, and mental heath to the youth will do a lot more then blaming a phone based childhood. Relating to people will do a lot more then telling them this progression to where we are, a current state of the world the youth have only been born into, and world that was build be the generations before them is wrong. A phone based childhood was build and brought to the youth.

[@Scout-bt3mo]

We have a sixteen-year-old. No cell phone until about a month ago. No social media. Period. No video games. Yes, believe it or not there are plenty of other fun things to do. Cell phones are addictive and control people's lives.

[@poonyaTara]

This video provides timely advice for my family since my children are about this age.

[@PolyThumper]

Back in the 70s we teens could go buy a six pack with a fake ID and drive back to pick up a few more later in the evening if we needed to. So much healthier than those smart phones!

[@TristanMorrow]

No seatbelts in the back of a pickup truck down to the railroad tracks listening country music on the FM radio smoking cigarettes and other things riding 3 on a bicycle no helmets to get around and tbh out of my kindergarten cohort probably 1/4 didn't make it to adulthood...

[@bootscooty]

Definitely more fun

[@walmartramen]

Children are not adults not developed yet. Children facing adult problems only being able to use emotions makes stress and etc! "In fact, recent research has found that adult and teen brains work differently. Adults think with the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s rational part. This is the part of the brain that responds to situations with good judgment and an awareness of long-term consequences. Teens process information with the amygdala. This is the emotional part."

[@cesarepampena7740]

A huge push for schools to ban cell phones is also to reduce the chance of students documenting incidents in schools that could result in bad PR for the school and/or district.

[@flamingobingo]

The ‘96 people are annoyed that no one can decided if we’re millennials or gen z.

[@boristheamerican2938]

I would say 1 in 5 youths from the 1970s would have been depressed.

[@wolfgarratslammer]

Teens do what ever is trendy. Mental illness is like smoking was when I was a kid. All the cool kids do it.

[@bethgriesauer3825]

It's not just in the English-speaking world❗️ The devastating effects of smartphones & social media on the youth are a worldwide phenomenon. I understand that an American researcher would look at data available in English, but if he employed multilingual research, he would be able to make his VERY IMPORTANT work so much more conclusive.

[@johnshafer7214]

Good video.

[@TheHjalmur]

Of course their parents also have all these technologies available to them and also don't know how to manage them. Add all the other pressures of modern life (getting all one's ducks in a row is harder than it used to be, as is making ends meet financially), and their anxiety is also higher. So the kids have very few models of good mental and emotional health and self-regulation. We need to solve these problems on a societal level; it's not just the kids.

[@susannpatton2893]

No its not. You can get ducks in a row IF that's your priority-

[@tiadavenport5465]

I teach kindergarten and could've told you this years ago. Sad, but not shocked.

[@djartyom924]

Lets not forget those who had been sideline by those who own a phone early on, growing up u couldnt even hold a convo if u weren't connected online

[@susannpatton2893]

No. You can use a landline phone for that.

[@Slide61]

Security settings on your web browser aren't enough. We really need ISPs to provide a parallel service that cuts out all social media access. Sites like KZbin would stream a very sanitized version of their service.

[@RM_VFX]

Know what I used to do when I was young and something made me anxious? I removed myself from it. I did other things that were more relaxing. Why can't this generation recognize when something isn't good for them? Use your technology savvy to block toxic people. Turn off excessive notifications. Curate your media consumption by using filters. Stream music instead of influencers who tell you all the things you must do or buy or consume to have a fulfilling life.

[@saloninegi147]

Why is the interviewer talking? You have a guest, for pete's sake.

[@lynndenault8198]

Teachers saw this right away.

[@virginia6793]

Yes, kids out of high-school are much less active on social media.

[@Christopher-rx3el]

Sounds like parents need to be better parents.

[@TriAngles3D]

Our culture lags behind the tech based social media shock-wave. But culture will eventually catch up. Young minds will self-organize their way out of that labyrinth.

[@celtic2000]

Interviewers talking and talking… more than anyone they invite.

[@babu357]

I think she's wrong to say taking away phones from children in school won't help. If you take the phones away for even a small amount of time during the day will help. it teaches kids to detach from the internet. it helps them at least learn what the world is like without a phone around. Otherwise it's all they know and it's 24/7. If there were rules at home it would help too. Like no phone at the table, or no phone after a certain time.

[@Xenon-4300]

I really get irritated when they single out young girls as being hit especially hard. To name one point of reference, you don't think 15 year old boys turning to anabolic steroids and an obsessive diet and workout regimens to bulk up, look bigger and more masculine to fit the ideal male standard of today is as much, if not more of an issue? It's become an epidemic in itself and no one ever discusses it.

[@kellypatterson4412]

All kids have cellphones for safety in this day and age.

[@susannpatton2893]

They need to put them away in the classroom and actually learn things. Don't need a 1500 dollar phone for that either. Next....

[@SpinfoilHat]

People were saying the same stuff about TVs in the 90's and later videogames, saying that mental health issues were because of that and not the absolute disregard in society for mental health outside of telling everyone you know "see a therapist." Feels like my mom trying to hand me a piece of paper and an envelope to talk to someone when I can just pop on Discord and immediately talk to them and have much lengthier and meaningful conversations, I can also talk to people on the other side of the world and get to see what life is like outside my town. But of course it's so much easier to blame an inanimate object than the other environmental factors that are causing depression and more.

[@AlexJaneson]

This comment is just wrong

[@SpinfoilHat]

@@AlexJaneson You able to elaborate on that or was vaguely disagreeing as far as you could go?

[@AlexJaneson]

@@SpinfoilHat Social media is not comparable to TV or video games. Watching TV or playing video games can be a social experience because people often do those things with their friends, families, etc. Spending all day scrolling on social media is an extremely lonely life and is causing horrible mental health outcomes among teens, as we're seeing in the statistics.

[@SpinfoilHat]

@@AlexJaneson Uh huh, like the statistics that say staying inside watching TV is bad, when in reality most people don't spend all day watching TV. Or that violent videogames like GTA are causing all sorts of horrible things. Or that cars will never replace horses because that was once a laughable idea too. It's the same song and dance as always just with a new coat of paint, which was my entire point. I'll bite anyways and keep some of this critical thinking up for a bit longer. You say that social media isn't social; remind me again what the first word in social media is? We are using social media to speak together right now, are we not?

[@AlexJaneson]

@@SpinfoilHat Communicating online is not an effective substitute for communicating in-person.

[@elliotswincher4410]

As a fellow 16-year-old here, the providing of cell phones is not the issue here. The issue lies within how social media companies enforce content, the way parents teach their kids to view the world, how often bullies are both rejected and reprimanded by society in order to assure the victim that they are right, and therefore as a result of all that what the phones are used for. The amount of screen time, while it is not good for eyesight and sometimes attention span, is not the direct cause for the anxiety. It's the type of content that external influences have caused adolescents to view not because they choose to necessarily but because the majority of people feel if they do not fall-in-line with what the bulk of society represents, they will be rejected, and everybody wants to be included in some way. Inclusion is valid only for people who take into account situations with an open-mind, kindness for others, and the ability to understand differing opinions. People that don't deserve equal inclusion are ones that are egotistical, condescending, homophobic, or accusing others of being stupid or childish for feeling uncomfortable or expressing concern.

[@susannpatton2893]

😂😂😂😂 your gonna look, it's human nature. Yes the phone IS the issue. You're just fine and then you see some chick or dude that has something you don't. Who cares? You have what you have. Enjoy it and strive for better grades and better job prospects.

[@elliotswincher4410]

@@susannpatton2893 Let me make this clear. I made my initial comment while I'm also a student who takes honors and AP classes and has received several certificates and I'm apart of the student council and am highly respected by my peers. I'm a minimalist and I don't feel any negativity based on other people's goods. What I'm trying to stress here is that the social media companies neglect properly regulating the content. Why does X allow violent rhetoric? Why does Instagram have allowances for partial nudity? Then parents seem to just take away the phone when the kid doesn't control what they're viewing. Keep in mind that this only makes it worse because a lot of kids who follow accounts that are actually morally right and healthy for them are still subject to the algorithm producing new content. Research pop-up ads and other marketing manipulation techniques that make it look like the kid wants this content.

[@cmf1267]

Of course, it's everyone else's fault but the parents! Congress/society didn't force parents to get their kids smartphones, have Instagram or Facebook accounts.

[@DarthSailorMoo]

All thanks to the orange crime cult.

[@JOECURR1488]

ITS OVER. MAGA WILL BE FOREVER. MY A.I WILL SET THAT UP. 😂

[@sircasm6578]

Put on your special helmet durth... You're going to be okay😅

[@MisterWeave-tm4oc]

“Excessive fines can be used, for example, to retaliate against or chill the speech of political enemies.” - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 👩‍⚖️⚖️

[@DarthSailorMoo]

@@sircasm6578 When you grow up, you'll understand.

[@adamderbent6986]

The phone itself is not dangerous at all. What's more, the phone gives a whole range of new possibilities and opportunities. So-called social networks are dangerous. Broadly speaking, social networks are not dangerous either. The problem is the misuse of social networks. Too many organizations, friendly and hostile, use social media for their activities. Moderators do not take this into account because they are only interested in the number of active users. And this directly affects the value of the network itself. That's the problem.

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

Bullsh*t...

[@tracymassimo2114]

OMGEEE this is my 2 kids 😢

[@magicalfrijoles6766]

Parents will never take away their kids' phones because the kids freak out and cry and the parents give in. They want their child to feel good, by feeding their addiction, instead of doing what will make them healthy. Limiting your kids' phone usage to an hour or two a day won't oatracize them from their freinds. They spend most of the time watching videos anyways.

[@leonardwilliams7772]

YOU GET RID OF THEM ! WHO CARES WHAT THE JONESES HAVE, I NEVER GAVE THAT THOUGHT IN MY LIFE. IM SANE.

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

whenever somebody screams that they're sane, i immediately have doubts

[@parrotcracker6629]

Wasn't the same thing said about tv?

[@susannpatton2893]

No

[@knowbody44]

If you take away kids smartphones, then whose money am I going to take every night on DraftKings?

[@leonardwilliams7772]

Ya THINK ? DUH.

[@carro7sheena7]

Gen z parents are resigned. They do what everyone else does. Millennial parents will not do the same.

[@TheOpenSociety777]

“For good reason, the protection against excessive fines has been a constant shield throughout Anglo-American history: Exorbitant tolls undermine other constitutional liberties,” wrote Jutice Ginsburg. “Excessive fines can be used, for example, to retaliate against or chill the speech of political enemies.”

[@MisterWeave-tm4oc]

The regime's tyranny should strike fear in all people 🔥🔥🔥

[@bitey-facepuppyguy2038]

So how does this treatise on fines in Anglo-American history relate to the youth mental health crises and social media ?

[@TheOpenSociety777]

@@bitey-facepuppyguy2038 If you value liberal democracy, rule of law, and evidenced-based epistemology, then you should want the Anglo-American world to win the future. For all our flaws, it is better than any alternative.

[@bitey-facepuppyguy2038]

@@TheOpenSociety777Ok, I just didn't see the connection with this particular story.

[@DRKrust492]

The civil fraud judgment was not a fine. Your quote displays a gross ignorance of the case. Israel is an apartheid state. Gaza is being ethnically cleansed by the IDF. MAGA is a nihilist cult of fascist, domestic terrorists.

[@kevinfox1780]

Mika looks stoned

[@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean]

"Anxiety" ha. I work with kids. Kids these days have NO IDEA what the word "anxiety" even means. They're a bunch of spoiled snobs who want everything around them to be about me-me-me-me-me. And if something is not about themselves, they pick up their phone, start a livestream, and fake-cry into the camera about how mistreated they are, and they fake-hyperventilate while fanning themselves with their hand, whining about their "anxiety". Not a single one of them could even define the word. They think it means "not enough people are paying attention to me and giving me what I want".

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

True..

[@rhyfeddu]

What you're describing is just another symptom of living your life through your phone! The hyper fixation on yourself, selfie overdosing, documenting/blogging your every life minutia for clicks and likes, appearances online more important than real life messiness. Etc. It's still the phones. Or more specifically, social media. This didn't happen en masse because this generation is somehow more defective than prior ones. It's the environment they swim in, the one we allowed. They didn't stand a chance.

[@vacafuega]

But why do you think they're doing this ridiculous stuff? They wouldn't choose it freely if they are mentally healthy, it would seem as ridiculous to them as it does to you

[@shari9721]

@WhatdoesMyChannelNameMean I have no idea what sort of "work" you do with kids but your mean, ignorant, insulting, condescending, rude comment that is completely lacking even 1 shred of empathy ,compassion, support, encouragement, understanding, kindness, etc about how you think and feel about the CHILDREN you "work" with is absolutely disgusting and pathetic and speaks volumes about the kind of horrible person you are and clearly shows you shouldnt be anywhere near children and certainly not "working" with them . smdh

[@frank93907]

lol the previous gens should have been better, we just get a bunch of information that we have to deal with and the older gens don’t accountability, or empower change, at least we can all use Ai to learn and help one another.

[@timothykelly5588]

1970's....aaaahhhh

[@harrypearle9781]

IDEA CONTESTS === IDEA CONTESTS Ask people to submit ideas on controlling MEDIA and test on samples, now (Biden might make this problem a KEY element of his plans for the next election) =========================================================== TNX

[@michaels9213]

It will be interesting if the young generations carry out a sort of Butlerian Jihad (Dune by Frank Herbert) and what the ramifications of unloading Tech will be since the internet has opened a Pandora's box of complexities in modern life. EG. my fridge is connected to the internet.

[@animusadvertere3371]

No duh

[@johnward43]

Worst generation ever.

[@susannpatton2893]

Why do you spend thousands of dollars for your phone or tablet and then hand it to the least responsible person in your family. 😂😂😂😂 are you crazy? And then say you don't have any grocery money 😂😂😂😂

[@6Haunted-Days]

Ummmmm us Gen X experienced WAY WAY more anxiety abuse and depression but no one gave a 💩 AT ALL to to even ask. No one cares when we were bullied or abused at home. Now they’re treated glass and o so special it’s sickening …….they have anxiety….ok AND? So what. Deal with it. You trying dealing with it 1986 or even 1995…..MASSIVELY HARDER!

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

CRY WITH GREATER "FIERCENESS" !!!...👈😭.... ...👈🤣

[@susannpatton2893]

​@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592 not sure I get your response. No one is crying. We are tougher than you and any generation after. We are your overlords. We can grow food, fix cars, shift gears, tell time on any clock, write in cursive, make change in our heads and run modern technology. You can't do 90 percent of that short list. And it gets longer. 😂 your out of your lane here.Learn some things kid

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

@@susannpatton2893 It was crying...👈... My response, was between myself, and the OP, as we played comment tag...👈😁.. You know nothing about the particulars... But since you butted in, 👈😁 with such a great resume' (and the "tougher overlord" thing) just know that our generation was doing all those things BEFORE yours...👈😁... ...without crying...

[@williamstafford8248]

While the unemployment rate in California just rose to 5.3, hang onto your shorts little ones

[@CM8008s]

Perhaps global anxiety has skyrocketed due to the continued threat of Donald Trump.

[@SurprisedCroissant-lm2ct]

NATO is like the girl 👧 scouts!!!! 😂😂😂 Let's hope Russia 🇷🇺 stops ✋️ after Ukraine 🇺🇦!!!!!

[@oppressedspeakeroftruth6558]

We call them the jabbed generation. Sheeple just following their owners.

[@bigtime9589]

They almost had him. They'll get you next time Trump! NEXT TIME!!! 😂.

[@sircasm6578]

What a baddd look for Leqhisha James & her judge friend, to have the bond lowered that much...😅

[@cortical1]

I love how you don't even understand what happened. The amount he owes is the same, Matlock. And that law degree you have from Trump University is toilet paper. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣🧻

[@timbrown8443]

Bad look? This happens in every case. How do you not know this? LOL.

[@literacypolice]

What? They look amazing. This is an installment, genius. First time in history a former president has been convicted of bank fraud. Caught him red-handed claiming his house has three times the square footage than it actually does. Imagine being that dumb. BWAHAHAHA

[@literacypolice]

Trump lost, punisher girl. Facts don't care about your precious feelings.

[@josephsonora3787]

Congratulations on yet another Epic Victory in court today Mr President Trump! Bravo! 👏

[@canucanoe2861]

Victory? Not so much. More like a stay.

[@josephsonora3787]

@canucanoe2861 it's a Victory. 👏 Bravo

[@Pafemanti]

I notice that the 2013 date also shows us something about when our politics started going off the rails. Decency, character, respect for democratic norms ... out the window for half the country 😕 wouldn't you know that a few years later, cults spring up worshiping this billionaire as some persecuted superman, and then things like Q-Anon and resistance to effective covid vaccines no matter the facts. We now have a country in which half of the people engage with politics like it's a football game, MY TEAM WILL WIN, rather than evaluating actual policy and looking to how to move the country forward...

[@josephsonora3787]

@Pafemanti Very very well stated. I think the media plays a very big part in stirring the pot of Hate too.

[@JOECURR1488]

HAHAHAHA...HAHA. TRUMP WILL BE REELECTED. 😂

[@AliG-pp7kh]

Social Media should be NOT allowed for anyone under 16. It's a Cancer on our Youth.

[@Momo-qo7is]

It’s like they are handed the knives by their parents, either to use for something very useful for their future or opposite.