In this book club recap conversation, Sarah, Erin, and Rachel talk through one of the most talked-about nonfiction books of the year: Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.

How have our collective relationships with screen-based technologies and social media evolved since the early 2000s? What effects has this shift had on young people? How are Christian perspectives on both screen use and adolescence distinct from those of the secular world around us? What strategies can families employ to counteract the negative effects of what Haidt calls “the great rewiring”? Are there things that every Christian can do to help young people transcend a screen-based childhood and escape the “Anxious Generation”?

At the end of the episode, Rachel unveils this year’s pick for the Lutheran Ladies’ Book Club summer read: E. Jane Mall’s classic fictional biography of Katharina Luther, Kitty, My Rib.

Click to read more from Jonathan Haidt, including the article on close-knit communities Sarah references in the episode.

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