Disrupt Yourself Podcast with Whitney Johnson

384 Jonathan Haidt: Between TikTok And Helicopter Parents, What Happens To A Childhood Deferred (And Depressed)?


Listen Later

In 2022, 46 percent of American teens said they were online almost constantly. Around 80 percent of high school seniors said they use social media nearly every day, but only 30 percent say they meet up with friends every day.

Since 2010 – roughly the year touch-screen smartphones and social media apps blew up – the number of girls between 12 and 17 that reported a major depressive episode more than doubled, to 28 percent. Emergency room visits and hospitalizations for girls harming themselves skyrocketed too, along with the suicide rate amongst teenage boys. 

Our guest today calls this a total rewiring of childhood, as smartphones and overprotective parenting warp those crucial formative years into a rollercoaster of anxiety and depression. Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at the NYU Stern School of Business, and the author of several books – his latest is “The Anxious Generation – How The Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.”

 

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Disrupt Yourself Podcast with Whitney JohnsonBy Whitney Johnson

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

402 ratings


More shows like Disrupt Yourself Podcast with Whitney Johnson

View all
Coaching for Leaders by Dave Stachowiak

Coaching for Leaders

1,480 Listeners

Leading Saints Podcast by Leading Saints

Leading Saints Podcast

1,228 Listeners

BYU Speeches by BYU Speeches

BYU Speeches

1,426 Listeners

Better Than Happy by Jody Moore

Better Than Happy

5,690 Listeners

Depression Detox Show | Daily Inspirational Talks by Malikee Josephs (Muh Leek - Jo Seffs)

Depression Detox Show | Daily Inspirational Talks

302 Listeners

3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms by Cloud10

3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms

2,314 Listeners

Faith Matters by Faith Matters Foundation

Faith Matters

1,637 Listeners

FranklinCovey On Leadership with Scott Miller by FranklinCovey

FranklinCovey On Leadership with Scott Miller

220 Listeners

All In by LDS Living

All In

6,283 Listeners

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer by Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

1,024 Listeners

The Greg McKeown Podcast by Greg McKeown

The Greg McKeown Podcast

990 Listeners

Church News by Church News

Church News

876 Listeners

followHIM by Hank Smith & John Bytheway

followHIM

10,435 Listeners

Magnify by LDS Living

Magnify

433 Listeners

The Mel Robbins Podcast by Mel Robbins

The Mel Robbins Podcast

19,372 Listeners