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 - Finalist for the PEN Literary Awards A must-read 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." --Shannon Carlin, TIME, 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in