I wrote The Anxious Generation with a firm belief that the challenges confronting our children and our families are solvable. However, addressing these challenges requires understanding the traps we have fallen into, so we can see the escape routes.
The main escape routes are four new norms: delay smartphones until high school, delay social media until 16, phone-free schools, and more independence and play in the real world. The solutions are simple, but the work is hard. It’ll be easier if we act together.
In this talk, I’ll share with you the research that underpins the book alongside inspiration and concrete plans, so that school leaders, parents, and all of us can facilitate change in our families, schools, and communities.
