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The amazing generation your guide to fun and freedom in a screen-filled world

This book addresses the impact of smartphones and social media on children's and adolescents' development. Written for a young audience, it combines informational text with illustrations, interactive activities, and personal reflections to encourage critical thinking about technology use. The author...

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Main Authors: Haidt, Jonathan (Author), Price, Catherine, 1978- (Author)
Other Authors: Cheng, Cynthia Yuan (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Rocky Pond Books, [2025]
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Social media addiction > Juvenile nonfiction.
Internet addiction in adolescence > Juvenile nonfiction.
Smartphones > Health aspects > Juvenile nonfiction.
Children > Social aspects > Technological innovations > Juvenile nonfiction.
Teenagers > Social aspects > Technological innovations > Juvenile nonfiction.
Social media > Psychological aspects > Juvenile nonfiction.
Technology and children > Juvenile nonfiction.
Self-help publications > Juvenile.
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Summary:This book addresses the impact of smartphones and social media on children's and adolescents' development. Written for a young audience, it combines informational text with illustrations, interactive activities, and personal reflections to encourage critical thinking about technology use. The authors present research-based perspectives, practical strategies, and first-person accounts from young adults, with the aim of helping readers develop habits that support well-being, independence, and personal growth in a digitally connected world.
Physical Description:240 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 9-12 years
Bibliography:Includes index.
ISBN:9798217111916
9798217111909
Author Notes:Jonathan Haidt (pronounced height ) is a social psychologist and professor at New York University's Stern School of Business. His early research was on morality, emotion, and culture, but since 2018 he has been studying the contributions of social media to the decline of teen mental health and the rise of political dysfunction. He is the author of The Happiness Hypothesis and of three New York Times bestsellers: The Righteous Mind, The Coddling of the American Mind (with Greg Lukianoff), and the international bestseller The Anxious Generation . His goal is to help young people and democracies flourish in the digital age.

Catherine Price is an author, speaker, health and science journalist, and former middle school teacher. Her bestselling books include The Power of Fun and How to Break Up with Your Phone, and she is the author of the How to Feel Alive Substack newsletter . Her work has been featured in publications including The Best American Science Writing , The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , and Popular Science , and her TED talk on fun has been viewed more than 5 million times. Her goal is to help people of all ages scroll less and live more.

Cynthia Yuan Cheng graduated from MICA with a B.F.A. in Illustration. Their debut graphic novel in the Baby-sitters Club series, Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery, is a New York Times Bestseller and their graphic novel Win is forthcoming.

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