Today, we're diving into the compelling new book, 'The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Chldhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness' by Jonathan Haidt.

The book’s central argument is that the shift from a "play-based childhood" to a "phone-based childhood" is the primary cause of the mental illness epidemic among young people. Haidt claims this transformation was driven by two converging trends: overprotection in the real world and underprotection in the virtual world. The book seeks to answer the urgent question of why rates of adolescent anxiety and depression surged internationally in the early 2010s.

The author, Jonathan Haidt, is a social psychologist whose previous works, including The Happiness Hypothesis and The Coddling of the American Mind, have established his authority on well-being and the challenges facing young people. In his latest work, Haidt presents a powerful and comprehensive case explaining this historic and unprecedented transformation of childhood.