The Anxious Generation

Compelling, readable – and incredibly chilling … a terrifying assessment of the digital carnage … remarkably persuasive … a clarion-call to parents everywhere – Lucy Denyer * Telegraph * Deals seriously with counter-arguments and gaps in the evidence … all the suggestions sound sensible. Some even sound fun * Economist * A game-changer for society … The statistics that Haidt offers are jaw-dropping … although this book is about young people, it will resonate with many of us … I can’t recommend this book highly enough; everyone should read it – Stella O’Malley * Irish Independent * A book of devastating observations … his data is startling … robust scientific evidence for what we’ve all come to assume is true … it’s the sheer scale of harm depicted here that should galvanise us – Simon Ings * Spectator * Forget horror; this is one of the most terrifying books I have read … some of the statistics Haidt quotes are truly shocking … a persuasive and rousing argument – Anna Davis * Evening Standard * If this important book rings enough alarms to make politicians impose a genuine social media ban on children, I believe most parents would be happy and most teenagers happier * The Times, Book of the Week * Urgent and essential … it ought to become a foundational text for the growing movement to keep smartphones out of schools, and young children off social media – Sophie McBain * Guardian * Lucid, memorable, galvanizing – Meghan Cox Gurdon * Wall Street Journal * Erudite, engaging, crusading – Tracy Dennis-Tiwary * New York Times Book Review * I would be amazed if large parts of this book don’t ring painfully true … Whatever we do, it’s time to recognise that there’s been a massive shift in human behaviour – Mark Mason * Daily Mail *

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is the author of The Righteous Mind and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind.