Episode 181: "The Anxious Generation"

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Kenneth Wilgus, PhD, P.C.

Christian Parenting, Christianity, Teens, Education, Teenagers, Kids, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Adolescents, How To, Parenting Teens, Parents

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today we talk about Jonathan Haidt's new book, "The Anxious Generation." He is a social psychologist and co-author of the book "The Coddling Of The American Mind." This new book reviews massive amounts of research and delivers what Dr. Ken thinks is a "slam dunk" answer to the debate about whether smartphones are damaging to the lives of children and adolescents. We discuss the concerning data and how smartphones, social media and pornography have contributed to significant increases in adolescent levels of anxiety and depression. As you can guess, we also talk about effective ways to delay and limit smartphone access while still inviting your teenager into the discussion and maintaining a path to autonomy. You can get "The Anxious Generation" book here: https://a.co/d/gvfk0JY You can preorder Dr. Ken's book "Feeding The Mouth That Bites You" here: https://a.co/d/hBnlbzI Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] Music provided by the great John David Kent - https://www.johndavidkent.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You, a weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world.
0:15.2	I'm Jessica Pfeiffer, and as always, I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:21.1	Hey, Dr. Ken. Hey, Jessica. How you doing? I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus. Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:22.7	Hey, Jessica.
0:23.7	How are you doing?
0:24.8	I'm good.
0:25.9	I'm excited about this podcast this morning.
0:27.7	We're going to kind of go over a book that you and I have been reading that has piqued our interest.
0:33.7	And it's called The Anxious Generation.
0:37.0	It's by Jonathan Haidt. Mm-hmm. I think it's called The Anxious Generation. It's by Jonathan Haidt.
0:39.3	I think it's fairly popular.
0:41.4	So people might already read it or.
0:43.1	Everyone's reading it.
0:43.9	Or thinking about reading it or thinking about ordering it.
0:46.6	But I want to say first, my daughter saw it on my nightstand and was very concerned about the implications for her.
0:54.0	Don't you think that's weird?
0:55.3	She's what?
0:55.8	13?
0:56.7	She's 13.
0:57.3	And what did she immediately say about this?
1:00.3	Well, the subtitle is how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness.
1:06.7	And there's a girl on the front holding a phone.
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