The mass migration of childhood into the virtual world has disrupted social and neurological development.
This disruption includes social anxiety, sleep deprivation, attention fragmentation, and addiction. Alarmed by the rates of anxiety and depression in adolescents, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt wrote The Anxious Generation. The book explores these growing phenomena and attributes them to the transition from a play-based childhood to a phone-based childhood.
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This “Am I Ready?” self-evaluation will help you to delay and help save your kids from the smartphone.
You'll be relieved to have these questions handy as your kids grow and mature from child to teen. Confidence comes with having a plan in place!
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