# Are smartphones ruining childhood?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Membership
- Speaker: Jonathan Haidt
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_are_smartphones_ruining_childhood)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt's latest book, "The Anxious Generation," is shaping cultural conversations and sparking fierce debates about the role of smartphones in society. In this timely conversation, he investigates how a smartphone-based childhood, amplified by overprotective parenting, is driving the mental health crisis among young people. He also explores the push for phone bans in schools and the concrete steps we can take to improve the mental health of young people around the world. (This conversation was hosted by Elise Hu, the host of TED Talks Daily. Visit ted.com/membership to support TED today and join more exclusive events like this one.)

## Lectures

1. [Are smartphones ruining childhood?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jonathan_haidt_are_smartphones_ruining_childhood/c1ae43bca60d), 39 min (TED's player)