Jonathan Haidt - "The Anxious Generation" | The Daily Show

I would add a 5th point, which is to move away from a car based society and build places where people can walk around safely. Kids need places they can get to themselves.

In order for this to be successful, we need to make "third spaces" more available again. Playgrounds and other places that actually encourage people to be there. This would benefit people of all ages!

I still do feel like part of the reason why a lot of kids feel lonely these days it's because we've removed all of the places in person where they can hang out with each other freely and we've made online an unsafe place for them to be.

I am a school principal and am 100% in agreement with you on the phone free schools. Our biggest challenge and fight with this is the parents. They complain constantly and are always finding a reason why their kid should have their phone. The fight is draining and leaves me wondering if it's worth it. We NEED the parents on board for this to work!

The ability of Jordan to inject comedy into a serious discussion while not derailing the interview or undermining the argument. Basically disguising journalism as a funny haha show. Brilliant

I really love that Jordan is normalizing atheism by casually remarking on his atheism. We need more of this. And I also really appreciate the acknowledgment of the need for community among secular people, since that’s the main valuable thing that religion provides.

It's an easy solution. Give young people a safe place to interact outside the school system.

When I became an atheist, I became much happier. There was a time where I was on the fence that was kind of stressful and anxiety inducing, but once I made the break, it was a big relief.

I feel like the best way we could support real childhood for all is by implementing social programs to give families more security.

Born in 2000… I agree that something 100% happened from 2012-2013. But from 2004-2010 I was still ridding my bike and playing outside everyday as a kid.

I can't believe that my childhood of being bullied is now seen as great.

10:40 A key component he’s overlooking is that rates of anxiety and depression are based on self-reported data, and there tends to be greater stigma around sharing mental health struggles in some religious environments. Those kids are likely experiencing far higher rates of anxiety/depression than they’re letting on, while the secular kids may be feeling more comfortable to share what’s actually going on in their heads.

Born 1990. My folks would let me just go when we were kids. Leave at 11am, play until dinner. Just rode bikes, played in the woods. Had flip phones and stuff in high school. I can't imagine having an iPhone and social media before college. These kids don't stand a chance.

Love how the whole story is the "kids" are in their phones too much but very little mention to the Adults who also spend too much time on their phones.

People born after 1994 would have been around 13-14yo when the Financial Crisis hit and then followed by the Great Recession. These kids would have grown up watching their parents and relatives lose their jobs and homes - and they would have seen their parents and relatives struggle to make ends meet for years. When hope is gone, despair takes over. It’s not surprising to see the cohort of kids born after 1994 grow up with a sense of hopelessness after witnessing their parents’ American Dream crumble before their eyes.

Just a few seconds in, but this famous argument about "playing outside, unsupervised" is not a generational experience, its a location one. Millions of kids who are now my age did not grow up like that, we were tucked in some crowded city apartment, most of the time indoors, very supervised, stranger-danger and all that (I'm almost 50). We also spent hours in front of a screen, a TV screen. Older generations complained about us not "playing outside like in the old days" all the same.

My kids are in their late 48 and 50 and they had great yrs growing up! No cell phone no Social media played outside everyday with friends had time limits for bed and slept well and life was great! About the time they were 10 or 11 we started having problems with Halloween and people were slowing down the door to door d/t things being out in the candy so for a couple yrs we did Halloween parties at home etc but the kids still had great fun! Adapting to changes is key to keeping kids happy and unknowing of all the horrible changes going in the world!

We have a reason to be anxious. We were born during a financial crisis, that never got better, where I can’t even live as a Certified Phlebotomist on my own.

I love it that in my small townhouse community the kids are out in full force in the afternoons, I love sitting on my balcony and watch them play. Sometimes I feel like the gramma of the neighborhood.

I loved playing on the merry-go-round spinner! It was scary but fun!