Jonathan Haidt

How nice to be back talking with you.

Well, thanks, Oprah. It's very easy to answer that question. The answer is that all over the world, all over the developed world at least, family life has become a fight over screen time. It wasn't like this in 2010. I mean, we fought over television a little bit, but it's once our kids all got iPads, iPhones, social media apps, and that all happened around 2012.

Well, thanks, Oprah. It's very easy to answer that question. The answer is that all over the world, all over the developed world at least, family life has become a fight over screen time. It wasn't like this in 2010. I mean, we fought over television a little bit, but it's once our kids all got iPads, iPhones, social media apps, and that all happened around 2012.

Well, thanks, Oprah. It's very easy to answer that question. The answer is that all over the world, all over the developed world at least, family life has become a fight over screen time. It wasn't like this in 2010. I mean, we fought over television a little bit, but it's once our kids all got iPads, iPhones, social media apps, and that all happened around 2012.

It's been a fight over screen time. We all hate it. We're all feeling trapped. We're all looking for a way out. And I think that's why the book has been a bestseller around the world.

It's been a fight over screen time. We all hate it. We're all feeling trapped. We're all looking for a way out. And I think that's why the book has been a bestseller around the world.

It's been a fight over screen time. We all hate it. We're all feeling trapped. We're all looking for a way out. And I think that's why the book has been a bestseller around the world.

Absolutely. Absolutely. Let me share with you two horrific stats. And you might expect this to be the suicide stats that you and I talked about last time, you know, up 50 percent for adolescents since 2010, up 140 percent for younger teen girls. Those are horrific. But there are two other numbers I can't get out of my mind.

Absolutely. Absolutely. Let me share with you two horrific stats. And you might expect this to be the suicide stats that you and I talked about last time, you know, up 50 percent for adolescents since 2010, up 140 percent for younger teen girls. Those are horrific. But there are two other numbers I can't get out of my mind.

Absolutely. Absolutely. Let me share with you two horrific stats. And you might expect this to be the suicide stats that you and I talked about last time, you know, up 50 percent for adolescents since 2010, up 140 percent for younger teen girls. Those are horrific. But there are two other numbers I can't get out of my mind.

One is 48%, which is the percentage of our adolescents in America who say that they are online almost constantly. The phone is always in their hand. They're always checking it. Even if they're talking with you, they're thinking about what's on the phone. They are checked out of life. They're never fully present. They're almost constantly involved in social media.

One is 48%, which is the percentage of our adolescents in America who say that they are online almost constantly. The phone is always in their hand. They're always checking it. Even if they're talking with you, they're thinking about what's on the phone. They are checked out of life. They're never fully present. They're almost constantly involved in social media.

One is 48%, which is the percentage of our adolescents in America who say that they are online almost constantly. The phone is always in their hand. They're always checking it. Even if they're talking with you, they're thinking about what's on the phone. They are checked out of life. They're never fully present. They're almost constantly involved in social media.

That's one number, 48% of our teens that's happened to. And then what I just found yesterday, which I can't believe, but here it is, 40 percent. That's the number of two-year-olds, two-year-olds in this country, who have their own iPad, their own iPad.

That's one number, 48% of our teens that's happened to. And then what I just found yesterday, which I can't believe, but here it is, 40 percent. That's the number of two-year-olds, two-year-olds in this country, who have their own iPad, their own iPad.

That's one number, 48% of our teens that's happened to. And then what I just found yesterday, which I can't believe, but here it is, 40 percent. That's the number of two-year-olds, two-year-olds in this country, who have their own iPad, their own iPad.

Which means that in the last few years, what that means is that Americans, and it's the same thing in Britain, I know, Americans have basically realized, hey, if I just give the kid an iPad, I can have some peace. I can check my email. I can make dinner. And we're using it as a babysitter. So yes, you ask me, is it addiction? Yes.

Which means that in the last few years, what that means is that Americans, and it's the same thing in Britain, I know, Americans have basically realized, hey, if I just give the kid an iPad, I can have some peace. I can check my email. I can make dinner. And we're using it as a babysitter. So yes, you ask me, is it addiction? Yes.

Which means that in the last few years, what that means is that Americans, and it's the same thing in Britain, I know, Americans have basically realized, hey, if I just give the kid an iPad, I can have some peace. I can check my email. I can make dinner. And we're using it as a babysitter. So yes, you ask me, is it addiction? Yes.

From the age of two all the way through the teen years, at least half our kids are hooked.