Jonathan Haidt

Focus on giving your kids a great childhood with lots of fun, exciting things in the real world. Don't just focus on the screens. But I know the screens are where we're all fighting about now.

Focus on giving your kids a great childhood with lots of fun, exciting things in the real world. Don't just focus on the screens. But I know the screens are where we're all fighting about now.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

So let me give you just a couple of suggestions. So one helpful suggestion is to say it's not screens per se. It's not that you have to keep your kid away from every screen. Keep in mind that stories are good things. Humans are a storytelling species. We've always told stories around the campfire.

So let me give you just a couple of suggestions. So one helpful suggestion is to say it's not screens per se. It's not that you have to keep your kid away from every screen. Keep in mind that stories are good things. Humans are a storytelling species. We've always told stories around the campfire.

So let me give you just a couple of suggestions. So one helpful suggestion is to say it's not screens per se. It's not that you have to keep your kid away from every screen. Keep in mind that stories are good things. Humans are a storytelling species. We've always told stories around the campfire.

So if you want to watch a movie, a 90-minute movie with your child, or let a couple of kids watch a movie together, that's great. It's social. It's a story. It goes on a long time. But fragmenting time, iPad time, that's not a story. That doesn't build concentration. That builds distraction.

So if you want to watch a movie, a 90-minute movie with your child, or let a couple of kids watch a movie together, that's great. It's social. It's a story. It goes on a long time. But fragmenting time, iPad time, that's not a story. That doesn't build concentration. That builds distraction.

So if you want to watch a movie, a 90-minute movie with your child, or let a couple of kids watch a movie together, that's great. It's social. It's a story. It goes on a long time. But fragmenting time, iPad time, that's not a story. That doesn't build concentration. That builds distraction.

And so it's really the private touchscreen, an iPad or an iPhone in a kid's hand, it's constant distraction and interruption. So that should be kept to a minimum. I would say don't even give them their own one until high school, really. You know, you can let them watch, use your iPad on a long car trip, but don't give them their own private iPad or iPhone until they are in high school.

And so it's really the private touchscreen, an iPad or an iPhone in a kid's hand, it's constant distraction and interruption. So that should be kept to a minimum. I would say don't even give them their own one until high school, really. You know, you can let them watch, use your iPad on a long car trip, but don't give them their own private iPad or iPhone until they are in high school.

And so it's really the private touchscreen, an iPad or an iPhone in a kid's hand, it's constant distraction and interruption. So that should be kept to a minimum. I would say don't even give them their own one until high school, really. You know, you can let them watch, use your iPad on a long car trip, but don't give them their own private iPad or iPhone until they are in high school.

You can give them a flip phone earlier or a basic phone watch. So I'm not saying remove all screens from life. You're going to let your kids watch TV sometimes. A TV is much better than an iPad or an iPhone.

You can give them a flip phone earlier or a basic phone watch. So I'm not saying remove all screens from life. You're going to let your kids watch TV sometimes. A TV is much better than an iPad or an iPhone.

You can give them a flip phone earlier or a basic phone watch. So I'm not saying remove all screens from life. You're going to let your kids watch TV sometimes. A TV is much better than an iPad or an iPhone.

The other important thing I would want to leave everyone with is, and we've talked about this a lot in this session, how important it is to find other families or community or church group or anything to do this with. Because what our kids fear most, they don't fear getting cancer. They don't fear getting brain damage. They fear being isolated. They fear being left out.

The other important thing I would want to leave everyone with is, and we've talked about this a lot in this session, how important it is to find other families or community or church group or anything to do this with. Because what our kids fear most, they don't fear getting cancer. They don't fear getting brain damage. They fear being isolated. They fear being left out.

The other important thing I would want to leave everyone with is, and we've talked about this a lot in this session, how important it is to find other families or community or church group or anything to do this with. Because what our kids fear most, they don't fear getting cancer. They don't fear getting brain damage. They fear being isolated. They fear being left out.