Jonathan Haidt

So these are such crucial skills to learn, but we only learn those skills when we're not supervised by grownups. Because if you watch kids today on the playground, there's always, it's so sad, I don't know what it's like there, but in New York City, you go to a playground here, we got great playgrounds, What are you gonna see?

So these are such crucial skills to learn, but we only learn those skills when we're not supervised by grownups. Because if you watch kids today on the playground, there's always, it's so sad, I don't know what it's like there, but in New York City, you go to a playground here, we got great playgrounds, What are you gonna see?

So these are such crucial skills to learn, but we only learn those skills when we're not supervised by grownups. Because if you watch kids today on the playground, there's always, it's so sad, I don't know what it's like there, but in New York City, you go to a playground here, we got great playgrounds, What are you gonna see?

You're gonna see one or two parents standing near the equipment, talking to their child who's on the equipment. You don't see the kids playing with each other. It's all, each individual child is being watched carefully so that they don't fall or something like that. We're so overprotective. And we're blocking those, just the unsupervised play.

You're gonna see one or two parents standing near the equipment, talking to their child who's on the equipment. You don't see the kids playing with each other. It's all, each individual child is being watched carefully so that they don't fall or something like that. We're so overprotective. And we're blocking those, just the unsupervised play.

You're gonna see one or two parents standing near the equipment, talking to their child who's on the equipment. You don't see the kids playing with each other. It's all, each individual child is being watched carefully so that they don't fall or something like that. We're so overprotective. And we're blocking those, just the unsupervised play.

So what I'm arguing is that, in fact, what I show with a lot of evidence in the book is that kids used to play outside. They used to be unsupervised a lot until the 1990s. That's the decade when we freak out in America and we say, if I ever let my kid out, he's going to be abducted.

So what I'm arguing is that, in fact, what I show with a lot of evidence in the book is that kids used to play outside. They used to be unsupervised a lot until the 1990s. That's the decade when we freak out in America and we say, if I ever let my kid out, he's going to be abducted.

So what I'm arguing is that, in fact, what I show with a lot of evidence in the book is that kids used to play outside. They used to be unsupervised a lot until the 1990s. That's the decade when we freak out in America and we say, if I ever let my kid out, he's going to be abducted.

A lot of parents now start saying, I can't even let my kid go two aisles over in a grocery store because I heard that a kid was abducted from a gross, which never happened. OK, there was actually one case. There was one case in 1980, which sort of was like that one case. But people freak out in the 90s. And we don't trust our neighbors anymore. We've lost a lot of trust in our neighbors.

A lot of parents now start saying, I can't even let my kid go two aisles over in a grocery store because I heard that a kid was abducted from a gross, which never happened. OK, there was actually one case. There was one case in 1980, which sort of was like that one case. But people freak out in the 90s. And we don't trust our neighbors anymore. We've lost a lot of trust in our neighbors.

A lot of parents now start saying, I can't even let my kid go two aisles over in a grocery store because I heard that a kid was abducted from a gross, which never happened. OK, there was actually one case. There was one case in 1980, which sort of was like that one case. But people freak out in the 90s. And we don't trust our neighbors anymore. We've lost a lot of trust in our neighbors.

And what that means is that we have to supervise our kids all the time. And that falls on the mothers mostly. Mothers start spending a lot more time parenting, being with their kids. It's not good for the kids. It's not good for the mothers. The kids need to be out with each other. So that's the first piece of it. That starts in the 90s.

And what that means is that we have to supervise our kids all the time. And that falls on the mothers mostly. Mothers start spending a lot more time parenting, being with their kids. It's not good for the kids. It's not good for the mothers. The kids need to be out with each other. So that's the first piece of it. That starts in the 90s.

And what that means is that we have to supervise our kids all the time. And that falls on the mothers mostly. Mothers start spending a lot more time parenting, being with their kids. It's not good for the kids. It's not good for the mothers. The kids need to be out with each other. So that's the first piece of it. That starts in the 90s.

And then by the time we get to 2010, outdoor play is really reduced. Kids aren't doing a lot outdoor. They're spending a lot of time on the internet, on computers. And then when they get social media and smartphones, 2010 to 2015, that's when their mental health collapses. So that's the story that I tell in the book. There's two pieces to it.

And then by the time we get to 2010, outdoor play is really reduced. Kids aren't doing a lot outdoor. They're spending a lot of time on the internet, on computers. And then when they get social media and smartphones, 2010 to 2015, that's when their mental health collapses. So that's the story that I tell in the book. There's two pieces to it.

And then by the time we get to 2010, outdoor play is really reduced. Kids aren't doing a lot outdoor. They're spending a lot of time on the internet, on computers. And then when they get social media and smartphones, 2010 to 2015, that's when their mental health collapses. So that's the story that I tell in the book. There's two pieces to it.

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