Jonathan Haidt

But the solution is that we act together. And so here are the four norms. This is the last third of the book. Even though this problem is gigantic, we can actually solve it if we do these four things together. Most of us, we don't need everybody, but if most people do this, we solve the problem. The first, no smartphone before high school or age 14.

But the solution is that we act together. And so here are the four norms. This is the last third of the book. Even though this problem is gigantic, we can actually solve it if we do these four things together. Most of us, we don't need everybody, but if most people do this, we solve the problem. The first, no smartphone before high school or age 14.

You can give your kid a flip phone if you want to communicate with them, but nothing with a browser or social media platforms. No smartphone before 14. Let them get through early puberty first. The second is no social media until 16. Social media is designed to introduce your children to strangers. They will be talking to strangers. That's what it's there for. It's insane.

You can give your kid a flip phone if you want to communicate with them, but nothing with a browser or social media platforms. No smartphone before 14. Let them get through early puberty first. The second is no social media until 16. Social media is designed to introduce your children to strangers. They will be talking to strangers. That's what it's there for. It's insane.

You can give your kid a flip phone if you want to communicate with them, but nothing with a browser or social media platforms. No smartphone before 14. Let them get through early puberty first. The second is no social media until 16. Social media is designed to introduce your children to strangers. They will be talking to strangers. That's what it's there for. It's insane.

Children shouldn't be talking to strangers, okay? So it's just, you know, really it should be 18, but I'm just trying to argue, can we just agree on a floor of 16? Just nobody should be on it until 16. And then nobody feels the pressure to be on it. The third is phone-free schools. If you can text your kids during the school day, I guarantee you they're checking their texts. They're sending texts.

Children shouldn't be talking to strangers, okay? So it's just, you know, really it should be 18, but I'm just trying to argue, can we just agree on a floor of 16? Just nobody should be on it until 16. And then nobody feels the pressure to be on it. The third is phone-free schools. If you can text your kids during the school day, I guarantee you they're checking their texts. They're sending texts.

Children shouldn't be talking to strangers, okay? So it's just, you know, really it should be 18, but I'm just trying to argue, can we just agree on a floor of 16? Just nobody should be on it until 16. And then nobody feels the pressure to be on it. The third is phone-free schools. If you can text your kids during the school day, I guarantee you they're checking their texts. They're sending texts.

Everybody's texting everybody. They're not listening to the teacher. They're not even talking to each other. Hallways in schools are very quiet these days because all the kids are on their phone all the time. But if you have a phone-free school, you turn in the phone in the morning, they get it back in the afternoon. amazing things happen.

Everybody's texting everybody. They're not listening to the teacher. They're not even talking to each other. Hallways in schools are very quiet these days because all the kids are on their phone all the time. But if you have a phone-free school, you turn in the phone in the morning, they get it back in the afternoon. amazing things happen.

Everybody's texting everybody. They're not listening to the teacher. They're not even talking to each other. Hallways in schools are very quiet these days because all the kids are on their phone all the time. But if you have a phone-free school, you turn in the phone in the morning, they get it back in the afternoon. amazing things happen.

What the schools always say is they hear laughter in the hallways again. The kids are paying attention to the teachers. They're flirting, talking, joking with each other. So you got to have phone-free schools. And the fourth norm, and this is the hardest, and this is the one that you got, the fourth norm is far more independence, free play, and responsibility in the real world.

What the schools always say is they hear laughter in the hallways again. The kids are paying attention to the teachers. They're flirting, talking, joking with each other. So you got to have phone-free schools. And the fourth norm, and this is the hardest, and this is the one that you got, the fourth norm is far more independence, free play, and responsibility in the real world.

What the schools always say is they hear laughter in the hallways again. The kids are paying attention to the teachers. They're flirting, talking, joking with each other. So you got to have phone-free schools. And the fourth norm, and this is the hardest, and this is the one that you got, the fourth norm is far more independence, free play, and responsibility in the real world.

Because if we're going to Take them off of screens. If they're not, I mean, not all screens, they can watch some television, but if we're going to, if they're not going to be growing up on screens, we have to give them back a fun childhood. My book isn't about screens. It's about childhood. You got to give back a fun childhood. And even though the phone will take, suck them away.

Because if we're going to Take them off of screens. If they're not, I mean, not all screens, they can watch some television, but if we're going to, if they're not going to be growing up on screens, we have to give them back a fun childhood. My book isn't about screens. It's about childhood. You got to give back a fun childhood. And even though the phone will take, suck them away.

Because if we're going to Take them off of screens. If they're not, I mean, not all screens, they can watch some television, but if we're going to, if they're not going to be growing up on screens, we have to give them back a fun childhood. My book isn't about screens. It's about childhood. You got to give back a fun childhood. And even though the phone will take, suck them away.

Cause it seems so interesting when you actually put kids together without phones, they have a lot of fun and they laugh and they invent games. So, but if you do all four, And if you have a community, it's hard to do it by yourself. But if you get a community and a church parish or a school, those are the two best units where you really have people. You have adults who care about kids.

Cause it seems so interesting when you actually put kids together without phones, they have a lot of fun and they laugh and they invent games. So, but if you do all four, And if you have a community, it's hard to do it by yourself. But if you get a community and a church parish or a school, those are the two best units where you really have people. You have adults who care about kids.

Cause it seems so interesting when you actually put kids together without phones, they have a lot of fun and they laugh and they invent games. So, but if you do all four, And if you have a community, it's hard to do it by yourself. But if you get a community and a church parish or a school, those are the two best units where you really have people. You have adults who care about kids.