Jonathan Haidt

In Britain, there's a shocking statistic. One quarter of their five-year-olds have their own smartphone because parents around the world have discovered your kid's crying, you need to make dinner, take the phone, you're happy, I'm happy, I can do my stuff. And it's like drugging your kid.

In Britain, there's a shocking statistic. One quarter of their five-year-olds have their own smartphone because parents around the world have discovered your kid's crying, you need to make dinner, take the phone, you're happy, I'm happy, I can do my stuff. And it's like drugging your kid.

In Britain, there's a shocking statistic. One quarter of their five-year-olds have their own smartphone because parents around the world have discovered your kid's crying, you need to make dinner, take the phone, you're happy, I'm happy, I can do my stuff. And it's like drugging your kid.

A distinction I'm coming to see, which is very, very useful, is I don't want to tell people, be afraid of screens, never let your kid on a screen. What I'm coming to see as I talk with my undergrads, especially, and I realize how serious the attention fragmentation is. This is, I think, ultimately more serious than the mental illness is the attention fragmentation.

A distinction I'm coming to see, which is very, very useful, is I don't want to tell people, be afraid of screens, never let your kid on a screen. What I'm coming to see as I talk with my undergrads, especially, and I realize how serious the attention fragmentation is. This is, I think, ultimately more serious than the mental illness is the attention fragmentation.

A distinction I'm coming to see, which is very, very useful, is I don't want to tell people, be afraid of screens, never let your kid on a screen. What I'm coming to see as I talk with my undergrads, especially, and I realize how serious the attention fragmentation is. This is, I think, ultimately more serious than the mental illness is the attention fragmentation.

So I'm coming to see that distinguish between story time and fragmenting time. So stories are good things. Humans are storytelling animals. We love stories. All cultures tell stories. That's part of how we socialize our kids. And that's why literature is so important and why reading novels is so important. Stories are good.

So I'm coming to see that distinguish between story time and fragmenting time. So stories are good things. Humans are storytelling animals. We love stories. All cultures tell stories. That's part of how we socialize our kids. And that's why literature is so important and why reading novels is so important. Stories are good.

So I'm coming to see that distinguish between story time and fragmenting time. So stories are good things. Humans are storytelling animals. We love stories. All cultures tell stories. That's part of how we socialize our kids. And that's why literature is so important and why reading novels is so important. Stories are good.

And a television screen is actually a pretty good way of portraying a story. So don't be afraid of letting your kids have story time. They're not six hours a day, but on a plane ride, let your kid watch a movie. Fantastic. But fragmenting time is I'm doing this thing, but then I get a pop up. I do this other thing. I'm watching this movie, but I'm a little bored, so I'll check out this.

And a television screen is actually a pretty good way of portraying a story. So don't be afraid of letting your kids have story time. They're not six hours a day, but on a plane ride, let your kid watch a movie. Fantastic. But fragmenting time is I'm doing this thing, but then I get a pop up. I do this other thing. I'm watching this movie, but I'm a little bored, so I'll check out this.

And a television screen is actually a pretty good way of portraying a story. So don't be afraid of letting your kids have story time. They're not six hours a day, but on a plane ride, let your kid watch a movie. Fantastic. But fragmenting time is I'm doing this thing, but then I get a pop up. I do this other thing. I'm watching this movie, but I'm a little bored, so I'll check out this.

Oh, and I'll go there. And so if you give a kid an iPad, that's fragmenting time. How much fragmenting time should you give your kid? As close to zero as possible forever. But don't be afraid of stories.

Oh, and I'll go there. And so if you give a kid an iPad, that's fragmenting time. How much fragmenting time should you give your kid? As close to zero as possible forever. But don't be afraid of stories.

Oh, and I'll go there. And so if you give a kid an iPad, that's fragmenting time. How much fragmenting time should you give your kid? As close to zero as possible forever. But don't be afraid of stories.

Kids are incredibly sociable, social. We socialize each other. We play in groups, mixed age groups. There's clear data on how much time kids were spending with friends until around 2010, 2012, about two hours a day on average. It's called the American Time Use Survey. How much time did you spend eating? How much time did you spend watching TV?

Kids are incredibly sociable, social. We socialize each other. We play in groups, mixed age groups. There's clear data on how much time kids were spending with friends until around 2010, 2012, about two hours a day on average. It's called the American Time Use Survey. How much time did you spend eating? How much time did you spend watching TV?

Kids are incredibly sociable, social. We socialize each other. We play in groups, mixed age groups. There's clear data on how much time kids were spending with friends until around 2010, 2012, about two hours a day on average. It's called the American Time Use Survey. How much time did you spend eating? How much time did you spend watching TV?

So you can see until around 2012, kids 15 to 24 is the youngest age group. They were spending about two hours a day with their friends outside of school and work.

So you can see until around 2012, kids 15 to 24 is the youngest age group. They were spending about two hours a day with their friends outside of school and work.