Lauren Greenfield

We see Ivy go off in the show and eventually get back on. It's a real statement of saying, I'm going to be outside of the social life. I think that being a teenager is about being in the social life, trying to find yourself socially, having friends, being accepted. I think that As a next step, like really we need collective action. It's very hard to do this individually.

We see Ivy go off in the show and eventually get back on. It's a real statement of saying, I'm going to be outside of the social life. I think that being a teenager is about being in the social life, trying to find yourself socially, having friends, being accepted. I think that As a next step, like really we need collective action. It's very hard to do this individually.

When they are in our group without phones, when they talk about going to camp without phones, they love that. In the schools that have banned phones this year, it might have been a big shock in the beginning, but the kids love it. Ironically, a lot of the kind of phones coming back in schools in the past has come from parents. wanting to know where their kids are.

When they are in our group without phones, when they talk about going to camp without phones, they love that. In the schools that have banned phones this year, it might have been a big shock in the beginning, but the kids love it. Ironically, a lot of the kind of phones coming back in schools in the past has come from parents. wanting to know where their kids are.

When they are in our group without phones, when they talk about going to camp without phones, they love that. In the schools that have banned phones this year, it might have been a big shock in the beginning, but the kids love it. Ironically, a lot of the kind of phones coming back in schools in the past has come from parents. wanting to know where their kids are.

And I think parents being okay with not being in touch with your kids at every moment will be helpful. But having phones that are not smartphones, you know, is great. Like they can text, they can talk. but not being on the social media apps. It doesn't mean we can never have the social media apps.

And I think parents being okay with not being in touch with your kids at every moment will be helpful. But having phones that are not smartphones, you know, is great. Like they can text, they can talk. but not being on the social media apps. It doesn't mean we can never have the social media apps.

And I think parents being okay with not being in touch with your kids at every moment will be helpful. But having phones that are not smartphones, you know, is great. Like they can text, they can talk. but not being on the social media apps. It doesn't mean we can never have the social media apps.

Like you said, there are positive things about it, but the current algorithms are not made for kids' well-being. Actually, we know they're made for kids' harm or indifferent to kids' harm.

Like you said, there are positive things about it, but the current algorithms are not made for kids' well-being. Actually, we know they're made for kids' harm or indifferent to kids' harm.

Like you said, there are positive things about it, but the current algorithms are not made for kids' well-being. Actually, we know they're made for kids' harm or indifferent to kids' harm.

Absolutely. I really support what Australia is doing and I think it should be. I just want to say like for this generation, which Sydney in the film calls the guinea pig generation, they have already been exposed to trauma. So I hope that... Parents will watch the show with their kids. We have a parent guide and an educational curriculum at learner.org slash social studies. It's free for schools.

Absolutely. I really support what Australia is doing and I think it should be. I just want to say like for this generation, which Sydney in the film calls the guinea pig generation, they have already been exposed to trauma. So I hope that... Parents will watch the show with their kids. We have a parent guide and an educational curriculum at learner.org slash social studies. It's free for schools.

Absolutely. I really support what Australia is doing and I think it should be. I just want to say like for this generation, which Sydney in the film calls the guinea pig generation, they have already been exposed to trauma. So I hope that... Parents will watch the show with their kids. We have a parent guide and an educational curriculum at learner.org slash social studies. It's free for schools.

Schools should use the curriculum, develop media literacy. This is coming from the kids, but they can't do it on their own.

Schools should use the curriculum, develop media literacy. This is coming from the kids, but they can't do it on their own.

Schools should use the curriculum, develop media literacy. This is coming from the kids, but they can't do it on their own.

I'm a journalist. I totally believe in free speech. But I think what we have is a situation where capitalism is making it so that there's too much of a profit incentive for engagement, which often means the most prurient, the most outrageous, the most dangerous, especially when it comes to kids' brains. So I think that's exploitation of

I'm a journalist. I totally believe in free speech. But I think what we have is a situation where capitalism is making it so that there's too much of a profit incentive for engagement, which often means the most prurient, the most outrageous, the most dangerous, especially when it comes to kids' brains. So I think that's exploitation of

I'm a journalist. I totally believe in free speech. But I think what we have is a situation where capitalism is making it so that there's too much of a profit incentive for engagement, which often means the most prurient, the most outrageous, the most dangerous, especially when it comes to kids' brains. So I think that's exploitation of