Lauren Greenfield

And by the end, they were like, wouldn't it be amazing if we could have this kind of space outside in the real world? Like if we could just talk to each other?

And by the end, they were like, wouldn't it be amazing if we could have this kind of space outside in the real world? Like if we could just talk to each other?

And by the end, they were like, wouldn't it be amazing if we could have this kind of space outside in the real world? Like if we could just talk to each other?

Yeah, I think it did. I mean, I think there's a tendency to blame kids when they're on their phones too much. And I learned that it wasn't about that. Like, it was... I still wanted to get... my youngest off more, and I did that with like a lot of intentionality.

Yeah, I think it did. I mean, I think there's a tendency to blame kids when they're on their phones too much. And I learned that it wasn't about that. Like, it was... I still wanted to get... my youngest off more, and I did that with like a lot of intentionality.

Yeah, I think it did. I mean, I think there's a tendency to blame kids when they're on their phones too much. And I learned that it wasn't about that. Like, it was... I still wanted to get... my youngest off more, and I did that with like a lot of intentionality.

So I think we just, it just became like more our problem together and how to deal with it rather than pointing a finger and being like, oh, the kids of today.

So I think we just, it just became like more our problem together and how to deal with it rather than pointing a finger and being like, oh, the kids of today.

So I think we just, it just became like more our problem together and how to deal with it rather than pointing a finger and being like, oh, the kids of today.

Thanks for having me.

Thanks for having me.

Thanks for having me.

Yeah, well, I started filming right after COVID. So it was kind of like the perfect natural experiment after kids had so much time where they had really increased their social media use. So we started filming in the fall of 2021. And I had been looking at how media affects kids and youth culture and girl culture and body image with girls online.

Yeah, well, I started filming right after COVID. So it was kind of like the perfect natural experiment after kids had so much time where they had really increased their social media use. So we started filming in the fall of 2021. And I had been looking at how media affects kids and youth culture and girl culture and body image with girls online.

Yeah, well, I started filming right after COVID. So it was kind of like the perfect natural experiment after kids had so much time where they had really increased their social media use. So we started filming in the fall of 2021. And I had been looking at how media affects kids and youth culture and girl culture and body image with girls online.

over the last 30 years and had really looked at kind of how there's an early loss of innocence and how values of fame and materialism and celebrity are amplified with the media.

over the last 30 years and had really looked at kind of how there's an early loss of innocence and how values of fame and materialism and celebrity are amplified with the media.

over the last 30 years and had really looked at kind of how there's an early loss of innocence and how values of fame and materialism and celebrity are amplified with the media.

Well, I did a book called Fast Forward, which was about kids in LA in the 90s and looking at kind of the early loss of innocence there. and wanted to go back and see how they were affected now by social media. As a mother of teens at the time, my kids were 14 and 20, and I saw how there was a kind of generational shift between the two boys. And so when I went back to make this

Well, I did a book called Fast Forward, which was about kids in LA in the 90s and looking at kind of the early loss of innocence there. and wanted to go back and see how they were affected now by social media. As a mother of teens at the time, my kids were 14 and 20, and I saw how there was a kind of generational shift between the two boys. And so when I went back to make this