#980 The Anxious Generation With Jonathan Haidt

Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families

Justin shares four big ideas based on Jonathan Haidt's new book in the hope that it generates some constructive conversations with your kids at home:

1. The key to building a resilient child,
2. Getting comfy with our children experiencing a healthy level of discomfort in life,
3. The impact of social media on the brain development of teens, and
4. Looking at problematic use of or addiction to social media.

In this episode:

• Healthy/unhealthy childhood stressors
• Supportive parenting vs "tough love" or over-protective parenting
• Resilience
• Anxiety
• The cycle of incompetence
• Anti-fragility
• Impact of social media on teenage brain development
• Social media addiction / problematic use

Links:

• After Babel | Jon Haidt | Substack
• The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
• Honestly with Bari Weiss: Smartphones Rewired Childhood. Here's How to Fix It

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