Here's a good summary of what France, Australia, Finland, and England are doing to roll back the phone-based childhood. From Katherine Johnson Martinko: katherinemartinko.substack.com/p/several-coun…

Social media companies reproduce social inequality by refusing to regulate their addictive products while pushing them onto other people’s kids, while protecting their own children from them — all in the guise of social justice. They claim that a new bill (KOSPA) will

‼️ Almost HALF of Gen Z wishes social media platforms like X & TikTok didn’t exist, yet their addictive design makes it difficult for teens to disconnect. Learn more about Jonathan Haidt & Zach Rausch's research & how #KOSA would protect kids online ⬇️ nyti.ms/4gKgl7N

Virginia has developed a brilliant model for getting to phone-free schools. First, Gov. Youngkin issued a well-researched executive order laying out the destination and the justification: doe.virginia.gov/programs-servi… Next, the VA DOE and the governor's wife, Suzanne Youngkin, set

.Musa al-Gharbi is among the most original and exciting thinkers about the rapid moral and sociological changes sweeping across America and universities since the early 2010s. His book comes out TODAY. It's great! amazon.com/Have-Never-Bee…

An update on the debate over social media reduction experiments. Thanks to Matthew B. Jané for the openness with which he’s conducting his work and his responsiveness to critiques. x.com/MatthewBJane/s…

You know I dont travel well, but tues at 6, i'm @endicottcollege in beverly moderating a panel of experts on – “how social media has created an 'anxious generation' & what we can do about it”... real solutions & its free, but plz register: tinyurl.com/2ntbhrjf #LutzFoundation

"It turns out that the simple obligation of going to a workplace, shop, or school every day brought positive externalities that are vanishing from our lives." slate.com/business/2024/…

Do you have a teen or pre-teen daughter? Kara Alaimo, PhD lays out 5 conversations you should have with her, about social media. She draws on her book, "Over the Influence." At AfterBabel.com afterbabel.com/p/social-media…

🚨🚨 🚨 The House has the chance to protect kids online NOW—they just need to vote. Sen. Maria Cantwell Senator Ted Cruz Ed Markey Bill Cassidy, M.D. Richard Blumenthal & Sen. Marsha Blackburn tell Speaker Mike Johnson Steve Scalise to stand up to tech companies & protect our kids from social media harms.

Led by X, the new changes made to the Kids Online Safety Act strengthen the bill while safeguarding free speech online & ensuring it is not used to stifle expression.

After hearing from students nationwide, we’re proud to share our Declaration of Digital Rights and Campus Tour Poll. It’s time young people had a say in our digital world. #OurDigitalRights Full declaration: designitforus.org/platform/decla… Our poll: designitforus.org/platform/desig…

TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale, by Jonathan Haidt open.substack.com/pub/jonathanha…

Do employees at TikTok think they are harming kids? Many do, at a vast scale. Their own words and internal reports are damning. We collect highlights at AfterBabel: afterbabel.com/p/industrial-s…

More evidence that kids need risky play. A review in Nature of research on the benefits of risk, thrills, and free play, featuring scholars I quoted in Anxious Generation: Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Ellen Sandseter. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Seth Kaplan and Zach Rausch have been running a series on the decline of community as a major cause of the loss of play-based childhood, and of mental health. Today's installment is excellent, on a challenge far harder than getting phones out of schools: afterbabel.com/p/the-real-use…

New Jersey joins the growing list of states and countries that are making schools phone-free. Governor Phil Murphy says "Enough is enough." It teachers agree, as do most parents. inquirer.com/education/nj-p…

A boys' school makes boy-friendly changes and gets great results! Some are as simple as opening the playground for 20 minutes before school starts. They drew on Let Grow for our "play club" program edweek.org/leadership/wha…

If you child uses Snapchat, you should know what Snap's own employees and consultants say about the many ways Snapchat harms children. We collect stunning quotations from them (from the many legal briefs) at After Babel: afterbabel.com/p/industrial-s…

Here's the greatest example of a town coming together to give all of their kids a play-based childhood: Piedmont Unplugged. They're doing all 4 norms! Check out their "free play Friday" -- kids just meet at a local park! Try it in your town. piedmontunplugged.org