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The 10 Most Infuriating Challenges to Free-Range Parenting in 2024

Here's hoping for a free-range 2025!

Reason

The most important tech stories of 2024, and also my favorite ones

Today, we’re looking at a few themes that will influence the online and offline worlds in 2025

The Guardian - US

Vaccines and values: When you’re having a tough conversation about medicine, don’t just pile on evidence − listen to someone’s ‘moral foundations’

It’s that special time of year when family and friends come together to celebrate the holidays, share meals, spread cheer – and, too often, pass along their germs.

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10 notable books of 2024, from Sarah J. Maas to Melania Trump

Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, Americans still found time to read

The Independent UK

Bill Gates Reveals The Childhood Habit That Was Key To His Billion-Dollar Success

Bill Gates has shared how his childhood habit of reading deeply and focusing for hours without distraction played a pivotal role in his journey to becoming a billionaire, warning that today's tech-driven world could be hindering the development of critical thinking in younger generations.

Benzinga

Bill Gates’ holiday book list seeks to ‘make sense of the world around you’

The Microsoft cofounder and philanthropist recommends four works of nonfiction largely grouped around technological progress and its impact on society.

Fortune

Best Books of 2024: our experts share their standout reads

It’s that time of year again … and we’ve invited 30 of our writers, from fields as disparate as wildlife ecology and mathematics to literature and politics, to share their best books of of 2024. Of course, best books lists are subjective, relying on what people have read and remembered.…

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Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media – here’s the evidence

Thanks to bestselling authors like Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge, the public has become increasingly aware of the rapid rise in mental health issues among younger people in many western countries. Their warnings about the destructive impact of social media have had an effect, reflected not least in a wave…

The Conversation

Governments are pushing teen social media bans – but behind the scenes is a messy fight over science

As governments worldwide move to restrict teenagers’ access to smartphones and social media, a fierce scientific debate has erupted over whether these digital technologies actually harm young people’s mental health.

The Conversation

Humanist chaplain Greg Epstein: ‘Our bowed interactions with our phones look like worship’

The Harvard ethicist and author on the similarities between digital technology and religion, the value of scepticism, and how to develop a positive relationship with our devices

The Guardian - UK

The potential cost of not setting screen-time boundaries for your kids ‘has never been higher’ parenting expert Dr. Becky warns

“If you can’t say no to a cupcake, you’re not going to be able to say no to TikTok,” says psychologist Becky Kennedy, a.k.a. Dr. Becky.

Fortune

Prince Harry fears smartphones are 'stealing young people's childhood'

Prince Harry has said that he believes smartphones are "stealing young people's childhood".

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Prince Harry and 'The Anxious Generation' author talk social media and mental health: Exclusive

The smartphone is "stealing young people's childhood," Prince Harry said.

Fortune

Gen Z Users Say Social Media Benefited Their Lives -- But Also Wish It Was Never Invented: Poll

A recent study by The Harris Poll demonstrates that large percentages of Gen Z wish social media apps such as TikTok, X, Snapchat and Instagram didn't exist.

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Fortune

Nearly half of Gen Zers wish social media 'was never invented,' survey finds

TikTok and X were the platforms most young people regretted having in their lives.

Reason

On the Missions of Academic Institutions

As long as academic institutions place social justice goals ahead of truth seeking and knowledge creation, they will lose the respect of the public and will not live up to their potential.

The Conversation

Should you give your child a ‘dumb’ phone? They aren’t the answer to fears over kids’ social media use

Parents concerned about the possible dangers smartphone use might have for their children are turning to “dumb phones”. These are the brick-shaped or flip phones today’s parents might have had themselves as teenagers, only capable of making calls or sending text messages and lacking access to social media apps.

The Conversation

Friday essay: Bad therapy or cruel world? How the youth mental health crisis has been sucked into the culture wars

Rates of mental ill health among young people are on the rise. Between the years 2020 and 2022, 39% of Australians aged 16 to 24 had a mental disorder in the previous year, compared to 26% in that age range in 2007, and 27% of those aged 18–24 in 1997.

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Tech&Learning

Managing Screen Time Without Banning Technology

Tips for fostering screen time for media creation rather than media consumption in children, from NYU technology and gaming professor Jan Plass

Fortune

So, is social media messing with teen mental health or not? Social scientist defends answer of 'yes.'

'The Anxious Generation' chief researcher holds his ground in what he calls “a normal academic debate.”

The Guardian - UK

Smartphones are bad for kids – we don’t need to call on scientific data to know it

Jonathan Haidt’s claims about the effects of devices on children’s wellbeing have been criticised for lacking proof, but they tell us what we need to know

Al Jazeera

Why are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools?

Many experts around the world say smartphones pose a danger to children’s mental health, but does a ban work?

The Conversation

Young Canadians prefer in-person and hybrid work, according to a new report

There is no shortage of hand-wringing about young people and the hours they spend in front of screens. From the U.S. Surgeon General’s recommendation to add a warning label to social media to psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s recent book about the link between time spent online and mental health, concerns about…

The Guardian - UK

‘We wanted to change the norm on smartphone use’: grassroots campaigners on a phone-free childhood

Most UK children have their own smartphone by the age of 11. But what if we didn’t give them one? A group of parents wants their kids to enjoy a phone-free childhood – and their numbers are growing

Fortune

No social media before 16, expert urges

No smartphones before high school is No. 1.

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