Class & Event Types:
Books & More- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will open on February 4, 2026 @ 1:00pm.
- A library card is not required.
Program Description
Event Details
Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.
Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.
In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time.
He shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s.
He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies.
Disclaimer(s)
Accommodations
If you need accommodations for this program, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.
Sponsored by Friends
This event was generously sponsored by the Friends of the Library.