HealthyExpatParent’s Podcast

Anxious Generation: Social Media and our kids

Susie Csorsz Brown

Sharoya and I discuss Anxious generation by Jonathan Haidt  https://www.amazon.com/Anxious-Generation-Rewiring-Childhood-Epidemic/

We talk about social media and our kids, the impact of mobile phone usage on our kids, and how all of this is complicating our kids' mental well being.

Resources mentioned:

Raising an adult, by Julie Lythcott-Haims 
https://www.amazon.com/How-to-Raise-an-Adult-audiobook/

Free Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy
https://www.amazon.com/Free-Range-Kids-Lenore-Skenazy-audiobook/dp/

https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/a-look-at-state-efforts-to-ban-cellphones-in-schools-and-implications-for-youth-mental-health/

A great podcast talking about kids and technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFUBP4OhJs