What John R. Miles has said about Youth mental health crisis
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 29, 2026
John R. Miles, Host of the Passion Struck podcast and author of The Mattering Effect, has been quoted on Youth mental health crisis once in 1 episode of Passion Struck with John R. Miles, most recently on September 29, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Miles hypothesizes that the crisis stems from a long erosion of childhood freedom and agency extending into institutions that treat people as utilities.
“they're all eroding more and more of our individuality and treating us less as a human and more as a utility”
Passion Struck with John R. Miles: Your Kids Don’t Need More Achievement. They Need More Freedom | Dr. Peter Gray - EP 826 (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:56
Episodes
Your Kids Don’t Need More Achievement. They Need More Freedom | Dr. Peter Gray - EP 826Passion Struck with John R. Miles · Sep 29, 2026 · 1 h 17 min
Evolutionary psychologist Peter Gray tells John R. Miles why children need free play and independence, blaming school pressure rather than smartphones for the youth mental health crisis.
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