What Jonathan Haidt has said about Instagram
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 14, 2026
Jonathan Haidt, American social psychologist, professor at NYU Stern School of Business, and author of The Anxious Generation, has been quoted on Instagram once in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on September 14, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Haidt identifies 2012 as the pivotal year for girls, when front-facing cameras and Facebook's purchase of Instagram brought girls onto the platform en masse.
“2012 is the pivotal year for girls, especially. For boys, the curve's a little more curvilinear. There's not such a sharp elbow for boys at 2012”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: NYU Professor: Do This for 2 Weeks to Get Your Focus, Motivation, & Life Back (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 11:37
Episodes
NYU Professor: Do This for 2 Weeks to Get Your Focus, Motivation, & Life BackThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Sep 14, 2026 · 59 min
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt tells Mel Robbins how quick dopamine from phones harms boys and girls differently and how to reclaim attention.
Jonathan Haidt on other topics
- Screen time rules for families · 6 quotes
- Social media and adolescent mental health · 5 quotes
- Crisis of boys and young men · 4 quotes
- Quick dopamine and attention · 4 quotes
- Executive function · 1 quote
- The Anxious Generation · 1 quote
- Meta youth mental health litigation · 1 quote