What Peter Gray has said about The Anxious Generation
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 29, 2026
Peter Gray, American evolutionary psychologist and author of Free to Learn and Restoring Childhood, has been quoted on The Anxious Generation 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
Gray contends that Haidt's smartphone thesis is plausible but unsupported by the data.
“It's a logical argument. It's plausible. The problem is the data do not support it. The data clearly do not support it”
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 57:49
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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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