The Anxious Generation
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The Anxious Generation has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including Passion Struck with John R. Miles, The Mel Robbins Podcast. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Peter GrayAmerican evolutionary psychologist and author of Free to Learn and Restoring Childhood
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
Jonathan HaidtAmerican social psychologist, professor at NYU Stern School of Business, and author of The Anxious Generation
Haidt summarizes his book as arguing that children have been overprotected in the real world and underprotected online.
“we have overprotected our children in the real world where they need a huge amount of experience unsupervised. and we have underprotected them online”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: NYU Professor: Do This for 2 Weeks to Get Your Focus, Motivation, & Life Back (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 23:58
Podcasts
- Passion Struck with John R. Miles · 1 episode
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
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.
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.