--- product_id: 698793369 title: "The Anxious Generation: No.1 Bestseller on Teen Mental Health | Essential Parenting Book on Screen Time, Child Development and Adolescent Mental ... Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness" price: "$22.93" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/698793369-the-anxious-generation-no-1-bestseller-on-teen-mental-health store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # The Anxious Generation: No.1 Bestseller on Teen Mental Health | Essential Parenting Book on Screen Time, Child Development and Adolescent Mental ... Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness **Price:** $22.93 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Anxious Generation: No.1 Bestseller on Teen Mental Health | Essential Parenting Book on Screen Time, Child Development and Adolescent Mental ... 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It’s absolutely brilliant’ Dr Rangan Chatterjee 'Urgent and essential' Guardian Acclaimed psychologist Jonathan Haidt reveals how the decline of free-play in childhood and the rise of smartphone use among adolescents is changing our world From 2010, as teens traded in their flip phones for smartphones packed with social media apps, unsupervised time online soared while face-to-face conversations with friends and family plummeted, and so did mental health. This profound shift took place against a backdrop of diminishing childhood freedom and over-supervision in the real world, depriving children of the experiences they most need to become strong and self-governing adults. The Anxious Generation delves into the latest research to show how this shift from free-play to smartphones disrupts development – from sleep deprivation to addiction – and lays the foundations of isolation and fear that define society today. Grounded in ancient wisdom and packed full of cutting-edge science and practical advice, this eye-opening book is a life-raft for anyone who wants to understand how the most rapid rewiring of human relationships and consciousness in human history has made it harder for all of us to think, focus, forget ourselves enough to care about others and build close relationships. Review: Smartphone Fatally Re-wiring Childhood - The book is a must read for every parent, and even for every citizen anywhere in the world. The author of THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, Jonathan Haidt, arrives at a horrifying conclusion from scientific studies that smartphones are fatally re-wiring childhood to cause epidemic of mental illness. The Great Re-wiring of Childhood began in this phone-based childhood—2010 to 2015. There were four fundamental harms to a child—sleep deprivation, social deprivation, attention fragmentation and addiction. Nearly 300 pages of text are accompanied by more than 50 pages of notes and references, a further guide for researchers and others interested in taking up these issues highlighted in the book. The book is about new changes occurring in the last decade—since 2010—especially in the ‘virtual world’ at the cost of damage to the ‘real world,’ in the minds of children. The threat by the virtual world on the real world of children is manifesting in the increasing trend in anxiety and depression among children mysteriously from about 2010. The virtual world re-wiring the tender brain-circuits for short-term benefits, which entails long-term costs to navigate in the real world, the interactions and relationships within the families, communities, and larger working environments. In other words, large curtailment in gain from real-life experiences, which is necessary for competition and cooperation in real life. A reader will have the first idea of these dangers of the dreamworld in the introduction: ‘Growing up on Mars.’ The threats become more serious when an ignorant mother herself places the iPhone in front of her infant, and the wide-eyed infant gulps milk or swallow food-bites without embodied experiences. Perhaps a time-saving and hassle-free child care. All are in the grip of ‘virtual world,’ taking too much from our costly time, with little or no return, rather impairing us in ‘real world.’ The anxiety is not limited to young ones, but the consequences are also disastrous to the elder generation also. Therefore the author calls for a ‘collective action’ in the Part-4 of the book. A collective action that is aimed at ‘Bringing Childhood Back to Earth’ from the dreamworld of ‘Growing up on Mars.’ It needs involvement of governments and tech companies, schools, and parents. Though Jonathan Haidt’s two earlier books ‘The Happiness Hypothesis’ and ‘The Righteous Mind’ remind about our cultural and biological foundations of mind, ‘The Anxious Generation' is a RED SIGNAL. This red signal is invisible to most people all over the world. Haidt takes a bold stand, grounded in theory and evidence in the social sciences, to make the red signal not only clearly visible, but makes a fervent plea to everyone to join in a task to reclaim human life. Review: Must read - Excellent book. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,614 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in Developmental Psychology (Books) #26 in Society & Culture (Books) #28 in Family & Relationships | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 12,778 Reviews | ## Images ![The Anxious Generation: No.1 Bestseller on Teen Mental Health | Essential Parenting Book on Screen Time, Child Development and Adolescent Mental ... Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/719w6Tq5+VL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Smartphone Fatally Re-wiring Childhood *by R***A on 8 May 2025* The book is a must read for every parent, and even for every citizen anywhere in the world. The author of THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, Jonathan Haidt, arrives at a horrifying conclusion from scientific studies that smartphones are fatally re-wiring childhood to cause epidemic of mental illness. The Great Re-wiring of Childhood began in this phone-based childhood—2010 to 2015. There were four fundamental harms to a child—sleep deprivation, social deprivation, attention fragmentation and addiction. Nearly 300 pages of text are accompanied by more than 50 pages of notes and references, a further guide for researchers and others interested in taking up these issues highlighted in the book. The book is about new changes occurring in the last decade—since 2010—especially in the ‘virtual world’ at the cost of damage to the ‘real world,’ in the minds of children. The threat by the virtual world on the real world of children is manifesting in the increasing trend in anxiety and depression among children mysteriously from about 2010. The virtual world re-wiring the tender brain-circuits for short-term benefits, which entails long-term costs to navigate in the real world, the interactions and relationships within the families, communities, and larger working environments. In other words, large curtailment in gain from real-life experiences, which is necessary for competition and cooperation in real life. A reader will have the first idea of these dangers of the dreamworld in the introduction: ‘Growing up on Mars.’ The threats become more serious when an ignorant mother herself places the iPhone in front of her infant, and the wide-eyed infant gulps milk or swallow food-bites without embodied experiences. Perhaps a time-saving and hassle-free child care. All are in the grip of ‘virtual world,’ taking too much from our costly time, with little or no return, rather impairing us in ‘real world.’ The anxiety is not limited to young ones, but the consequences are also disastrous to the elder generation also. Therefore the author calls for a ‘collective action’ in the Part-4 of the book. A collective action that is aimed at ‘Bringing Childhood Back to Earth’ from the dreamworld of ‘Growing up on Mars.’ It needs involvement of governments and tech companies, schools, and parents. Though Jonathan Haidt’s two earlier books ‘The Happiness Hypothesis’ and ‘The Righteous Mind’ remind about our cultural and biological foundations of mind, ‘The Anxious Generation' is a RED SIGNAL. This red signal is invisible to most people all over the world. Haidt takes a bold stand, grounded in theory and evidence in the social sciences, to make the red signal not only clearly visible, but makes a fervent plea to everyone to join in a task to reclaim human life. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must read *by B***A on 13 May 2026* Excellent book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Timely and Research -oriented! *by S***. on 10 October 2025* Teachers and parents must read it. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness - The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future - A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.us/products/698793369-the-anxious-generation-no-1-bestseller-on-teen-mental-health](https://www.desertcart.us/products/698793369-the-anxious-generation-no-1-bestseller-on-teen-mental-health) --- *Product available on Desertcart United States of America* *Store origin: US* *Last updated: 2026-07-23*