As evidenced by Congress's historically low approval rating and the most recent debacle with the payroll tax, we are witnessing a period of remarkable political dysfunction, characterized by bitter ...

Is the current wave of concern about smartphones and social media just another moral panic, like the ones that arose in response to radio, television, and comic books? Or is the new "phone-based ...

"Mental health is declining," says psychologist Jonathan Haidt. This week his book, "The Anxious Generation," is number one on The New York Times bestseller list. His book has been a bestseller for ...

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at New York University's Stern School of Business whose research examines the intuitive foundations of morality and how morality varies across cultures. The ...

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness “The shift in kids’ energy and attention from the physical world to the virtual one, Haidt shows, ...

“Mental health is declining,” says psychologist Jonathan Haidt. This week his book, “The Anxious Generation,” is No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list. His book has been a bestseller for more ...

Haidt argues that smartphones and social media have "rewired childhood" and made kids more anxious and depressed. My son agrees. He brings Haidt's argument to schools. Max Stossel's nonprofit, "Social ...