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Whelp, after raising kids in the anxious generation, there are things I think I did really well with and things I‘d definitely change if I had a second chance. I hate the social media that is marketing to tweens and teens and the crap these kids go through. As a society, we for sure overprotect them in the real world and underprotect them online and I worry about the next generation growing up with AI. Ugh. Great read tho. It makes sense.

Mom was right. Everything that is wrong with us and our generation can be blamed on the phone!

Almost done this audiobook and finding it very interesting, from a parenting POV as well as thinking about my own phone and social media use. I deleted Instagram today as a result.

He advises time in nature as a good antidote, and calls out ppl observing nature through their phones, taking pics instead of just experiencing. Which made me laugh cause just this morning I took this picture of a gorgeous tree in bloom.

A deep dive into studies of how social media & phone use are affecting our kids. I appreciate the tangible changes suggested. Waiting until high school to give your kids a phone/ social media, banding together with other parents to create a like-minded community, & lobbying your school to keep phones completely out of schools, are all great ideas. But unstructured play, age-appropriate risks & responsibilities, & less parental hovering is key!

The whole idea (14 hour audio!) is that parents/adults/caregivers should be the central relationship in a child‘s life, with friends and peers secondary. The authors argue that parents should guide their children in every aspect of life. I agree with this and find comfort in the fact that our kids have friends but neither have groups that matter more than our relationship with them. However, it‘s repetitive and feels over the top at times.

Adolescence (Netflix) review. Red pill culture: https://youtu.be/OcM-od_uV6M?si=1XvApkCtjJ7lXL6Q

Quiet time, sitting together and reading, while listening to the rain/thunder outside. ❤️ My soul needed this.

Visited friends in Wisconsin recently and there were so many little libraries everywhere! I was delighted to find the tagged book in one. Coincidentally, I recognized it because it was often in the “by our staff” shelves in the bookstore at Colorado State University in Fort Collins where my friend and I got our M.S., and the book is related to her current thesis project. #LittleFreeLibrary

"Children are not rugged individualists."
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The four foundational reforms Haidt proposes in this book are no smartphones before high school, no social media before 16, phone-free schools, and far more unsupervised play and childhood independence. The book itself isn‘t without its flaws, but the subject matter provides great food for thought and is certainly worth our society‘s continued collective consideration.