- by jonathan haidt
- playing and physical interaction for children and teen are important
- yet engaging in social media destroyes those in a vicious cycle of addiction, involving dopampine hook
- also, general loss of social trust and bonding prevented parents from letting their kids have unsupervised play time, leaving them in defence mode rather than discovery mode
- this hit girls hardest, because they’re more easily influenced by their fellow teens on social media and influencers
- boys were also hit by the combination of factors such as safetysim and (especially)porn, video games, etc
- some spiritual experience might help
- social media companies and governments should implement strict age verification
- schools, parents need to increase the time allowed for their children to have unsupervised play time