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Addiction To Smart Phones

“If your kids went through puberty on a smartphone with social media, they came out different than human beings before” says Jonathan Haidt, author of the bestseller The Anxious Generation.

Kids are addicted to smartphones. Childhood is now phone-based instead of play-based, resulting in anxious and depressed kids.

“They know that life would be better if they didn’t spend five or six hours a day on social media. They know that, but they can’t help it” says Haidt.

Not all researcher agree. I challenge Haidt with the criticism.

Haidt responds in our full interview, and lays out his best advice to protect kids from smartphones. Here’s more from John Stossel.

Is Your Kid An Addict?

Do smartphones and social media wreck kids’ lives?

“Anxiety, depression, self-harm levels were pretty stable from the late 90s through 2010,” says psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation. “All of a sudden, the rates go up. Way up.”

But are phones the cause? I examine both sides in my newest video. Here’s more from John Stossel.

Hunter Biden Checks In

Rudely caricatured as a drug-crazed lunatic, Hunter Biden recently sat down for a long, in-depth, thought provoking interview that forced everyone who heard it to come to the conclusion that Hunter Biden is a drug-crazed lunatic. Here’s more from Steve Green on a new The Right Angle, joined by Scott Ott and Bill Whittle.

My Doctor Killed Himself

Jamie Dlux chronicles a difficult stretch of his life, when he became addicted to OxyContin. Dlux recovered after a long and painful process, but his doctor wasn’t so lucky. He killed himself rather than go to trial and face a long jail term. These events all unfold in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, known colloquially as the Redneck Riviera.

Survival Of The Sh-ttest

Con artistry and “better living through chemistry.” I base this video around the spectacular FTX crash and Kanye’s trainer Harley Pasternak, but it’s about something more. From Amazing Polly.

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