Morgan Tatum’s Reviews > The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness > Status Update

“Yet one of the hallmarks of the Great Rewiring is that children and adolescents now spend far less time at outside, and when they are outside, they’re looking at their phone. If they encounter something beautiful, their first instinct is to take a photograph or video, perhaps to post somewhere. Few are open to losing themselves [and feel awe] in the moment.”

“Social media is a fountain of bedevilments. It trains people to think in ways that are exactly contrary to the world’s wisdom traditions: think about yourself first; be materialistic, judgmental, boastful, and petty; seek glory as quantified by likes and followers (…) we need to turn down the things in our lives that bind us tightly to our egos, such as time on social media.” Amen.

“Well-intentioned parents who try to raise their children in a bubble of satisfaction, protected from frustration, consequences, and negative emotions, maybe harming their children. They may be blocking the development of competence, self-control, frustration tolerance, and emotional self management. Several studies find that such “coddling” is correlated with later anxiety disorders (..)”

No company could ever take our children away and endanger them without our consent, or they would face massive liabilities. Right?