Kaytlin Phillips’s Reviews > The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness > Status Update
Kaytlin Phillips
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My biggest takeaway:
I am so glad my parents raised me the way they did. XD No phone until we could afford to pay for them ourselves, as in buy the phone and pay for the plan monthly.
My older brothers were 17 and 16 before they got phones or socials.
I was 19.
My two younger sisters were 20 and 19 before they had phones (got socials at 18 and 17).
Thank you mom and dad for sparing our brains. <3
— Sep 14, 2026 08:46AM
I am so glad my parents raised me the way they did. XD No phone until we could afford to pay for them ourselves, as in buy the phone and pay for the plan monthly.
My older brothers were 17 and 16 before they got phones or socials.
I was 19.
My two younger sisters were 20 and 19 before they had phones (got socials at 18 and 17).
Thank you mom and dad for sparing our brains. <3
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Kaytlin Phillips
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The fact that an atheist is admitting that:
1) We have a soul, and soul needs
2) There is a "God sized hole" in every human
Is mind-blowing! There's psychology behind everything we crave as Christians, everything written in the Bible that we are recommended or asked to do from gathering, worship, and prayer to spending time in creation, is scientifically proven to help your brain feel less anxious and depressed!
— Sep 10, 2026 09:41AM
1) We have a soul, and soul needs
2) There is a "God sized hole" in every human
Is mind-blowing! There's psychology behind everything we crave as Christians, everything written in the Bible that we are recommended or asked to do from gathering, worship, and prayer to spending time in creation, is scientifically proven to help your brain feel less anxious and depressed!
Kaytlin Phillips
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The library took my audio book! No! I'll put another hold but it might be a while before I get it...lol..
So for now, gonna DNF to finnish later. 😢
— Dec 28, 2025 05:28AM
So for now, gonna DNF to finnish later. 😢
Kaytlin Phillips
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Finding this very interesting...how devices affect growing minds is super interesting...I'm looking at this through the eyes of someone who got online access at 17...so, it's very interesting to see how having devices before you are 16 does to your brain.
— Dec 16, 2025 08:33AM
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I was 17 when I got a phone :)
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I was in my 20s when I got my first phone. And it was a flip phone.
@Hannah and @Rebekah nice! The research behind smartphones and internet before the age of 16 is insane...the impacts on the brain and mental health. Honestly in just having too much scene time before that age.
True! I was 25 when the flip phone died and I got a smart phone.
I was 15 and it had lots of restrictions, as I’ve gotten older I steadily get some new things when my parents feel I’m ready
I’ve been wanting to read this one!! Is it overall pretty good??
♡Lily Jane♡ wrote: "I was 15 and it had lots of restrictions, as I’ve gotten older I steadily get some new things when my parents feel I’m ready"That's great that your parents were involved in that. I feel like so many just hand phones to young kids to keep them entertained and quiet. *sighs* 15-16 is definitely the recommended age, especially for girls. Boys it is more like 16-17 because of how our brains develop differently.
mylee wrote: "I’ve been wanting to read this one!! Is it overall pretty good??"Yes, it was really good. Had so much good info!