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Maybe Don't Let Your Kid Have an iPhone?

Teens are getting more and more unhappy. The computer in their pocket is probably the reason.

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Jonathan V. Last
Mar 10, 2023
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1. Depression

There’s been a lot of conversation recently about the data showing teenagers becoming markedly less happy. Why is his happening? What does it mean? How can we change it?

Big cultural shifts are usually complicated. But in this case the answers may turn out to be pretty simple and obvious: Phones.

This is primarily …

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