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A powerful argument for reclaiming childhood - and all human relationships - from the online world, from the influential social psychologist and international bestselling authorTHE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Jonathan Haidt is a modern-day prophet, disguised as a psychologist . . . He points the way forward to a brighter, stronger future for us all’ Susan Cain'Compelling, readable – and incredibly chilling . . . remarkably persuasive' Telegraph'Urgent and essential' Guardian'One of the most terrifying books I have read . . . some of the statistics Haidt quotes are truly shocking' Evening StandardAfter more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents in many countries around the world deteriorated suddenly in the early 2010s. Why have rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicide risen so sharply, more than doubling in many cases?In this book, Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues that the decline of free-play in childhood and the rise of smart
