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Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist: We're at a tipping point for kids and technology

Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist: We're at a tipping point for kids and technology

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Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on the impact of social media on children

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"There is a public health disaster. There is an education
disaster. It all can be traced to the same cause, which is the
change technology has made in our kids' childhood."

Amol Rajan speaks to the American social psychologist Jonathan
Haidt.

In 2024 his book The Anxious Generation sparked a fierce debate
about the impact of social media and technology on young people.
Haidt believes it's behind the soaring number of mental health
problems but social media companies claim this oversimplifies a
deeply complex issue.

Now he says we are at a tipping point in our relationship with
technology, with countries moving towards much greater regulation
of social media use for children.

Thank you to the Radical team for its help in making this
programme.

The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our
world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC,
including episodes with Microsoft AI boss Mustafa Suleyman and
Annika Wells, the minister in charge of Australia's social media
ban for under-16s. You can listen on the BBC World Service on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to
The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds
or wherever you get your podcasts.

Presenter: Amol Rajan Producers: Anna Budd and Lucy Sheppard
Editor: Justine Lang

Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the
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(Image: Jonathan Haidt Credit: Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via
Getty Images)