Zach Rausch

research scientist at New York University and co-author of “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness”

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Technology has devastated kids’ abilities to connect and learn. Pew data from 2022 says nearly half of teens were online almost constantly.

‘Forever elsewhere’: Social media is worsening youth mental health

Technology has devastated kids’ abilities to connect and learn. Pew data from 2022 says nearly half of teens were online almost constantly.

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