The following article is sponsored by PragerU and written by Jill Simonian, a California mom and Director of Outreach for PragerU Kids, which provides free, values-based educational content in history, civics, and financial literacy for students K-12.
Recent revelations in Jonathan Haidt’s book The Anxious Generation, headlines touting new parental controls on Instagram, and the U.S. Surgeon General’s 2024 recommendation for a warning label on social media platforms are challenging parents and educators to stare down severe, irreversible consequences likely linked to unfettered screen time for children and teens.
Additional data that also shocked the news cycle earlier this year includes a 50 percent increase in the rate of depression in young people over the last decade, as well as a recent survey from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Services Administration (SAMHSA) that cites that eight million teens between ages…
