The Amazing Generation
How to Choose Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year!
From bestselling authors Catherine Price and Jonathan Haidt, this new book for kids and teens is a handbook for living a happy and exciting life that isn’t hijacked by a smartphone.
Catherine Price, author of the How to Break Up with Your Phone, has teamed up with Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt to create a new book that speaks directly to kids and early teens. Their goal? To empower young people to stand up for themselves by choosing a life not dominated by screens.
Written for kids and teens—and relevant whether or not they already have smartphones or social media accounts—this engaging guide is packed with surprising facts, a graphic novel, interactive challenges, secrets that tech leaders don’t want kids to know, and real-life anecdotes from young adults who regret getting smartphones at a young age and want to help the next generation avoid making the same mistakes.
But this isn’t just a book about what not to do. It’s a bold, optimistic, and practical guide to growing into your most authentic, confident, and adventurous self. Readers won’t just discover how to avoid becoming the next Anxious Generation. They’ll learn how to become amazing.
Reader Reviews
“I don’t know what magic this book has, but it’s already been life-changing for us.”
“I gave the book to my 11-year-old son yesterday and he can't put it down. Absolutely loves it. This morning he woke up and decided himself to delete Roblox.”
“After reading it, my 10-year-old said, ‘It's really good, and I'm really glad that I'm reading it before I have a phone,’ and my 13-year-old was relieved she didn't have a smart phone and wasn't sure she even wanted one anymore.”
“My 13-year-old son read this book in about an hour. Before reading this book, he asked daily for a cell phone. After reading this book he said, ‘Mom, I no longer want a cell phone that has Internet access. When you think I’m ready, I just want a phone that can text or call.’”
Sick of fighting with your kids over screen time, social media, and smartphones?
The Family Guide to Screen/Life Balance — delivered as a digital download — is a 7-day plan designed to help you and your family (including your partner/spouse and your kids) create better screen/life balance TOGETHER.
Each day, you’ll receive a concrete assignment or exercise that will help you and your family establish healthy habits and boundaries with screens, social media, smartphones, and video games.
You’ll also receive discussion questions designed to prompt conversation and level the playing field between you and your kids.
The goal? To turn confrontations over screen time into productive conversations — and to help create better screen/life balance for everyone in the family.
The Fine Print:
This is not a physical product.
After you place your order, you will receive an email with a link to download the workbook. This link only works for one download, and is only valid for 24 hours!
Downloads are non-returnable.
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