@theatlantic: Gen Z kids are part of a generation of guinea pigs.· “It’s as though we sent Gen Z to grow up on Mars when we gave them smartphones in the early 2010s in the largest uncontrolled experiment humanity has ever performed on its own children,” Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist, writes in “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.” How do we stop the experiment? The solution, Haidt says, is “easy.” In this episode of “Radio Atlantic,” he advocates for parents to avoid giving middle schoolers smartphones so they can reclaim the old way of socializing, for social-media platforms to raise the minimum age for use to 16, and for schools to ban cellphones during the day. Listen to his interview with host Hanna Rosin at the link in our bio. #smartphones #genz #MentalHealth #Tech #teens