Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety, by Peter Gray, Penguin Random House, 352 pages, $32
There's one chart that anyone who thinks they know all about smartphones, social media, and kids should see. Part of its data—showing U.S. teen suicide rates rising steeply between roughly 2010 and 2020—has been widely shared by people out to prove that modern "screen time" has been disastrous for American youth. But if we pan out a little further, a different picture emerges.
