When it comes to warnings about kids and smartphones, The Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt is determined to get the message out. The social psychologist sat down recently with Prince Harry to amplify his ideas about keeping kids mentally safe from technology. And he’s also teamed up with psychologist and parenting expert Becky Kennedy—a.k.a. Dr. Becky—to offer help for those who want to heed Haidt’s warnings but don’t know how.
“Jon and I are such natural complements,” Kennedy, mom to kids ages 7, 10, and 13, tells Fortune. Haidt, she says, has done an excellent job of laying out the problems with smartphones and social media in a way that’s resonating with parents—highlighting the shift for kids from play-based childhood to a phone-based childhood, and the ushering in of social isolation, disrupted sleep, diminished focus, and anxiety.
