Is Not Giving Your Kid a Smartphone Feasible?

mailbag #3, 03.27.2024

In response to Clinton Ignatov’s review of Jonathan Haidt’s new book, The Anxious Generation:

As a parent, it's very difficult to not have your kid have a smartphone.

My oldest child almost FAILED a class last year because the teacher assumed that all kids would have one and had an in class multiday project that required the use of smartphones. They were…