To kick off the fifth season of The PrinciPALS Podcast, we’re diving into the parenting book that seems to be everywhere right now: Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.

Featuring the perspectives of a director of learning services, an emotional support counselor, a pediatric occupational therapist, and a licensed clinical social worker (all of whom are also parents), this conversation focuses on themes from Haidt’s book that are front of mind for caregivers, including:

• How to balance screen time with productive play and face-to-face interactions
• How to protect children’s mental health
• How to help children understand, process, and react to what they see online
• How to make changes to previous family social media decisions (it’s never too late!)

The episode also features three princiPALS-assigned homework tasks to help you more confidently support your child, starting today. Whether or not you’ve read The Anxious Generation, this discussion will be a great resource as you navigate the online challenges that face families.

Listen to “A Panel Discussion on ‘The Anxious Generation’”—as well as other episodes of The PrinciPALS Podcast—on Rowland Hall's website and Apple Podcasts.

Banner photo: The Anxious Generation panelists (from left): Jessica Kahn, pediatric occupational therapist; Michele Catten, licensed clinical social worker; Emily Quetone Khan, Rowland Hall director of learning services (PreK–5); and Deborah Wright, Rowland Hall emotional support counselor (PreK–5).

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