A COMPELLING CASE FOR GREATER PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM THE HARMS OF THE VIRTUAL WORLD – NOT SO CONVINCING FOR RELAXATION OF PROTECTION IN THE REAL WORLD – REVIEW OF THE ANXIOUS GENERATION BY JONATH

Every book is written with at least one objective in mind, and the over-riding consideration in the evaluation of a book must be the extent to which it achieves its stated objective. On that basis Jonathan Haidt’s book THE ANXIOUS GENERATION is maybe 80% there, I give it four stars.

The book was written with two objectives in one. These are firstly to hi…