Reasons Behind Our Digitally Depressed Generation

Reasons Behind Our Digitally Depressed Generation
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Timothy S. Goeglein
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Commentary
In his book “The Anxious Generation,” social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt writes: “At the turn of the millennium, technology companies created a set of world-changing products that transformed life not just for adults but for children, too. ... Yet, the companies that developed them had done little or no research on the mental health effects.
Timothy S. Goeglein
Timothy S. Goeglein
Author
Timothy S. Goeglein is vice president of external and government relations at Focus on the Family in Washington, D.C., and author of the new book “Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream.”