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The Amazing Generation

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How can we live a happy and exciting life without a smartphone? ‘The Anxious Generation’ started a world-changing conversation about the effects of smartphones and social media on young people. Now authors Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price have teamed up to talk directly to those young people about how they can live a life without screens. Packed with facts, stories, and secrets that tech leaders don’t want you to know, this book will not only help kids break free from phones, but also show them how they can be their most confident and adventurous selves. It can help them be amazing.

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ISBN: 9780241806586 Category: Children's - Non-Fiction Tags: Children's / Teenage general interest: Computing & Information Technology, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Emotions, Mobile phones & smartphones: consumer/user guides
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*Inspired by the global bestseller The Anxious Generation!*

Packed with facts, stories, and secrets that tech leaders don’t want you to know, this book invites kids to step back from their screens and discover how capable, confident and adventurous they can be in the real world.

The Anxious Generation started a world-changing conversation about the effects of smartphones and social media on young people.

Now bestselling authors Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price have teamed up to talk directly to kids, showing them it’s possible to live a fulfilling screen-free life.

Featuring a practical Tech Rebel Reset strategy, the book will show children how to:

  • Break free from their phones
  • Create more freedom in their day
  • Re-discover the joy of screen-free adventures.

It can help them be amazing.

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Weight 0.204 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.8 × 1.6 cm
Author

Haidt, Jonathan

Publisher

Puffin

Imprint

Puffin

Cover

Paperback

Pages

256

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

004.678 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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