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iGen

Jean M. Twenge, 2017

A data rich look at how smartphones reshaped adolescence, bringing safer choices and broader acceptance while eroding connection, independence, and mental well being.

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12 parts, about 29 minutes to read.

Why read it

  • Tracks how teens who grew up with smartphones are growing up more slowly, spending less time in person, and feeling worse
  • Helps you read your own teen or students against wider trends without treating a generation as a moral contest
  • Built on four long running surveys of eleven million young people, with iGen'ers' own words to illustrate the numbers

Who it is for

  • Parents deciding when and how to hand over a phone
  • Teachers and counselors worried about student anxiety
  • Colleges and employers receiving young adults with less practice at independence

What the summary covers

  1. Who iGen Are2 min
  2. Growing Up Slowly3 min
  3. Online Time and Other Media2 min
  4. Seeing Friends in Person Less Often3 min
  5. Loneliness, Depression and Suicide3 min
  6. Leaving Religion2 min
  7. More Safety, Less Community3 min
  8. Practical About Work2 min
  9. Later Sex, Marriage, and Children2 min
  10. Inclusive: LGBT, Gender, and Race3 min
  11. Independent: Politics2 min
  12. Understanding and Saving iGen2 min

Recommended by

  • Jonathan HaidtAuthor of The Anxious Generation
    If you are a parent, teacher, or employer, you must read this fascinating book.

About the author

  • Jean M. TwengeProfessor of psychology at San Diego State University who studies generational differences
    • Born 24 August 1971
    • Educated at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan; PhD 1998 for a meta analysis of assertiveness, sociability and anxiety
    • More than 190 scientific publications and 8 books
    • Wrote an Atlantic article in 2017 presenting findings from iGen

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