MOORHEAD — When you first spot Concordia College senior Mollie Francis sitting at a table at the school’s Knutson Campus Center, you immediately get the sense she’s someone others admire. She’s a good ...

"I'm not the anxious generation. I'm just trying to live," says a girl, age 15. When adults say, "Teenagers today are the anxious generation," something in me bristles. I've spoken with middle ...

What I came to understand, and what the science now makes undeniable, is that the human mind does not develop in isolation.

Young people today face heightened, persistent anxiety, impacting physical health with urological issues and sexual ...

Gen Z has been labeled many things: digital natives, TikTok champions, the anxious generation. But perhaps no connotation has stuck quite like financially anxious. Headlines regularly paint this ...

Part 1 of TED Radio Hour episode Did social media break a generation — or just change it? Jonathan Haidt created a movement around protecting the "anxious generation" from the harms of social media.

So let's start with an anecdote about a school district in New York State. In this particular district, the middle school had developed extraordinary renown over the years for developing a communal ...

Kirtland School District, in partnership with the Kirtland PTA, Kirtland Police Department and the Kirtland Public Library, is inviting parents, grandparents, guardians, and community members to ...

To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. Last Tuesday, Dana, a 46-year-old elementary school counselor in Portland, told me about a moment she can’t stop ...

If you're the parent of a child or teenager, chances are you've heard of social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, or at the very least his wildly influential, bestselling 2024 book, The Anxious Generation.