Haidt says he teaches in a business school and an undergraduate flourishing course at New York University.
“I teach in a business school, and there's a huge amount of writing on leadership.”
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Haidt cites a study of Japanese business families in California in the 1970s, which he uses to suggest that early to mid-puberty is a sensitive period for learning a culture and identity.
“of of Japanese businessmen who moved to California in the 70s as Ja- Japanese business were thriving.”
Haidt recommends that schools lock students' phones away for the day, for example in Yondr pouches.
“You have to lock up the phone in the morning, either in a lock in a phone lock or a Yondr pouch.”
Haidt says the 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act was supposed to set the age at 16 but ended up at 13 with no enforcement.
“It was supposed to set the age to 16, which is not which is, I think, pretty reasonable, but it got pushed down to 13 with no enforcement.”
Haidt says the Let Grow organization helped pass laws in eight US states saying that letting a child play outside is not evidence of neglect.
“we've gotten laws passed in 8 states that say that if you let your child out to play, that cannot be taken as evidence of child neglect”
Haidt says the evidence shows team sports and religion are protective for young people's mental health.
“The other thing that the evidence shows is that team sports and religion, those two things are very, very protective.”
Haidt cites William McNeill's book Keeping Together in Time on how synchronized activity such as marching bonds groups.
“There's a wonderful book called Keeping Together in Time by William McNeill.”
Haidt says psychologist Dacher Keltner used awe walks to help process his brother's early death from cancer, and Haidt assigns them to his NYU students.
“He talks about, um, how he used awe walks to help him process his brother's early death from cancer.”
Haidt says 37% of American high school students smoked in 1997, the peak year, which he contrasts with the near-universal reach of social media.
“in the peak year of smoking was 1997, 37% of American high school students smoked, two-thirds didn't.”