How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Impacted Everything + What We Can Do About It
Jonathan Haidt wrote The Anxious Generation with a firm belief that the challenges confronting our children and our families are solvable. However, addressing these challenges requires understanding the traps we have fallen into, so we can see the escape routes. The main escape routes are four new norms: delay smartphones until high school, delay social media until 16, phone-free schools, and more independence and play in the real world. Haidt will share the research that underpins the book and leave parents with inspiration and concrete plans to facilitate change in their families and communities. All are welcome.
Presenter: Jonathan Haidt, PhD is a social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and taught for 16 years at the University of Virginia. In his most recent book, The Anxious Generation, he brings to light the “great rewiring of childhood” in which play-based childhood has been replaced by phone-based childhood. Haidt continues to push reforms to put an end to the youth mental health crisis through his public health campaign, The Anxious Generation. Haidt also is the author of The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, and of The New York Times best-sellers The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, and The Coddling of the American Mind (co-authored with Greg Lukianoff). He was chosen by Prospect magazine as one of the world’s “Top 50 Thinkers.”
About the series...
ACIS & ISACS 2025–26 Parent Education Series
Join other independent school parents and caregivers for a six-part webinar series designed to support you in all areas of your child’s development. Each one-hour session will be led by nationally recognized experts in education, parenting, and child development, and will explore timely and practical topics for raising and guiding children today.
Webinars take place via Zoom from 5:30–6:30 PM (MDT) on the following dates:
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Thursday, September 25, 2025
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Accessing the Webinars:
A pre-registration Zoom link for each webinar will be shared with families approximately one to two weeks in advance. All participants must pre-register to attend the live session. Once registered, you’ll receive a reminder email 24 hours before each webinar.
