The Amazing Generation
Packed with facts, stories and secrets to help kids break free from phones
Published on 8. January 2026
240 pages
978-0-241-80659-3 (ISBN)
Description
*Inspired by the global bestseller The Anxious Generation!*
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 bestselling 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.
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 bestselling 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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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Edition type
New edition
File size
216,34 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-241-80659-3 (9780241806593)
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01/2026
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€13.50
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Persons
Catherine Price (Author)
Dubbed 'The Marie Kondo of Brains' by The New York Times, Catherine Price is an award-winning science journalist and speaker and the author of How to Break Up with Your Phone. She is also the creator of ScreenLifeBalance.com, a resource hub dedicated to helping people scroll less and live more. Her work has appeared in publications including The Best American Science Writing, The New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, Popular Science, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post Magazine, Slate, Time, and Men's Journal, among others.
Jonathan Haidt (Author)
Jonathan Haidt (pronounced 'height') is a social psychologist and the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is the author of The Righteous Mind and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind.
Dubbed 'The Marie Kondo of Brains' by The New York Times, Catherine Price is an award-winning science journalist and speaker and the author of How to Break Up with Your Phone. She is also the creator of ScreenLifeBalance.com, a resource hub dedicated to helping people scroll less and live more. Her work has appeared in publications including The Best American Science Writing, The New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, Popular Science, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post Magazine, Slate, Time, and Men's Journal, among others.
Jonathan Haidt (Author)
Jonathan Haidt (pronounced 'height') is a social psychologist and the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is the author of The Righteous Mind and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind.
