How do we get kids to *want* to put their phones down? This week we're talking to bestselling author Catherine Price about her latest book, The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World, co-written with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.

Instead of focusing on parental controls and screen-time battles, The Amazing Generation speaks directly to kids, inviting them to question the promises of Big Tech and reclaim real friendship, real freedom, and real fun.

We discuss:

Why empowering kids works better than scaring them
How smartphones and social media shape adolescent brain development
The growing youth rebellion against addictive tech
How to shift from conflict to collaboration when it comes to screens

Here's where you can find Catherine and her work:

www.catherineprice.com
https://catherineprice.substack.com
@catherinepriceofficial on IG and LinkedIn
www.amazinggeneration.com
Buy THE AMAZING GENERATION: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9798217111916

What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Amy Wilson and Margaret Ables.

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