The Amazing Generation

Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World

$20.00 US
Audio | Listening Library
On sale Dec 30, 2025 | 2 Hours and 46 Minutes | 9798217169436
Age 9-12 years
Sales rights: US, Canada, Open Mkt

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Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation, this new audiobook for tweens is a handbook for living a happy and exciting life that isn't hijacked by a smartphone.

Jonathan Haidt's blockbuster book, The Anxious Generation, has sparked a global conversation about the effects of smartphones and social media on young people’s development, and has inspired millions of parents, teachers, and leaders to take action. Now, Haidt and Catherine Price, author of the bestselling How to Break Up with Your Phone, have teamed up to create a new audiobook that speaks directly to kids and early teens. Their goal? To empower young people to stand up for themselves by choosing a life not dominated by screens.

Written for nine- to twelve-year-olds—and relevant whether or not they already have smartphones or social media accounts—this engaging guide is packed with surprising facts, interactive challenges, secrets that tech leaders don't want kids to know, and real-life anecdotes from young adults who regret getting smartphones at a young age and want to help the next generation avoid making the same mistakes.

But this isn’t just an audiobook about what not to do. It’s a bold, optimistic, and practical guide to growing into your most authentic, confident, and adventurous self. Listeners won’t just discover how to avoid becoming the next Anxious Generation. They’ll learn how to become amazing.
"The book’s design provides plenty of attention-grabbing material, but it’s the research that makes it relevant and convincing, particularly since the authors never blame the users of technology. The book addresses the importance of choosing a better path to support and maintain mental health with conviction. Will inspire balanced and thoughtful decision-making in a world where technology is designed to promote impulsivity." —Kirkus

Discussion Guide for The Amazing Generation

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Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation, this new audiobook for tweens is a handbook for living a happy and exciting life that isn't hijacked by a smartphone.

Jonathan Haidt's blockbuster book, The Anxious Generation, has sparked a global conversation about the effects of smartphones and social media on young people’s development, and has inspired millions of parents, teachers, and leaders to take action. Now, Haidt and Catherine Price, author of the bestselling How to Break Up with Your Phone, have teamed up to create a new audiobook that speaks directly to kids and early teens. Their goal? To empower young people to stand up for themselves by choosing a life not dominated by screens.

Written for nine- to twelve-year-olds—and relevant whether or not they already have smartphones or social media accounts—this engaging guide is packed with surprising facts, interactive challenges, secrets that tech leaders don't want kids to know, and real-life anecdotes from young adults who regret getting smartphones at a young age and want to help the next generation avoid making the same mistakes.

But this isn’t just an audiobook about what not to do. It’s a bold, optimistic, and practical guide to growing into your most authentic, confident, and adventurous self. Listeners won’t just discover how to avoid becoming the next Anxious Generation. They’ll learn how to become amazing.

Praise

"The book’s design provides plenty of attention-grabbing material, but it’s the research that makes it relevant and convincing, particularly since the authors never blame the users of technology. The book addresses the importance of choosing a better path to support and maintain mental health with conviction. Will inspire balanced and thoughtful decision-making in a world where technology is designed to promote impulsivity." —Kirkus

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Discussion Guide for The Amazing Generation

Provides questions, discussion topics, suggested reading lists, introductions and/or author Q&As, which are intended to enhance reading groups’ experiences.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)