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Why Novi schools are keeping students off their phones
Wednesday, 17 December, 2025
Social media companies are distracting people, sowing division, and preventing kids from experiencing normal childhoods. Those are the big takeaways of the book, “The Anxious Generation”, by Jonathan Haidt. That book is a big reason countries, states and classrooms have been restricting social media and phone use. The superintendent of the Novi school district gave copies of Jonathan Haidt's “The Anxious Generation" to anyone who wanted it. About one year later, how has the book influenced Novi students, teachers and parents? The Metro’s Sam Corey spoke with Novi Community School District Superintendent Ben Mainka to find out.
