The Power Couple by Roman Shapoval
The Power Couple
Liberating our children from digital prison
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Liberating our children from digital prison

Part 1: The Power of Antisocial Media
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In 2009, only about half of teens used social media every day.

In 2017, 85% used it daily.

By 2022, 95% of teens said they use some social media, and about a third say they use it constantly.

-Pew Research Center

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In Part 1 we’ll discuss:

  • Why we believe there has been a rapid decline in the mental health of our younger generations since 2012

  • How the like button created a new society

  • How suicide rates since 2012 differ between girls and boys

In Part 2, we’ll take a deeper dive into:

  • How we can begin to draw boundaries with technology

  • How we can support our children in their recovery with ancestral strategies

  • How we can form healthy habits that embrace and calm our nervous system

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Show notes:

The Social Dilemma Documentary

After Babel
The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012
From the first time I wrote about Gen Z in 2015 (with Greg Lukianoff, in our Coddling essay) through my most recent discussion in a December interview with Tunku Varadarajan in the Wall Street Journal, the main criticism I have heard is that I’m just another old man (I’m 59) shaking his fist and complaining about “kids these days,” when in fact …
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Haidt, J., & Twenge, J. (ongoing). Adolescent mood disorders since 2010: A collaborative review. Unpublished manuscript, New York University:

Article on blue light & melatonin:

SAY NO to the digital prison:

The American Broadband Act of 2023 (H.R. 3557) and H.R. 4141 threaten to eliminate state and local control over the zoning and placement of Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (WTF):

A superb article by

with practical resources on tech detox:

School of the Unconformed
Beyond Digital Detox: How to Make a Home for Humans
Until our move three years ago, our three children (then aged 8 to 14) shared the same, small 10’ by 13’ bedroom. For 15 years, we had lived in a 1400 sq. foot townhome together with my mother-in-law, and she had the master bedroom. It certainly forced us to use our space deliberately, creatively, and with buckets …
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The Power Couple by Roman Shapoval
The Power Couple
Regenerating modern humans by repurposing our ancestral past, and the primal relationship we have with ourselves.
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