Summary Of The Week By Jean Twenge

rticle of The Week: Response The general argument made by Jean Twenge in his work, is smartphones are ruining a whole generation. More specifically Twenge argues that more kids are getting signs of depression, anxiety, and loneliness according to iGen. He writes “ IGen shows another pronounced break with millennials: Depression, anxiety, and loneliness have shot upward since 2012, with happiness declining.” In this passage Jean Twenge is suggesting that kids shouldn't use their phones as often because it can lead to that. In conclusion Twenge’s belief is that kids are getting sad because of smartphones.

In my view Jean Twenge is right because there have been lots of experiments and the result is sadness. More specifically I believe that
smartphones make kids sad because IGen asked teens to participate in a social experiment and had some teens use their smartphones and some not to. For example, In the end of the social experiment the teens that didn't use their smartphones seemed happier then the teens that used their smartphones. Although Twenge might object that correlation doesn't prove causation. I maintain that It causes depression, anxiety and loneliness. For example say someone post a picture on instagram of themselves and they don't get a lot of likes they can get sad and think no one likes them. Therefore, I conclude that kids and teens are getting sad (depression, anxiety, and loneliness) because people can be mean on texting apps and social media