Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Jared Cooney Horvath, a neuroscientist and educator specializing in human development. Subscribe through my link https://ground.news/swu or download the mobile app and enter promo code SWU to save 40% off their Vantage plan. Here's Jared's IG https://www.instagram.com/jared.cooney.horvath/ and website: www.lmeglobal.net 0:00 When Should Kids Get a Smartphone? 0:26 Why Education Isn't Broken 3:21 Parents, Screens & Early Childhood Development 6:16 AI, Big Tech & the Future of Childhood 10:11 Ground News 11:35 How Smartphones Are Destroying Human Connection 13:52 The Biggest Parenting Mistakes Today 18:26 Why Kids Need Human Connection 20:50 Should Schools Ban Smartphones? 24:34 Has Technology Made Us Smarter? 27:34 AI Is Making Us Worse at Thinking 32:51 Nature vs. Nurture: What Builds Intelligence? 35:25 Is Homeschooling Better? 36:45 The Real Purpose of Public Education 38:22 How to Fix America's Schools 41:11 Do Successful People Need School? 44:51 Is America Falling Behind? 50:20 Why Happiness Shouldn't Be the Goal 53:02 Mental Health, Addiction & Resilience 1:01:41 How Technology Is Reshaping Childhood 1:13:38 Why Children Need Struggle to Grow 1:23:28 Final Thoughts For full-length, ad-free and uncensored videos please subscribe to the Soft White Underbelly subscription channel at softwhiteunderbelly.com. It's $10 a month and watchable on Apple and Android mobile apps, Roku TV, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. Here's how to purchase the Soft White Underbelly books and merch: https://softwhiteunderbelly.org #swu #softwhiteunderbelly #marklaita #childdevelopment #education #documentary #neuroscience #children #america #humanconnection #teacher