Coercive school does more damage to mental health than social media

This reference is used to support claims made by Dr Piotr Wozniak as part of an article series on memory, learning, creativity, and problem solving.

Reward deprivation is the true cause of addictions, incl. those to social media. For years we have deprived kids of their basic rewards, and now we blame wrong actors. School does the damage, and shifts the blame to social media. Shifting blame is one of the 100 bad habits learned at school.

For more see: Reward diversity in preventing addictions

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Quoted excerpts come from the following reference:

Author: Peter Gray

Title: Response to the Surgeon General’s Call for a Warning Label on Social Media

Date: 2024

Link: https://petergray.substack.com/p/my-response-to-the-surgeon-generals/comments?r=2nose0&utm_medium=ios

Backlink: Ban schools, not TikTok