You can gain insight into the Youngkin administration’s thinking behind its recommended bell-to-bell cell-phone restrictions in Virginia public schools by watching this video.

Secretary of Education Aimee Guidera and Secretary of Health and Human Services Janet Kelly make introductory remarks. First lady Suzanne Youngkin follows with a Q&A with former University of Virginia professor (now at NYU) Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation.

Haidt, who has done more than anyone else to raise the alarm about the relationship between cell phone usage, social media, and the decline in teen mental health, says the Virginia model for addressing the challenge of cell phones in schools is one of the best in the nation.

I was fortunate to meet Haidt when he came as a guest of The Jefferson Council to speak at UVA, and I’ve read The Anxious Generation. Anything he has to say is worth hearing. — JAB