{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Church Answers","provider_url":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com","title":"Smartphones Have Devastated the Mental Health of Our Young People | Church Answers","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pfNdELndh7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/smartphones-have-devastated-the-mental-health-of-our-young-people\/\">Smartphones Have Devastated the Mental Health of Our Young People<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/smartphones-have-devastated-the-mental-health-of-our-young-people\/embed\/#?secret=pfNdELndh7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Smartphones Have Devastated the Mental Health of Our Young People&#8221; &#8212; Church Answers\" data-secret=\"pfNdELndh7\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Group-of-older-teenagers-with-smartphones.png","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":628,"description":"(Note: I am sharing four articles this month based on my upcoming book, The Anxious Generation Goes to Church. These articles focus specifically on the harm smartphones do to our young people. All data and statistics in these articles are supported in the book. In this second article, I summarize the devastation smartphones have inflicted on the mental health of our young people. My book will be released from Tyndale on August 19, 2025.) When you hear that depression among teenage girls has increased by 145% and that suicide attempts have risen by 188%, it does more than catch your attention\u2014it grips your soul. These aren\u2019t dry statistics. These are lives. Sons and daughters. Grandchildren. Students. Members of our churches. What happened? The answer, in part, is as close as your pocket. The smartphone."}