The Lonely Generation

Essential reading for all parents, The Lonely Generation sounds the alarm on a looming public health crisis within younger people – and provides empowering, practical steps to build a healthier, more connected world for our children.

We are living through increasingly fractured times, in our era of social media, big tech and rising costs. Younger generations are bearing the brunt of this: their mental health has gone into freefall with higher rates of anxiety, depression and self-harm. How do we untangle the knots that keep them trapped in feelings of loneliness?

Associate Professor Michelle Lim is Australia's leading expert on loneliness, as head of the national peak body Ending Loneliness Together and an expert technical advisor to the World Health Organization. She's here to show us how we got here and what can be done about this public health emergency.

Drawing on the latest research in psychology, sociology and neuroscience, The Lonely Generation is an agenda-setting investigation into the profound impacts of loneliness on young people, and how parents and educators can work to form networks and cultures that foster deep, meaningful social connection.

It's not too late to turn back the clock and give our kids the safe, healthy, free childhoods they deserve.