US EditionPhones creating 'epidemic of disconnection' in families, says Princess of Wales
Princess Kate highlights that digital distractions fragment family attention and warns young people aged 16 to 24 report the highest loneliness, according to her essay with Harvard's Prof. Waldinger.
- On Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, Kate, Princess of Wales, visited Home-Start Oxford and spoke with families about modern technology's impact on connection.
- Kate's concerns stem from new research and her essay with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger, highlighting the growing loneliness and social isolation fueled by digital devices.
- During her visit, Kate discussed how constant distractions from smartphones and screens are harming family relationships and fragmenting focus among both adults and children.
- In her essay, she explains that by looking at our phones during conversations, we deprive others of the fundamental care and attention essential for meaningful human relationships.
- Kate emphasized that investing in strong family bonds and minimizing digital distractions may help address a rising 'epidemic of disconnection' affecting physical and mental health.
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"We are raising a generation that is more 'connected' than any in history, but also more isolated," says Kate, Princess of Wales. She warned that digital technology is distancing and threatening children's ability to build healthy, meaningful relationships.
In an essay, British Princess Kate (43) warned against the influence of digital devices on social relationships. "Digital devices promise to connect us, but often they do the opposite," she wrote. New technologies have many advantages, yet they "played a complex and often disturbing role in this epidemic of alienation," says the essay. Smartphones, tablets, and computers have become "sources of constant distraction" and would prevent many people…
In an article published with a Harvard psychiatrist, the princess points out that these digital devices isolate us and deny a form of love at the basis of human bonds. Deny your cell phone to your three children.
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