LCSD, LPL Partner to Share Student Voices on Technology

The Liverpool Central School District and the Liverpool Public Library have partnered to host a community discussion focused on youth mental health and technology.

“Student Voices on Technology” will be held on April 21, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the Chestnut Hill Middle Library.

Panelists will include Liverpool High School students, a student moderator, and a faculty advisor.

Students will share their experiences with cell phone use and social media, peer pressure and digital communication, the benefits and challenges of constant connectivity, perspectives on phone restrictions, mental health impacts they have observed, and what they believe adults often misunderstand about teen technology use.

Registration is required to attend the session. To register, visit the LPL Web site.

“Understanding the Anxious Generation: A Community Conversation on Technology, Youth Mental Health, and Digital Wellbeing” is a collaborative book study that brings together LCSD and LPL staff, families, and community partners to explore youth anxiety, technology use, and mental health through shared reading and open dialogue.

The program examines how digital technology is shaping childhood while encouraging community-wide solutions to support student wellbeing.

The discussion centers on The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt.

The research highlighted in the book points to a sharp rise in anxiety, depression, attention challenges, and social withdrawal among young people, aligning with two major shifts: the move from play-based childhoods to phone-based childhoods, and earlier, more immersive access to digital spaces.

Together, these conversations aim to raise awareness of youth mental health challenges, strengthen communication between generations about technology, build stronger school-family-community partnerships, and identify actionable strategies to support youth wellbeing.