Our Children Can't Read: How digital media is undermining education and the soul of learning

By Rev Brendon Naicker

THEY CAN SCROLL, BUT THEY CAN'T READ - AND IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT

A quiet catastrophe is unfolding in our classrooms. Children who navigate smartphones with instinctive ease struggle to parse a simple paragraph. Teenagers who spend seven hours a day glued to screens find themselves unable to concentrate long enough to finish a chapter. Teachers across the country report pupils who've lost the capacity for sustained reading - not because they've grown less clever, but because their minds have been fundamentally rewired.

This isn't merely an educational issue. It's a human crisis. In Our Children Can't Read, Brendon Naicker reveals: How digital devices are shortening attention spans to below that of a goldfishWhy "multitasking" is a dangerous illusion - with neuroscience proving it damages memory and heightens anxietyThe way algorithms reduce learning to bite-sized content and students to data pointsHow screens are starving young minds of the depth, patience and contemplation that make us truly humanYet all is not lost. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, timeless wisdom and revolutionary solutions - from ancient reading practices to screen-free classrooms - this book offers a way forward. Discover:
✔ The shocking truth about why today's teens read less (and retain less) than any previous generation
✔ How to recognise "digital dementia" - the alarming new cognitive consequences of tech overload
✔ The forgotten art of deep focus - and how to nurture it in an age of distraction
✔ Practical strategies to reset young minds, from "Sabbath pedagogy" to analogue learning spaces

For exhausted parents, frustrated teachers and anyone who senses modern life is making us shallower:

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FGW8PMNB
• ISBN13: 9798291158937
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"