James Kanagasooriam and Eddie Barnes

James Kanagasooriam is chief research officer for Focaldata. Eddie Barnes is director of the John Smith Centre at the University of Glasgow

The good news about Gen Z

Has a generation ever been so minutely poured over as today’s young people? From Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation, his bestselling social science book detailing the impact of social media on children, to Netflix’s Adolescence, the terrifying drama depicting the impact of the manosphere on teenage boys, youngsters are under the microscope. A Channel 4