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Is Tech Really Helping Parents?

Is Tech Really Helping Parents?

Up First from NPR
Aug 10, 2025 22 min
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There are an endless stream of high-tech gadgets that promise to ease parenting fears and make the experience of child rearing more enjoyable. But at what cost? Does constant monitoring through pregnancy and early childhood make anyone safer... or happier? Today on The Sunday Story, we bring you an episode from our colleagues at <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm"target="_blank" ><em>On The Media</em></a>. It's a conversation with author Amanda Hess about her new book, <em>"Second Life: Having A Child In The Digital Age."<br/><br/></em>For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR's Pod Club newsletter at <a href="http://npr.org/podclub"target="_blank" >npr.org/podclub</a>.<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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