1KHO 513: The Business of Replacing Parents - How Big Tech Wants to Raise Your Kids | Dr. Susan Linn, Who's Raising the Kids?

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In this powerful and eye-opening conversation, Dr. Susan Linn returns to The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast to expose how Big Tech and big business are working to replace—not support—parents. From algorithmic toys and social robots to persuasive “educational” marketing, today’s most powerful industries are selling convenience at the cost of creativity, relationships, and childhood itself. Dr. Linn, a renowned psychologist, author, and pioneer in protecting children from commercial exploitation, unpacks how screens and toys that “do too much” rob kids of the very experiences they need to thrive—free play, boredom, human connection, and imagination. She explains how even well-meaning parents are being manipulated by corporate messaging designed to wear them down and wear them out. If you've ever felt like you're swimming upstream as a parent in a tech-saturated world, this episode is your life raft. Your presence matters more than any device ever could. 🎧 Listen and share this episode far and wide. 📚 Books by Dr. Susan Linn: – Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood – The Case for Make-Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World – Who's Raising the Kids?: Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children 🔗 Learn more about Fairplay at https://www.fairplayforkids.org A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below: Active Skin Repair: Visit www.ActiveSkinRepair.com to learn more about Active Skin Repair and their commitment to 1% for the planet and use code: 1000hours to save 20% on all Active Skin Repair products Select Quote: Head to www.selectquote.com/1000hours to learn more. BetterHelp: Visit www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS today to get 10% off your first month. Fay Nutrition: Visit www.FayNutrition.com/1000HOURS to see if you qualify for a dietitian for $0 CRU: Visit give.cru.org/hour to sign up for a $24 monthly gift, and receive a free copy of Until The Streetlights Come On Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns NIV Application Bible - visit www.NIVapplicationbible.com if you’re looking to grow in your understanding of Scripture and make it real in your daily life. Cozy Earth - Upgrade your summer sleep at www.cozyearth.com and use code OUTSIDE for 40% off their best-selling sheets, loungewear, and more. Lagoon - Go to LagoonSleep.com/OUTSIDE and take their awesome 2 minute sleep quiz to find your match.Use the code OUTSIDE for 15% off your first purchase Brave Books - Right now, you can get 20% off your first purchase at www.BRAVEBooks.com/1000hours with the code 1000HOURS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast.
0:32.8	My name is Ginny Yerich.
0:33.8	I'm the founder of 1,000 Hours Outside.
0:35.8	And I have been looking forward to this day for so
0:38.6	long because Dr. Susan Lynn is back with us. Welcome.
0:43.8	Ginny, I'm so happy to be talking to you. Great show. You have a great show.
0:48.6	Thank you. Thank you. I have read three of your books, all three of your books, and they are
0:53.5	wonderful books. It's really interesting, Dr. Susan, that these books, all three of your books, and they are wonderful books. It's really
0:55.0	interesting, Dr. Susan, that these books, this one's from 2004. It's called Consuming Kids,
1:01.4	the Hostel Takeover of Childhood. And then in 2008, you wrote the case for Make Believe,
1:06.7	Saving Play in a Commercialized World. And both of these books came out before the iPhone.
1:11.8	And I think that those are some of the best books because you really thought through all of it
1:17.9	before there's all these bells and whistles and new toys. I mean, it was already an issue back then.
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