The Commercialization Of Kids

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Big tech trains kids to become consumers from … well, birth. Child-targeted marketing is cringe-worthy at best and unethical at worst. It also undermines children’s healthy development because it robs them of opportunities to play, imagine, and learn freely without manipulation. Today I speak with Dr. Susan Linn about the ways in which technology exploits children (and what we can do about it at home). (The podcast is approaching its 500th episode and in celebration I'm re-airing my Top 5 favorite episodes of all time. Here's #5.) Here’s a preview: [3:30] Brand loyalty? How media corporations exploit our children for profit [6:30] Societal implications associated with perpetually up-selling to kids [11:30] The ways in which big tech manipulates children into bonding with their devices [17:00] A good, hard look: Addressing our collective preoccupation with technology [28:00] Thoughts on breaking an older child’s screen addiction Resources mentioned: Episode #337: Minimalist Screen Time and Slow TV Who’s Raising the Kids? Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children Fair play This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.

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0:00.0	Well, hello there and welcome. As this show approaches a major milestone, 500 episodes,
0:07.2	I thought a great way to celebrate would be to re-air five of my most favorite episodes
0:16.5	over the past six years. So for the next five Fridays, one each Friday, I will re-air one of my five
0:25.2	favorite episodes. So this is number five. We'll go to number four next week until we hit in five
0:31.3	weeks, my top episode, my favorite episode of all time. Again, this is all in celebration of our 500th episode,
0:39.7	which is rapidly approaching. Starting out our top five in the fifth spot is an interview
0:46.6	with Dr. Susan Lynn. It's all about how kids are primed to be consumers from birth,
0:53.5	perhaps even in utero.
0:56.0	So if you missed this episode the first time around, or if you just need a refresher,
1:01.1	because you remember it was pretty darn good.
1:03.1	Here you go.
1:04.3	Enjoy.
1:07.1	Well, hello there are listeners.
1:08.8	Welcome back.
1:09.7	My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to
1:12.7	episode 369 of Sustainable Minimalists, a show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living.
1:21.4	Have you ever wondered, I'm sure you have, but have you ever wondered about the effects of
1:26.5	screen time on your children?
1:30.0	Perhaps you worry about their development. Perhaps you worry about what screens do to their
1:37.2	attention spans. And if you are worried about development and attention spans,
1:42.0	you are rightly worried, so patch yourself on the back.
1:46.0	But my guest today argues that the consequences of this monumental shift that is happening
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