The Commercialization Of Kids

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 35 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 our 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). 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 * Join our (free!) community here. * Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube. * Email me and say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.

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1:00.7	Well, hello there, there, listeners.
1:04.4	Welcome back.
1:05.4	My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to episode 369 of sustainable
1:11.3	minimalist, a show about intentional
1:14.0	and eco-friendly minimalist living.
1:16.0	Have you ever wondered,
1:18.0	I'm sure you have,
1:20.0	but have you ever wondered
1:21.0	about the effects of screen time on your children?
1:25.7	Perhaps you worry about their development.
1:29.6	Perhaps you worry about what screens do to their attention spans.
1:34.6	And if you are worried about development
1:36.7	and attention spans, you are rightly worried.
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