Hidden ways technology can influence your parenting decisions
Hidden ways technology can influence your parenting decisions  
Podcast: Life Kit
Published On: Tue Jul 29 2025
Description: From pregnancy tracking apps to smart baby monitors, technology is ingrained in parenthood at every turn. But at what cost? In this episode, Amanda Hess, author of Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age, shares how data, metrics and our relationship to technology can shape child-rearing — and create barriers between parents and their kids.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy