Momfluencers, Baby Gadgets, and the Perils of Parenting in The Digital Age | Crooked Media
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June 05, 2025
Offline with Jon Favreau
Momfluencers, Baby Gadgets, and the Perils of Parenting in The Digital Age

In This Episode

Are we surveilling our children too much? Do we need fancy gadgets to track their sleep? Should we be taking so many pictures of them? Longtime New York Times culture critic Amanda Hess joins Offline to discuss why the optimization of childhood may just be another empty promise of the information age. Amanda’s new book, Second Life, follows her digital identity crisis as she grapples with her newborn baby’s rare genetic disorder, traversing the Facebook groups, Reddit threads, spy cams and momfluencers she and other parents use as a 21st century substitute for a proverbial village.

 

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