#27: Who’s Raising the Kids?: Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children with Susan Linn

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As well as being an author, Susan Linn is a psychologist, award-winning ventriloquist and a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of media and commercial marketing on children.
Her latest book is Who’s Raising the Kids?: Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children.

Some of the topics we discussed includes:

• The oversized and unregulated role Big Tech plays in children's lives.
• The deregulation of children's television.
• How these companies fulfil their objective of having children buy their toys by intentionally undermining parents as gatekeepers
• What are the dangers of the 'collectable toys' business model?
• Being skeptical of the intent of corporations.
• What is branded learning?
• What have governments done to try and regulate this?

The Book and Audiobook: Who’s Raising the Kids?: Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children is out now.
You can also find out more about Susan on her website https://www.consumingkids.com
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