{"product_id":"whos-raising-the-kids-big-tech-big-business-and-the-lives-of-children-9781620978337","title":"Who's Raising the Kids?: Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children, a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhood--and what we can do about it \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Engrossing and insightful . . . rich with details that paint a full portrait of contemporary child-corporate relations.\" --Zephyr Teachout, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eEven before COVID-19, digital technologies had become deeply embedded in children's lives, despite a growing body of research detailing the harms of excessive immersion in the unregulated, powerfully seductive world of the \"kid-tech\" industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the \"must read\" (\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review) \u003cem\u003eWho's Raising the Kids?\u003c\/em\u003e, Susan Linn--one of the world's leading experts on the impact of Big Tech and big business on children--weaves an \"eye-opening and disturbing exploration of how marketing tech to children is creating a passive, dysfunctional generation\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review). From birth, kids have become lucrative fodder for tech, media, and toy companies, from producers of exploitative games and social media platforms to \"educational\" technology and branded school curricula of dubious efficacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with humor and compassion, \u003cem\u003eWho's Raising the Kids?\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique and highly readable social critique and guide to protecting kids from exploitation by the tech, toy, and entertainment industries. Two hopeful chapters--\"Resistance Parenting\" and \"Making a Difference for Everybody's Kids\"--chart a path to allowing kids to be the children they need to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15240080\"\u003eSusan Linn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620978337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620978334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FAM\"\u003eFamily \u0026amp; Relationships\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FAM034000\"\u003eParenting | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC047000\"\u003eChildren's Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TEC\"\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TEC052000\"\u003eSocial Aspects\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Linn\u003c\/b\u003e is a psychologist, award-winning ventriloquist, and a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of media and commercial marketing on children. She was the Founding Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (now called Fairplay) and is currently research associate at Boston Children's Hospital and lecturer on psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. The author of \u003cem\u003eConsuming Kids\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Case for Make Believe\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWho's Raising the Kids?\u003c\/em\u003e (all published by The New Press), she lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43893514764427,"sku":"9781620978337","price":26.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_ff286e33-08e7-444f-9348-88fc098d21cf.jpg?v=1756134231","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/whos-raising-the-kids-big-tech-big-business-and-the-lives-of-children-9781620978337","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}