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I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is a Sunday Story where we go deep on one big story.
My kids are growing up so fast,
and it seems like just as fast as they're growing up, technology is zooming ahead even faster.
As a parent, it can be really overwhelming,
especially when they're babies and they're really little and just seem so fragile.
And companies can really play on parents' fears and anxieties to get them to buy gadgets and tech far beyond what's necessary.
And that's one of the ideas explored in the new book by author Amanda Hess,
Second Life, Having a Child in the Digital Age.
Today on the Sunday Story, on the media,
producer Molly Rosen talks with Amanda Hess about parenting in the new age of tech.
Stay with us.
As AI permeates every aspect of our lives, who are the people behind this huge inflection point?
What keeps them up at night?