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GROWING UP IN PUBLIC: Caregiving in the Digital Age

Published: Oct. 10, 2023, 12:06 p.m.

Unless you are the child of a celebrity, your kid is likely already more famous than you\u2014internet famous. Bits of their lives are posted online every day\u2026and kids today grow up with far less privacy and control over their public image. Parents are also tracking and following and, also, judging\u2014 their kid\u2019s world via their devices, in a way that didn\u2019t exist for their parents. Dr. Devorah Heitner\u2019s new book is GROWING UP IN PUBLIC: Coming of Age in a Digital World, where she shares research-backed advice about caregiving in the digital age. Dr. Devorah Heitner\u2019s writing on kids and technology has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Fast Company and others.