{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"231: The New (Digital) Childhood","description":"Parents do a lot of hand wringing about the amount of time our kids spend on devices. And there are some good reasons for that. Naturally we want to make sure our kids aren\u2019t leading sedentary lives and that they\u2019re not just playing Fortnite or Minecraft, but getting a reasonably healthy amount of time outdoors. On top of this we have a tendency to worry that all these video games are turning our kids into antisocial automatons who won\u2019t be able to interact well in the quote-unquote real world. But my guest for this episode has a very reassuring message about the digital lives of our children, and points out that, well, the digital world is in fact part of today\u2019s real world. Jordan Shapiro is writer and psychologist who explores the intersections of digital play and family life. He\u2019s the author of an absolutely fascinating new book called The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connected World. Jordan contextualizes the anxiety parents have about this new form of play and storytelling by placing it in the fascinating history of how grown-ups have always responded to new steps in the evolution of child\u2019s play. Show Notes Love our work? Please check out our Patreon Campaign! Become a patron of the show for as little as $1 per month ","author_name":"The New Family Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/thenewfamily.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"