The Meaning of Work, Commercializing Childhood, Life of Books, Snowplow Parents

The Meaning of Work, Commercializing Childhood, Life of Books, Snowplow Parents

Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 136

  • Mar 29, 2019 6:00 am
  • 104:38
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Roy Bahat from Bloomberg Beta talks about the meaning of work and how that can change with advances in technology. Melissa Campbell from Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood describes the impact advertisements have on children and ways to eliminate marketing from a child's environment. Tom Mole from the University of Edinburgh goes into the life of books, from gnawed corners to torn covers, and the value of tangible reading. Madeline Levine gives advice to teaching children to do things on their own and avoid "snowplowing" paths for their children.