We are so excited to launch Season 2 with author, psychologist, and former Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ventriloquist Susan Linn. We interview Dr. Susan Linn about her new book, Who’s Raising the Kids: Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children.
It turns out we've all been indoctrinated from a young age to value buying things due to the United States' lax child protection policies for advertising.
Here's Susan Linn on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood early in her career. The show ran from 1968 - 2001 on PBS.
Who is Susan Linn?
Susan Linn is a psychologist, award-winning ventriloquist, and world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of media and commercial marketing on children. She was the Founding Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (now called Fairplay) and is currently a research associate at Boston Children's Hospital and lecturer on psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. The author of Consuming Kids, The Case for Make Believe, and Who's Raising the Kids?
Susan and her work have been featured on the stage of TED, as well as on “TODAY”, “Good Morning America,” “60 Minutes,” “The Colbert Report,” “Dateline,” NPR’s “Marketplace,” The New York Times, The Washington Post, POLITICO, TIME, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, and many other outlets. She lives in Brookline, Massachusetts. Find her at consumingkids.com or on twitter at @drsusanlinn.
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What is Latchkey Urchins & Friends Podcast?
Hosted by me, Alison Cebulla, MPH, and Anne Sherry, a therapist, this podcast seeks to heal trauma through laughter and lively conversation.
There's a nurturance void when we experience childhood emotional neglect.
We look at the personal, interpersonal, community, and societal causes that form the ecology of neglect. This podcast seeks to end the stigma of talking about mental health, trauma, and neglect while providing some resources for healing and growth.
New episodes are released every other week.
Humorous topics include what we made as kids when we were home alone, while almost setting the toaster on fire (if no parents were home to see it, it didn't happen!).
Topics: childhood emotional neglect, attachment, trauma, child trauma, mental health, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), growth, healing, nurturance, community, love, friendship, marriage, parenting, book recommendations, podcasts, pop culture, economics, politics, culture, racism, the patriarchy and more
Check out our Season 2 Trailer here:
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