Philosopher's Zone
Philosopher's Zone
ABC ABC Australia
Knowledge, culture and parenting apps
28 minutes Posted Nov 6, 2025 at 11:00 pm.
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There's an app for everything these days, including parenting and childrearing - but at what cost? Women in the Global South are increasingly using parenting apps, whose Western developers say their advice is scientific and reliable. But that modern, scientific advice is edging out older, traditional childrearing wisdom and causing intergenerational tension.