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I’ve seen athletes learn hard lessons when it comes to using wearables and performance trackers. Parents could learn from their mistakes.
Aug 11, 20265:45 AM
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Parents today have access to more information than any generation in history. We can easily follow experts, the latest research, and a cacophony of influencers, all weighing in on matters as small as which bottle to use and the exact words to say when a child breaks a rule. We’ve got devices that monitor our kids—you can now buy your child a fitness tracker—and even babies, with devices spitting out oxygen levels, nighttime movement, and, in a nod to the wearables adults use, scores to let us know how well our child slept. As one of the baby monitoring companies states, its goal is “Turning infant health data into peace of mind for parents.”
