"Combining a journalist's investigative eye with her unborn second child as an experimental guinea pig, Baby, Unplugged draws on Sophie Brickman's own experiences as a journalist and parent to try to discover what aspects of technology are actually helpful, which are making us crazy, and most importantly, how we might learn to trust ourselves and our instincts again when it comes to raising children"-- There's an app or device for nearly every aspect of parenting. But what is living in a tech-saturated world doing to you and your children? Brickman draws on her own experiences as a journalist and parent to try to discover what aspects of technology are actually helpful, which are making us crazy, and most importantly, how we might learn to trust ourselves and our instincts again when it comes to raising children. -- adapted from jacket Provided by publisher.

Introduction -- Parentech. The quantified child: do we really need this much baby data? ; It takes a virtual village: can online parenting groups replace IRL? ; Baby paparazzi: if you're capturing the moment, are you ever in it? ; Buy, buy, baby: are we strong enough to escape e-commerce? -- Babytech. Plug and play: are smart toys better than analog blocks? ; Couch fingerlings: is preschool programming worse than ever? ; Swiped out: will interactive apps change the game? ; See Spot sprint: can e-books improve upon print ones? -- Conclusion.