Tech Tots: Early ideas on parenting in a digital age
A podcast to help you navigate the coming wave of big tech changes for little people.
Welcome to TechTots, a podcast designed to help you navigate the ever-evolving landscape of digital technologies impacting pre-schoolers.
Brought to you by playTandem.com and the team at EarlyIdeas.org, this series digs into how the crucial intersection of early childhood development and the digital revolution.
Join us as we explore the effects of technology on the next generation, offering insights, expert opinions, and practical advice for parents and caregivers.
Whether you’re a tech-savvy parent or just starting to grapple with what screens and AI mean for early childhoods, our podcast aims to eqip you with the knowledge and tools needed to help your little one to thrive in an increasingly digital age.
Brought to you by playTandem.com and the team at EarlyIdeas.org
- Update frequency
- every 32 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 5
- Years Active
- 2025
Episode 5: From Puppets to Pixels: Learning from Sesame Street's Playbook for the AI Revolution
What does a healthy digital life look like for a child? As AI and algorithm-driven content reshape our world at a dizzying pace, parents are left wondering how to keep up. In this episode, host Rob H…
AI in the Toybox: Navigating Smart Toys & Child Development with Dr. Emily Goodacre from the University of Cambridge
AI-powered toys are no longer science fiction – they're rapidly entering our children's playrooms. But what do we really know about their impact?
In this episode of TechTots, we're joined by Dr. Emil…
Babies and toddlers are not just small adults - in conversation with Prof Sam Wass
In this episode, Professor Sam Wass from the Institute for the Science of Early Years discusses how children's brains process information very differently from adults, particularly in noisy environme…
'the science bit' - Why early childhood is so special
In this second Episode, we'll dig into the science of early childhood... and why this period lays the foundations.
Tori, Head of Marketing at Tandem (and expert on early childhood by virtue of being …
Why TechTots? we need to talk more about the big changes that tech is bringing for little people
In this episode we'll explain why we think we all need to think more about the big changes that technology is bringing for little people.
While walking around the historic Brunswick Square Gardens in …