Cool opportunity alert! 🚨
@johnlist.bsky.social and the Joint Initiative for Latin American Experimental Economics and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella are inviting submissions for a behavioral and experimental economics workshop in Buenos Aires, taking place Nov. 9-10 ☀️
👉 lnkd.in/g7gZVfmY
Heading to #SXSWEDU 2026?
I hope you’ll join Michael Levine and me for “Born to be Wired: 4 Rules for AI in Early Childhood” on Monday afternoon! We’ll explore AI's impact on brain architecture and how to protect the capacity for human connection 🧠
➡️ schedule.sxswedu.com/events/PP114...
As a surgeon and researcher, I’m driven by one mission: children’s healthy development, in the short- and long-term. The current approach to immigration is deeply detrimental to both.
I’m grateful to @thehill.com for letting me weigh in on this crucial topic.
thehill.com/opinion/immi...
Can’t wait to read this. I spend a lot of time thinking about how valuable human connection and hands on learning experiences are for all of us.
Coming in July! “Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity, and Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI”
A troubling fear nags at me: that human connection—the one thing children need most—is at risk of becoming a rarity. My book, I hope, provides families a line of defense 💚
I call on policymakers across political parties — indeed, on all Americans — to stand together in opposition to tactics that rob children of their safety, their parents, their trusted caregivers, and their right to healthy development.
Immigration reform should not come at the expense of children’s wellbeing, parents’ and caregivers’ dignity or our nation’s moral compass.
This is especially true during the early years of a child’s life, the most rapid and critical period of human brain development.
Toxic stress alters children’s brain structure, leading to lifelong learning, memory, and attention problems. It also weakens children’s immune systems and increases their risk of developing chronic conditions like asthma and heart disease.
This is a mounting public health crisis. Adverse childhood events and toxic stress disrupt children’s brain development, and it is hard to think of a more traumatic or stressful event for a child than being separated from their family.
The crackdowns in Minneapolis, Chicago and across the U.S. are resulting in children being detained. Toddlers being separated from their families. Children left orphaned, in the case of Renee Good. Alex Pretti was, of course, someone’s child.
As a pediatric physician, as an early childhood researcher, and as a child development expert, I am compelled to state, in no uncertain terms: the current approach to immigration reform is deeply detrimental to children, in both the present and long-term.
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“The risks of AI differ from its benefits—that is, these risks undermine children’s foundational development—and may prevent the benefits from being realized.”
I was honored to help inform this Brookings Institute report and its concrete recommendations.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-n...
Introducing SPEAK—a scalable, computer-adaptive tool to measure knowledge of early human development. By Gaudreau, Levine, @johnlist.bsky.social & @drdanasuskind.bsky.social, it identifies knowledge gaps to guide targeted interventions and improve child outcomes. ow.ly/fzOk50XbjrG
What do my kids need to know about AI? or Mattel, I have questions, is a good primer into understanding the emotional losses for potential uses of AI toys. Many thanks to @drdanasuskind.bsky.social for her expertise: outthinkmedia.com/2025/07/01/w...
This didn't quite fit into the primer in our last post, but @drdanasuskind.bsky.social had included such a lovely introspection for parents on how #noPerfectParenting can be a good thing! outthinkmedia.com/2025/07/03/n...
Babies are born to bond with other humans. When they bond, instead, with human-like AI systems, we don’t yet know what that means for their brain development. But we do know caution is warranted.
Thank you to the Brookings Institution for publishing our commentary
www.brookings.edu/articles/pol...
The FTC studying the impact of AI chatbots on children’s mental health is good, overdue news.
Just as we set guardrails for food and medicine that reach children, we need guidelines and transparency standards for AI companions before they flood the marketplace.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ftc-...
Artificial Intelligence is not just technology. It’s an artificial biologic with tremendous population health implications—both promising and perilous.
In today’s TIME magazine, I call for AI engineers to take a Hippocratic Oath promising, first, to do no harm.
time.com/7312350/ai-e...
'The teenage brain is still developing—particularly in regions of impulse control and risk assessment—making young people less equipped to judge the accuracy or safety of advice.'
We simply can't allow children's brains to be testing grounds for unregulated AI.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
Grateful to @familiesinschools.bsky.social for engaging me in this important dialogue around AI and early childhood.
If we are to avoid the same mistakes we made with social media, we need robust research into AI’s effects on developing brains. Now.
www.familiesinschools.org/2025/08/13/a...
“Here is where AI’s agreeability – so crucial to its rapid adoption – becomes its Achille's heel. Its tendency to value short-term user satisfaction over truthfulness – to blow digital smoke up one’s skirt – can isolate users and reinforce confirmation bias.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
American families need more support to flourish. My colleagues from the Convergence Collaborative on Supports for Working Families and I urge Congress and the Administration to establish a National Commission on Children and Families for the 21st Century.
Read our issue brief: lnkd.in/ghG3niVJ
'AI policy should advance AI innovation by ensuring that its potential benefits are responsibly realized and widely shared.'
Important guidance from a multidisciplinary group of AI policy experts, calling for an emphasis on scientific understanding over hype.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Few things can make a father prouder than his daughter changing the world....by teaching about field experiments at the World Youth Economic Forum!
I decided to throw my hat into the ring for #SXSWEDU 2026, where I'm hoping to present concrete principles for responsible use of AI in early childhood. My panel is called BORN TO BE WIRED 😉
Do me a favor and vote for it in the #PanelPicker!
participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
I’m glad to see @unicef.org updating its guidance on AI and children, especially the potential risks when AI offers companionship.
When children’s attachment systems are activated by algorithms rather than caregivers, we’re in uncharted territory.
www.unicef.org/innocenti/st...
Your baby doesn’t need fancy toys or gadgets for healthy brain development. What they need most is lots and lots of your words and nurturing interaction.
Grateful to The Bump for letting me weigh in here 🩷
www.thebump.com/a/newborn-toys
“We have never established that good child care belongs among the pantheon of American values.”
So true! The first 5 years are the most rapid period of brain development and the foundation for, well, everything.
Great interview here with @ehaspel.bsky.social.
hechingerreport.org/why-american...
All my faves in @swartzmark16.bsky.social's interview w #ChelseaClinton on the 10th anniversary of @toosmalltoofail.bsky.social. #JoanLombardi @drdanasuskind.bsky.social tinyurl.com/32r5hykj