Tracking Your Kids Is Wiring Your Brain for Anxiety

Podcast: The Dr. Leaf Show · Dr. Caroline Leaf

Opublikowano: 2026-05-06

Tracking apps promise peace of mind — but the neuroscience tells a different story. About half of U.S. parents now use location-tracking apps like Life360, Find My, and Google Family Link to monitor their kids. A 2024 study found that frequent checking correlates with lower self-esteem in teens and higher parental hostility into the college years. The safety you're buying may be costing you more than you know. In this episode, neuroscientist Dr. Caroline Leaf breaks down the hidden neuroscience of family surveillance: why every "just checking" reinforces hypervigilance, how tracking apps hijack the same reward ci...