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Dana Suskind: The HOPE Framework Parents Need to Raise Kids in the Age of AI

Aug 12, 2026 · 40m

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About this episode

"A human-raised childhood is the best way to get your child ready for a high-tech future." This week on Lavin Voices, we talk to Lavin Exclusive Speaker Dr. Dana Suskind: pediatric surgeon, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago, and New York Times bestselling author of Thirty Million Words , Parent Nation , and Human Raised . Dana has spent her career studying how human interaction shapes developing brains—and now she’s asking what happens when AI begins entering those relationships. Her urgent, research-backed keynotes help parents, educators, policymakers, and leaders use technology without losing the messy, irreplaceable human connections that help children…