Second Life Having a Child in the Digital Age

Amanda Hess

eBook - 2025

“Second Life is not only a book for parents; it's for anyone intrigued (and concerned) by the ways in which our digital footprints impact the circle of life itself.” —Elle“Engrossing....With a reporter’s gimlet eye, Hess lenses out from her personal experience...[She] has a (hilariously reluctant) native’s ear for the (awful) millennial marketing sound.” —The New York Times “[Hess probes] both the effect of the internet on maternal guilt and anxiety (a nearly universal condition) and the more specific challenges of her own motherhood journey....Smart, funny, and filled with love.” —The Boston GlobeAs an internet culture critic for The New York Times, Amanda Hess had built a reputation among readers as a sharp obse...rver of the seductions and manipulations of online life. But when Hess discovered she was pregnant with her first... more