TBD | The Baby Monitor Trap

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🗓️ 20 April 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

If setting up a baby monitor in the room with your sleeping kids doesn’t allow you to pop out and enjoy the cruise ship, what are they actually good for? Guest: Stephanie Murray, writer for The Atlantic, the newsletter Family Stuff, who wrote “You’re on Vacation. You Leave Your Kid in Your Hotel Room With a Baby Monitor. What Could Go Wrong?” for Slate. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Goals!
0:03.4	It's bed.
0:04.3	Bed time.
0:05.6	One more, Ray!
0:06.7	I'm almost done!
0:08.2	Okay, kiddos.
0:09.0	That's enough.
0:09.5	Time's up.
0:10.2	On to the app.
0:11.4	Your Wi-Fi is going off.
0:13.2	Going off.
0:14.2	Off.
0:14.3	Oh.
0:15.1	Oh!
0:17.4	Manage your kids' time online with EE Wi-Fi controls,
0:21.7	helping them to switch off and drift off.
0:25.4	Search EEE Broadband.
0:27.2	Eligibility criteria apply.
0:28.7	New EEE broadband customers.
0:30.2	The new £5 meal deal from McDonald's.
0:32.8	Get a cheeseburger or mayo chicken,
0:34.8	medium fries, four McNuggets and a medium medium soft drink. But guess what? That's
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