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Parenting
(n.)
Parenting by digital delegation, where caregiving tasks are handed off to apps, devices, and services.
Between the story robot and the homework tutor bot, abdicare had become a daily ritual that worked for everyone.
Does it ring true?
From the future, or already here?
A blend of abdicate + care; abdicate is serendipitously from the Latin word abdicare, meaning to renounce. As these parenting tools start to feel like an upgrade, the idea of abdicating one’s parenting that holds negative connotations today may be reclassified as good parenting.
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