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How new moms get sucked into mega-consumption

WBUR

Published October 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM EDT

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A new generation of mothers looking for community online is often feeling manipulated by the $60-billion U.S. baby product market to buy, buy, buy.

Host Indira Lakshmanan talks with Chabeli Carrazana, an economy and child care reporter for our editorial partner The 19th, about how your algorithm is to blame.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.