Raising a Kid the Algorithm Can’t Have

Your child is not just growing up. They are being influenced — every single day, by a system designed to do exactly that.

If your child is between 10 and 16, you’ve already noticed: the phone is no longer just a device. It’s where they compare their life to others, where desires ‘appear out of nowhere’, where the group’s opinion weighs more than yours. This isn’t a phase. It’s the result of a digital environment built, with billions of dollars in investment, to capture attention and shape desire — and the adolescent brain is precisely its most vulnerable audience.

Across 11 chapters in 5 parts, this book works through each layer with depth — and with tools ready to apply:

• How the algorithm learns to control desires — and how to show your child
• The invisible dopamine addiction of digital life
• How to teach critical thinking and emotional resistance
• The power of work, effort and building
• AI, money and the future of work