Introducing No More Sidewalks: Parenting Today with Abby McCloskey, a podcast about the major structural changes impacting childrearing in America
In No More Sidewalks: Parenting Today , a new podcast from the Brookings Institution, host Abby McCloskey and her guests catalog major structural changes that have impacted childrearing in America in the 21st century: family structure, children’s health, technology, public schools, fertility, neighborhoods, and more.
在布鲁金斯学会的新播客《不再人行道：今日育儿》中，主持人艾比·麦克洛斯基和她的嘉宾列出了影响 21 世纪美国育儿方式的重大结构性变化：家庭结构、儿童健康、技术、公立学校、生育率、社区等等。
Things that most people took for granted in previous generations can no longer be counted on, but it isn’t yet clear what will emerge in their place.
前几代人认为理所当然的事情不再能指望，但目前还不清楚将会出现什么来取代它们。
McCloskey, a nonresident fellow with the Center for Economic Security and Opportunity at Brookings and columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and the Dallas Morning News , explores these issues and offers fresh policy ideas to address the challenges.
麦克洛斯基是布鲁金斯学会经济安全与机会中心的非常驻研究员，也是《彭博社观点》和《达拉斯晨报》的专栏作家，他探讨了这些问题，并提出了应对挑战的新政策思路。
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McCloskey is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and the Dallas Morning News .
麦克洛斯基是《彭博社观点》和《达拉斯晨报》的专栏作家。
She is a nonresident fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution.
她是布鲁金斯学会经济研究的非常驻研究员。
She is founder and principal of McCloskey Policy LLC, a research and consulting firm serving business and political leaders across the country.
她是 McCloskey Policy LLC 的创始人兼负责人，该公司是一家为全国各地的商业和政治领导人提供服务的研究和咨询公司。
Think about the neighborhood you grew up in.
想想你长大的社区。
The screen door slamming, bikes in the driveway, the constant chaotic noise of kids.
纱门砰地关上，车道上停着自行车，孩子们不断发出混乱的噪音。
Now, step outside today.
现在，今天走出去。
It’s quiet.
很安静。
We’re living through the most rapid rewiring of childhood in history.
我们正在经历历史上最快速的童年重塑。
Everything about raising children has changed in a single generation.
在一代人的时间里，养育孩子的一切都发生了变化。
An inflection point has been the rapid advances in technology.
技术的快速进步是一个转折点。
Smartphones, social media, and now AI have completely changed childhood, impacting kids’ learning, attention, relationships, mental and physical health.
智能手机、社交媒体和现在的人工智能已经彻底改变了童年，影响着孩子们的学习、注意力、人际关系、心理和身体健康。
It all feels beyond any parent’s ability to control.
这一切都超出了任何父母的控制能力。
But screens are just part of the problem.
但屏幕只是问题的一部分。
The very structures that have supported child-rearing, for centuries, have given way.
几个世纪以来支持养育孩子的结构已经让位。
Family, fertility, community, work, worship, even democracy has changed.
家庭、生育、社区、工作、崇拜，甚至民主都发生了变化。
Things parents took for granted a generation ago, healthier food, good public schools, trusted vaccine schedules, kids playing outside with friends, have given way in this one.
上一代父母认为理所当然的事情，比如更健康的食物、好的公立学校、值得信赖的疫苗接种时间表、孩子们在外面和朋友一起玩耍，现在已经让位了。
Increasingly Americans are opting out of having children entirely.
越来越多的美国人选择完全不生孩子。
By 2031, deaths will eclipse births in America.
到 2031 年，美国的死亡人数将超过出生人数。
Yet those of us with kids will tell you, I’ll tell you, that it’s the greatest thing we’ve ever done.
然而，我们这些有孩子的人会告诉你，我会告诉你，这是我们做过的最伟大的事情。
So where are we headed?
那么我们要去哪里？
A future where fewer kids receive a greater share of investment and opportunity, where babies are, quote-unquote, “designed,” and helicopter parenting intensifies?
未来，更少的孩子会获得更大份额的投资和机会，婴儿是“设计的”，直升机育儿会加强吗？
Or are we headed to a future where child-rearing is seen more as a burden, where kids are just another resource for big tech and social media to exploit?
或者，我们是否正在走向这样一个未来：抚养孩子更多地被视为一种负担，孩子只是大型科技和社交媒体可以利用的另一种资源？
A world where children are so disconnected from physical realities or so few in number that we don’t even need sidewalks.
在这个世界里，孩子们与现实生活如此脱节，或者数量如此之少，以至于我们甚至不需要人行道。
In Washington, leaders on both sides of the political aisle are offering their visions for the American family.
在华盛顿，政治两派领导人都在为美国家庭提出他们的愿景。