Breakfast with Clara: How Do We Protect Children in a World Built for Addiction?

On a quiet Sunday morning, a simple breakfast conversation turns into a much bigger question.

In this bonus Born & Kepler episode, Andreas reflects on his daughter Clara, smartphones becoming social infrastructure for children, and why today’s digital environments are fundamentally different from anything previous generations grew up with.

From online bullying that never stops, to platforms engineered for addiction, to hard data on mental health, sleep, and screen time, this episode explores why unrestricted social media access is not just a parenting challenge — but a public health issue.

We look at parental control tools, platform incentives, and what we can learn from Australia’s new under-16 social media law. And we ask the uncomfortable question: when history looks back at this decade, will we be proud of how long it took us to act?