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Children and Screens
AI Social Companions and Youth: What Parents Need to Know
Attachment to an AI companion may displace time needed for developmentally important human behaviors and lead youth to withdraw from social relationships with other humans.
World Economic Forum
Our children risk learning to be human from a machine
The American Psychological Association warns that adolescent relationships with AI can displace healthy real-life friendships and family ties and foster unhealthy dependency.
American Psychological Association
AI chatbots and digital companions are reshaping emotional connection
Research shows excessive use of AI companions may worsen loneliness and erode social skills by filling the void for social connection with synthetic relationships.
NIH (PMC)
AI companions and adolescent social relationships
The stimulation hypothesis suggests AI companions can provide safe spaces for identity exploration and emotional expression, potentially building skills that transfer to human relationships.
PCWorld
AI toys want to be your kid's best friend. That's the problem
While experts warn of risks, AI toys may benefit children with social anxiety or autism through patient interaction.
Children and Screens
The Costs of Youth Attachment to AI Companions
Children with lower quality family relationships or higher stress and anxiety are more likely to prefer AI best friends, suggesting AI may serve as a substitute for those lacking human support rather than crowding out existing healthy relationships.
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