The essay argues that the interaction between child development and artificial intelligence is an urgent, underexamined challenge with the potential to reshape childhood and family life. The author criticizes low-quality AI tools marketed to children that embed misspellings, generate nonsensical content, and model unsafe behaviors that young children cannot yet critically evaluate. The piece calls for adults to actively guide and constrain how AI enters children’s lives rather than letting the technology shape parenting norms unchecked.
