Picture this: You finally sit down after a long day. Dinner is done, dishes are soaking (ignored), and someone is crying in the background (possibly you). You pick up your phone because you suddenly remembered you need a birthday message for a class WhatsApp group. Before you can even unlock it, your child appears: “Mom, can I ask ChatGPT something? It understands me.”

Excuse me? Understands you?

I’m the one who finds your missing shoes when you swear they vanished into another dimension.

I’m also the one who signs the school forms and remembers which water bottle doesn’t leak.

And a gentle reminder, I know which sock you refuse to wear because it feels “emotionally wrong.”
But sure, go ask the robot.

AI has become the modern version of that “helpful neighbor” we didn’t ask for. It listens. It offers advice. It remembers things. It never loses patience. (Well… until it hallucinates and tells your child to cut their hair with kitchen scissors because it sounds fun.)

And here’s the truth: AI isn’t going away. It’s in homework, social connections, creativity, therapy apps, gaming, school assignments—and, sometimes, in the places it absolutely shouldn’t be.

So, the question becomes:

How do we raise confident, thoughtful humans when artificial intelligence is trying to be their best friend, tutor, therapist, and life coach, and all........

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