Parenting in the Age of AI Companions: Invisible AI Cliques(mmervecerit.substack.com)
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Parenting in the Age of AI Companions: Invisible AI Cliques
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We argue that the key is to recognize AI companions as potential members of a child’s social world, clique members that are often invisible to adults. Parents’ role must evolve from spotting visible human cliques to sighting invisible AI cliques: recognizing when a companion relationship is forming, reading signs of social substitution, and, when needed, breaking the bond, much like one would intervene in a harmful peer clique.