On childhood anxiety & the heavy weight of grief
Every night she didn't return home by 8, she would find me mourning very sure that 'this time, the taxi has finished her'. I struggled with this until I was about 14. I had just grown secure. I knew that my parents would be around with me but my grandmother bowed out and I went down another spiral
Meta Blocks Teens From AI Characters, A Win for Teen Mental Health and Human Connection
This move lands at a time when questions around AI and young people keep growing. How much influence should a system hold over a developing mind? Where does curiosity turn into emotional dependence? What role should technology play when teens treat software like a friend, a confidant, or a counselor?