Meet Your Robot Nanny: Creepy or Caring? | Guest: Faith Popcorn, Futurist.

What happens when our children’s first caregivers aren’t just human, but also machines? From AI-powered Barbie dolls to baby monitors that promise to soothe your child with predictive algorithms, the next generation of parenting tools raises urgent questions about privacy, ethics, and the boundaries of care. In this timely conversation with futurist Faith Popcorn, we explore how families can thoughtfully navigate the rise of AI companions—balancing the promises of convenience and safety with the deeper responsibilities of human connection, values transmission and privacy protection. Looking ahead, how will families evaluate technology wisely and shape it ethically ensuring AI tools uplift rather than replace our essential roles as caregivers and guides?

Why this matters: Because our children’s first experiences of comfort and learning are increasingly shaped by algorithms, not just human relationships.

• AI-powered toys and caregiving tools offer convenience and safety—but also raise critical questions about privacy, dependency, and emotional development.
• Preparing kids to engage ethically with AI means helping them understand both its power and its limits.
• The rise of AI caregivers challenges families to define what authentic human connection looks like in an age of algorithmic empathy.

Link to the Faith Popcorn Website: https://faithpopcorn.com/