11/18/2025
NO to AI Toys4Toddlers.
There is NO place for AI toys for children under six.
AI toys may look 'cool' or even convenient but they interrupt what a young child’s brain is designed to do. Early year children need real HUMAN CONNECTION, responsive,two way conversation, imagination and sensory play. This foundational experience shapes emotional wellness, builds SECURE attachment and strengthens the neural pathways that help children regulate their feelings, solve problems and develop genuine intelligence. AI toys CANNOT co regulate with a child, they cannot respond with genuine empathy, they cannot teach social nuance or model EMOTIONAL safety. They replace imagination instead of expanding it and they offer stimulation without the HUMAN RELATIONSHIP that gives a child SAFETY and SECURITY.
Young children need PEOPLE not programming. They thrive through PLAY that invites creativity, curiosity, movement, storytelling, messy hands and face to face communication. They grow through loving exchanges, environments and SOOTHED by the adults who love them. What we should be focused on is NURTURING emotional resilience, confidence, EMPATHY, language, early social skills and a STRONG sense of self. These come from shared play, outdoor exploration, building things with their hands, reading together, singing together and having real time to wonder and pretend. That is what shapes a child’s psyche for lifelong wellbeing. AI CANNOT replace that and it should not attempt to.
Make no mistake parents, you get to prevent before it is too late.. did you not learn from 2010 with social media, PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN!
Jo x
