ChatGPT Parenting Methods Spread Among Mothers
From Seeking Advice to Reading Books Aloud
Concerns Rise Over Misinformation and Overreliance on AI
Recently, ChatGPT has been providing not only parenting information but also partially taking over childcare and education.
On the 13th, Yonhap News reported cases where ChatGPT was used to solve parenting concerns. Ye-na Moon (33), who lives in Incheon, shared with ChatGPT the problem of her 28-month-old first child hitting the younger sibling over a toy.
In response, ChatGPT explained, "The desire to monopolize the toy stems from anxiety and possessiveness," and suggested, "Instead of forcibly taking the toy away, let the child experience that good things happen when toys are shared." She described ChatGPT to Yonhap News as her "cyber Oh Eun-young" (a famous Korean child psychologist).
The first stage of 'ChatGPT parenting' is obtaining parenting information, as Moon did. Online, there are frequent cases of the second stage of ChatGPT parenting, where ChatGPT's voice function is used to read books to children or help them study.
The second stage of ChatGPT parenting involves using ChatGPT's voice function to read books to children or assist with studying. Recently, a parenting YouTuber posted a video titled "Smart New Parenting Method," featuring a father eating ramen while handing ChatGPT to his daughter, who is persistently demanding to count numbers from one.
Despite repeated requests to "count again from one," ChatGPT responds without fatigue, saying, "Of course. I'll start," and counts the numbers. The video received comments such as "The era of co-parenting with AI has arrived."
On internet mom cafes, cases like "I took pictures of each page of an English storybook and uploaded them to ChatGPT to have it read to my child," "My child plays quiz games with ChatGPT," and "I used ChatGPT to read my child's fortune" have also been mentioned.
Regarding these developments, Myung-joo Kim, a professor in the Department of Information Security at Seoul Women's University, told Yonhap News, "Various customized chatbots combined with individuals' areas of interest, including parenting, will emerge one after another."
On the other hand, Ha Jung-hoon, author of the bestselling parenting book "Bbi-bbo Bbi-bbo 119 Pediatrics" and director of Ha Jung-hoon Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic, pointed out, "What ChatGPT does best is to present incorrect information in a plausible way," adding, "In parenting, even if 99 out of 100 pieces of information are correct, one mistake can cause serious problems. It is premature to use ChatGPT, which still lacks the ability to distinguish right from wrong information."
Meanwhile, GPT surpassed 500 million global subscribers within two years of its launch. This means that one in every 15 people worldwide can converse with AI. Just three months ago, the number of subscribers was around 350 million, so it has increased by more than 30%.
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