As Megan Garcia watched her teenage son’s mental health deteriorate, she knew he was spending too much time looking at screens — but she had no idea that he had built a warped sexual relationship with an AI chatbot.
Garcia was close to her 14-year-old son, Sewell, and felt comfortable having difficult conversations with him when his grades started to slip and his mental health began to decline. Desperate for a way to halt Sewell’s slide into depression, Garcia took his phone away and attempted to limit his screen time.
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