https://medium.com/enrique-dans/smart-assistants-and-children-common-sense-please-4203399ad136

The growing popularity of the smart assistants created by the likes of Amazon, Google, Alibaba or Xiaomi in homes around the world has sparked debate about how this new domestic environment might impact on our lives, and particularly the way we bring up our children. In the United Kingdom, some two million children already interact with these types of devices every day: so perhaps it’s appropriate to ponder the type of relationship children should have with them, as well as questioning the wisdom of allowing them to help with their homework or to play with, how they should be treated, and what happens if your children learn to say Alexa before Dad or Mom.

Amazon has already released versions of its devices aimed at children, while the BBC has launched its first voice-app for children, based on its pre-school CBeebies brand.