Children Are Asking AI Questions Previous Generations Brought To Parents And Pastors

[LydiaJoy]

Our children are not just asking machines for homework help. They are asking them about life, identity, and how to survive the darkness inside them. And the machines are answering.

When Technology Becomes a Counselor

https://harbingersdaily.com/a-developing-crisis-children-are-asking-ai-questions-previous-generations-brought-to-parents-and-pastors/

But beneath that surface lies a profound danger. These systems are not counselors. They have no conscience, no soul, no accountability before God or man. They are prediction engines trained on the assumptions of a secular digital culture — and they are increasingly filling a role that God designed for parents, pastors, and human community.

Children and teenagers are asking machines the questions that previous generations brought to parents and pastors: Who am I? How do I handle anxiety? What is worth living for?

 

[mattfivefour]

Parents long ago abandoned their children to their electronics. And now the steep price will be paid. This generation of children truly needs our prayers. Pray, brothers and sisters. Please make today's children and teens a part of your daily prayers.

 

[LydiaJoy]

I’m so grateful that I’m gen X. I can’t imagine being in Jr/Sr. High right now. Firstly, I hate having my picture taken so the selfie living online in pictures would be horrible. The “always-on” nature of things now—social media, constant comparison, the pressure to curate your life visually—can be exhausting even for adults, let alone teenagers who are still figuring out who they are.

Growing up knowing the outlook is not looking good job wise, along with inflation, wars everywhere all the time. Teens today aren’t just dealing with typical adolescence—they’re doing it while being hyper-aware of global issues in a way previous generations weren’t.

I could definitely see myself being sucked into an online AI relationship easily back at that age for connection and trying to figure out life.

 

[LydiaJoy]

Unfortunately, kids today also have to deal with predators in this way as well:

Predators involved with the network, who primarily target vulnerable minors between the ages of 8 and 17, gain access to children’s computer screens through seemingly harmless gaming platforms like Roblox and Minecraft.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/parents-warned-about-the-dangers-of-764-child-exploitation-group.htmlTop of Form

In April 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of two leaders in the 764 network: Leonidas Varagiannis, 21, and Prasan Nepal, 20.

The two allegedly “ordered their victims to commit acts of self-harm and engaged in psychological torment and extreme violence against minors” by “coercing them into producing degrading and explicit content under threat and manipulation," according to an affidavit.

The defendants allegedly forced minors to create “cut signs” and “blood signs” where young girls cut symbols into their bodies. The defendants’ crimes reportedly took place over five years, dating back to 2020.

The DOJ characterizes the 764 network as part of a “network of nihilistic violent extremists who engage in criminal conduct in the United States and abroad, seeking to destroy civilized society through the corruption and exploitation of vulnerable populations, which often include minors.”

 

[mattfivefour]