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  "id": 19296,
  "url": "https://theconversation.com/teens-are-turning-to-ai-chatbots-for-emotional-support-heres-how-to-keep-kids-safe-283651",
  "title": "Teens are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support – here’s how to keep kids safe",
  "summary": "Chatbots are becoming commonplace in teens’ lives, but these tools were never developed or validated for mental health support.",
  "authors": "Phoebe S. Moore, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Megan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School, Yael Dvir, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "healthcare,children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-13T12:31:33.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-14T05:10:49.168Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-conversation-technology",
  "source_name": "The Conversation Technology",
  "source_homepage": "https://theconversation.com/us/technology",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19296",
  "original_url": "https://theconversation.com/teens-are-turning-to-ai-chatbots-for-emotional-support-heres-how-to-keep-kids-safe-283651",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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