Alexa, be my friend: Children talk to technology, but how does it respond?

>>rbanff+(OP)
I heard of a boy who had learned to repeat, slowly, a command when Alexa didn't do what he wanted - often a voice recognition issue.

Soon, he started to apply that scheme also to talking to their parents:

"Mom, I want vanilla ice cream."

"No, you had enough."

"Mom - I - want - va - nil - la - ice - cream."

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