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EPISODE · Apr 30, 2026 · 21 MIN

Episode 6: Devices displacing relational functioning

from Generation Zombie: Raising healthy humans in a world of devices and AI. · host Charlotte Armitage

Dr Charlotte Armitage discusses how devices impact the parent child relationship and the subtle ways that being on a smart device can displace key relational behaviours in family life. Dr Charlotte discusses this in relation to teenagers and their relationship with the world around them, in context of recent research suggesting that by 2030 two thirds of teenagers will have a mental health problem.

Dr Charlotte Armitage discusses how devices impact the parent child relationship and the subtle ways that being on a smart device can displace key relational behaviours in family life. Dr Charlotte discusses this in relation to teenagers and their relationship with the world around them, in context of recent research suggesting that by 2030 two thirds of teenagers will have a mental health problem.

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Dr Charlotte Armitage discusses how devices impact the parent child relationship and the subtle ways that being on a smart device can displace key relational behaviours in family life. Dr Charlotte discusses this in relation to teenagers and their...

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