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Well, it’s much easier to blame ChatGPT than bad parenting

I don’t see any signs of bad parenting here, but a lot of signs of carrying on of a suicidal conversation by ChatGPT indeed, to the point of encouraging the suicide.

Why do you think the kid felt like he couldn’t talk to his parents and had to turn to a computer instead?

Right, because their parents probably didn't directly encourage suicide.

The kid felt more comfortable talking to a computer than his own family

and easier to blame parenting than a society where those with mental illness issues are left on their own.

You theoretically could blame bad parenting if the parent monopolized the time of the child to near 100% of their life. But, that isn't the case in our world today. Society, and the circle of people around, are most of the influence that shape the child's sense of reality.

The parent doesn’t have to get the kid a phone you know

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