By Futurist Thomas Frey
By 2040, one in four dual-income families in developed nations employs a full-time humanoid childcare robot—a machine capable of supervising, teaching, playing, and even offering emotional reassurance to young children. These aren’t metallic nannies with blinking lights—they’re soft-skinned, expressive, conversational companions that can detect mood shifts, sing lullabies in perfect pitch, and respond to a child’s tone of voice faster than any human could. The provocative truth? Parents are starting to admit that they trust the robots more than human babysitters.
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