Parenting with Alexa: Exploring the Introduction of Smart Speakers on Family Dynamics
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Smart speakers have become pervasive in family homes, creating the potential for these devices to influence parent-child dynamics and parenting behaviors. We investigate the impact of introducing a smart speaker to 10 families with children, over four weeks. We use pre- and post- deployment interviews with the whole family and in-home audio capture of parent-child interactions with the smart speaker for our analysis. Despite the smart speaker causing occasional conflict in the home, we observed that parents lever-aged the smart speaker to further parenting goals. We found three forms of influence the smart speaker has on family dynamics: 1) fostering communication, 2) disrupting access, and 3) augmenting parenting. All of these influences arise from a communally accessible, stand-alone voice interface which democratizes family access to technology. We discuss design implications in furthering parenting practices and behaviors as the capabilities of the technology continue to improve.
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“Studies have discussed CAs serving as social actors to mediate communication between family members [31,82,83].”
BackgroundAMBY: A development environment for youth to create conversational agents
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“The third body of literature is related to communication breakdowns and communication repairs in human-to-human and humanagent interactions [6].”
BackgroundExploring AI Problem Formulation with Children via Teachable Machines
Dwivedi, U., Elsayed-Ali, S., Bonsignore, E., & Kacorri, H. (2024) · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3613904.3642692 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
“All, except Penny and Ollie, assumed that their system comes equipped with built-in voice recognition, which may be related to their awareness of so-called intelligent agents [11] like “ Siri ” and “Alexa.””
BackgroundGrowing Up with Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Child Development
Xu, Y., Prado, Y., Severson, R. L., Lovato, S. B., & Cassell, J. (2024) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_83 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
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“Prior work in the western context has found that voice-based interactions on phones and smart speakers have a democratizing effect, as family members can interact with the devices without needing an invitation [6, 66].”
BackgroundTea, Earl Grey, Hot: Designing Speech Interactions from the Imagined Ideal of Star Trek
Axtell, B., & Munteanu, C. (2021) · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3411764.3445640 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
Alexa, Is My Data Safe? The (Ir)relevance of Privacy in Smart Speakers Reviews
Maccario, G., & Naldi, M. (2022) · International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction · doi:10.1080/10447318.2022.2058780 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
“When located in a family environment, they were found to improve communication skills and augment parenting practices, since parents used them as a neutral third-party mediator and a complement to parenting tasks, but also to increase their child ’ s autonomy (Beneteau et al., 2020).”
BackgroundSun, K., Li, J., Zou, Y., Radesky, J. S., Brooks, C. A., & Schaub, F. (2024) · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · doi:10.1145/3637422 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
“A growing body of research in CSCW and related fields has studied families’ smart home experiences [53, 61, 107]—how smart home technologies mediate family communications [10, 11], interactions [36, 111, 121], and relationship [35, 37, 38, 100].”
BackgroundResultInfluentialDeep Learning Enabled High-Performance Speech Command Recognition on Graphene Flexible Microphones
Zhang, X.-Y., Liu, H., Ma, X., Wang, Z., Li, G., Han, L., Sun, K., Yang, Q., Ji, S., Yu, D., et al. (2022) · ACS Applied Electronic Materials · doi:10.1021/acsaelm.2c00125 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
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Emerging Ideas. A brief commentary on human– AI attachment and possible impacts on family dynamics
McDaniel, B. T., Coupe, A., Weston, A., & Pater, J. A. (2025) · Family Relations · doi:10.1111/fare.13188 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
Shi, Y., Gong, L., Lu, Y., Liu, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Wang, L., & Zhou, S. (2025) · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3706598.3713660 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
“In artificial intelligence, many studies have explored designing AI tools to enhance har-monious communication between parents and children [5, 6, 23].”
Methods for Family-Centered Design: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice
Çağıltay, B., Ho, H.-R., Sun, K., Su, Z., Wu, Y., Richards, O. K., Jin, Q., Yu, J., Fails, J. A., Yip, J. C., et al. (2024) · CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) · doi:10.1145/3613905.3636290 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
“Families increasingly use technologies in the home for different purposes such as communication [2, 4], interactions [10–12, 30] , developing routines and tracking health behaviors [ 26– 28 , Over the past decade, CHI workshops and SIGs have addressed challenges such as designing technology for…”
Self-citationViswanathan, S., Ibrahim, S. B., Shankar, R., Binns, R., Kleek, M. G. V., & Slovák, P. (2025) · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3706598.3714088 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
“Parenting with conversational agents such as Alexa [12], Siri [82] and other voice-activated agents in the home [88] have been critically studied in the past few years.”
“Smart parenting: Effortless routine engagement with AI support: A quantitative study”
Jabali, O., & Ayyoub, A. (2024) · Education and Information Technologies · doi:10.1007/s10639-024-12854-1 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
“According to Beneteau et al. (2020), family interactions can be improved by using smart speakers, which are easily accessible for parents and families.”
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“Research has shown that reading stories combined with inquiry dialogue is an efective method for helping children develop critical thinking skills through communication, exploration, and interaction with others [3, 8, 15, 27–29, 58, 59, 82].”
InfluentialVoice Design to Support Young Children’s Agency in Child-Agent Interaction
Hubbard, L. J., Ding, S., le, V., Kim, P., & YEH, T. P. (2021) · ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) · doi:10.1145/3469595.3469604 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
“and therapeutic settings [5, 21, 39], designers of computational and expressive technologies must continue to work toward supporting the agency of children through playful self-discovery [20].”
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“Despite the growing literature on intimate surveillance, only a limited number of studies have investigated the use of SHT in families (e.g. Beneteau et al., 2020) and seem to remain limited to the usage of IPAs (e.g. Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant).”
From Piaget to posthumanism: critical review of conceptualization of AI in early childhood education
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Fairies in the Box: Children’s Perception and Interaction towards Voice Assistants
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“Through JME, children begin to observe and understand the world and learn about emotions and social norms (Beneteau et al., 2020; Takeuchi and Stevens, 2011).”
InfluentialMulti-User Smart Speakers - A Narrative Review of Concerns and Problematic Interactions
Meng-Schneider, N., Kostas, R. Y., Vaniea, K. E., & Wolters, M. K. (2023) · CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) · doi:10.1145/3544549.3585689 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Working with Children in HCI: Research, Design and Evaluation
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“Recent themes in CHI have included work with children with special needs [8], robots and children [15], and the application of voice assistants in homes [3].”
BackgroundData-Driven Technology for Children’s Health and Wellbeing: A Systematic Review
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Avdic, M., Bødker, S., & Larsen-Ledet, I. (2021) · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · doi:10.1145/3449289 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
“These range from how smart speakers are embedded into households [11, 12, 62], through change of usage over time [13], to proposing and exploring new smart speaker designs [44, 46, 54].”
BackgroundKucirkova, N. I., & Hiniker, A. (2023) · Learning Media and Technology · doi:10.1080/17439884.2023.2166529 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
“Based on the ways in which the CAs fostered but also disrupted communication practices in the families, Beneteau et al. (2020) formulated design recommendations that could complement and augment parenting skills.”
BackgroundSelf-citationLewis, B., Ranalli, T.-M., Gourley, A., Kirupaharan, P., & Venkatasubramanian, K. K. (2023) · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3544548.3581007 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
“In addition to security, a few studies have focused on safety within the home [13, 73].”
BackgroundОдомашнивание искусственного интеллекта: умные колонки и трансформация повседневной жизни
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“Additionally, prior JME work focused on automated voice agents have primarily pointed to the potential for voice agents to help foster children’s communication through opportunities to practice speech and learn to reformulate questions so the agent can understand them [5, 8].”
BackgroundInfluentialAligning smart home technology attributes with users’ preferences: a literature review
Samancioglu, N., Väänänen, K., & Castaño-Rosa, R. (2024) · Intelligent Buildings International · doi:10.1080/17508975.2024.2418648 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
“Furthermore, technical reliability and compatibility between devices have been seen to promote acceptance (Beneteau et al. 2020), while usability and complexity of interfaces, and user experience and design are key drivers for rejection (Hargreaves, Wilson, and Hauxwell-Baldwin 2018).”
Leech, K. A., Lin, G. C., Pedonti, S. F., Schoenfeld, I., & Uz-Bilgin, C. (2024) · International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction · doi:10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100720 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Dumaru, P., & Al-Ameen, M. N. (2023) · ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) · doi:10.1145/3584931.3607019 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
“While prior work indicated the role of digital assistants in complementing parenting tasks including playing lullabies, telling stories, and helping with routines [3], our study uncovered the new contexts of augmenting parenting responsibilities through inducing selfregulation in children.”
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“in regard to smart speakers [11]), answering children’s schoolwork-related questions, motivating healthy eating habits in children, reminding children to complete other daily tasks (e.”
BackgroundInfluentialParental Responses to Aggressive Child Behavior towards Robots, Smart Speakers, and Tablets
Naggita, K., Athiley, E., Desta, B., & Sebo, S. S. (2022) · IEEE RO-MAN · doi:10.1109/ro-man53752.2022.9900841 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
“…evidence demonstrates parental concern about children acting rudely towards smart speakers (e.g., Google, Alexa, Siri) [10], [11] and prior work has shown that families employ a variety of speech and language modifications in their attempts to repair communication breakdowns with devices [6], [30].”
BackgroundIbrahim, S. B., Klasnja, P., Gross, J. J., & Slovák, P. (2025) · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3706598.3713848 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
“…family routines can be a viable option for providing timely and situated conversational supports [86, 102], however pervasive technologies can also be intrusive in family settings, posing ethical dilemmas for saturating family life with technology [54, 115] or raising privacy concerns [10, 52].”
The effects of interactions with AI-enhanced media characters on learning computational thinking
Xu, Y., Pan, Z., Levine, J., He, K., Thomas, T., & Warschauer, M. (2025) · Learning and Instruction · doi:10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102149 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
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“While the use of voice user interfaces as children’s bilingual communication aids appears in the literature [5, 104], we believe that the potential of screen media as children’s assistive interlocutors for secondary language learning, while living in a family unit consisting of limited members, has not been completely…”
BackgroundApple Siri (input) + Voice Over (output) = a de facto marriage
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“VAs research examines a large (and increasing) number of issues, including parenting [4], user satisfaction [25], anthropomorphism [18], [23], communication [22], [11], [5], [26], [19], privacy, trust and security [14], [10], design guidelines [21], [6], adoption [15], [29], emotional expressions [30], social presence…”
BackgroundA Design Space for Intelligent Dialogue Augmentation
Chan, R. S. M., Marx, A., Kim, A., & El‐Assady, M. (2025) · ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) · doi:10.1145/3708359.3712096 · Cited by 6 · see citing works
“This is especially concerning due to their usage in sensitive environments, such as homes and classrooms [15, 144].”
InfluentialIbrahim, S. B., Ang, J. R. X., Petsolari, M., Michelson, R., Dong, Y., Theofanopoulou, N., Kleek, M. G. V., Davis, K. S., & Slovák, P. (2024) · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · doi:10.1145/3653690 · Cited by 6 · see citing works
“In which way could such systems ethically take advantage of the emerging pervasiveness of IoT devices within family homes, which are often positioned exactly in the places where ‘parenting happens’ (cf., [14, 106]), and connect to the emotional and instrumental support online?”
BackgroundWu, Y., Miller, A., Chung, C.-F., & Kaziunas, E. (2024) · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · doi:10.1145/3687016 · Cited by 6 · see citing works
“We conclude our discussion section with several reflections for HCI/CSCW scholars and researchers to consider in broadening domestic design narratives to account for a wider range of social and emotional dimensions in family food experiences.”
Self-citationMakin, L., Smith, E., Hedge, C., Sumner, P., & Powell, G. (2025) · Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology · doi:10.1080/17483107.2025.2491636 · Cited by 6 · see citing works
“…are not directly due to speaking to the smart speaker but are instead driven by the presence of the smart speaker invoking social interactions with others [20], i.e., the smart speaker might prompt or facilitate interactions between the child and other family members which may also improve speech.”
Supporting the Design of Smart Speakers to Foster a Sense of Ownership in Asian Indian Families
Garg, R. (2022) · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3491102.3517680 · Cited by 6 · see citing works
Çağıltay, B. (2023) · CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) · doi:10.1145/3544549.3577035 · Cited by 6 · see citing works
“In-home In-home voice assistants are incorporated into the day-to-day activities of families [36] and smart speakers infuence family dynamics by fostering communication, disrupting access, and augmenting parenting [5].”
Background“Garbage In, Garbage Out”: Mitigating Human Biases in Data Entry by Means of Artificial Intelligence
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“…on family dynamics, with findings revealing that VAs can assume various different roles, e.g. acting as an aid to parents in managing their children, as emotional connectors among family members, and as neutral mediators in parent–child discussions (Beneteau et al. 2020; Wang, Luo, and Wang 2024).”
Sun, K., Li, J. X., Chung, I., Radesky, J. S., Yip, J., Brooks, C. A., & Schaub, F. (2026) · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3772318.3790865 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
“The few studies that have focused on children and teens have typically examined individual smart home devices, such as smart speakers for communication [4, 5, 25], toys for play [22], or cameras for monitoring [65], rather than interconnected smart home systems.”
InfluentialSelf-citationChildren’s Understanding and Use of Voice-Assistants: Opportunities and Challenges
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“As such, many in HCI have been interested in exploring how technology use can impact family dynamics [7, 26].”
BackgroundDigital technology and family dynamics
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Supporting Long-Term HRI through Shared Family Routines
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“Technology-mediated solutions such as reminders from a shared family calendar [29, 31] or a verbal notifcation from a smart assistant [4] can help but are easy to ignore or miss. Social robots, however, are physically embodied agents that can serve the role of a friendly coach that can roam over to…”
BackgroundHuman and digital ecosystems in the modern household
Briggs, P., Nicholson, J., & Lukins, R. S. (2025) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1426804 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
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Introducing the CCI UX Playbook
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StoryChat: An Interactive Storytelling System for Engaging with Agent Characters in a Story
Sun, S., Wang, Z., Zhang, J. Q., Zhao, X., & Qiao, X. (2024) · International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Design · doi:10.1109/iscid63852.2024.00055 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
“Previous interactive storytelling systems typically generate meaningful questions to encourage children to think actively and engage in positive interactions with their parents during the storytelling process [4], [5].”
- Authors
- Beneteau, E., Boone, A., Wu, Y., Kientz, J. A., Yip, J., & Hiniker, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- University of Washinton, Seattle, WA, USA
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2020-04-21
- Pages
- 1-13
- OpenAlex
- W3029691645
- Cited by
- 140
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 56.34
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Mozilla Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Keywords
- smart speakers, Amazon Alexa, parenting, parent-child interaction, family dynamics, speech interfaces, family communication, access to technology
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