Moving the obvious Privacy &amp; Security implications aside, the idea of accessing all of my child&#x27;s conversations with their doll is disturbing. For parents using this &quot;feature&quot;, it normalizes the environment of surveillance which has broad reaching implications for society as a whole: &quot;I listen to my child&#x27;s conversations therefore the gov&#x27;t should be able to listen to terrorists&quot;.<p>The research cited re: &quot;role playing helps kids cope with traumatic events is independent of a responding doll&#x2F;toy&quot;, is powerful and parents are best served by creating an environment where a doll&#x2F;toy is a safe place for confidences vs another vector for helicoptering your children.