AI-powered therapy chatbots and virtual companions are beginning to enter routine mental health care, yet safeguards for children and adolescents remain underdeveloped. For youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), these tools may offer brief coaching, psychoeducation, and structured between-visit check-ins across clinic, school, and home settings, but they also raise concerns about inappropriate content, overreliance, quiet model drift, privacy across health and education…
