Reddit Parents Are Asking AI What Pediatricians Used to Answer

The clearest evidence that AI has moved from parenting convenience to parenting infrastructure is the panic response when it disappears. When Claude went offline in March, at least one parent's immediate reaction was to message her partner in alarm — not because she had an acute medical emergency, but because the tool she had come to rely on for triage judgment was suddenly absent. That reaction is the structural tell. A tool you use when it is available creates preference; a tool whose absence creates anxiety has become part of…