In an article in the New York Times, journalist Amanda Hess shared her experience with Grem - a product developed by Curio. According to Hess, instead of being an upgrade for a normal teddy bear, Grem is like a replacement for the role of parents in chatting, arousing children's curiosity.
Although technology helps children stay away from tablets or TVs, according to Hess, what this toy really conveys is child curiosity eventually leads to the phone. Therefore, she affirmed: "I will not introduce Grem to my own child".
In fact, Hess also let his son play with Grem - but only after removing and hiding the dialogue box inside. Children still chat and play with toys, then quickly return to the familiar habit of turning on the TV.
