ChatGPT teen self-harm alerts only fire if a parent has already linked the account — most never do.

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Here's the part that surprised me most in this one — none of ChatGPT's safety alerts work automatically. Not the self-harm flag, not the suspension notice. You have to manually link your teen's account first. The feature exists. Most parents just never turn it on.

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Analyst rationale

A safety control that is opt-in for the adult, not default for the child, is an agency and psychosocial failure at consumer scale. The vulnerable system is the foundation-model product; the industry is consumer tech and education.