Your family robot may be teaching your kids bad manners

Emerson and Asher Labovich play with “Alexa,” an Amazon Echo voice assistant, while their mom, Laura Labovich, looks on. As millions of American families buy robotic voice assistants to turn off lights, order pizzas and fetch movie times, children are eagerly co-opting the gadgets to settle dinner table disputes, answer homework questions and entertain friends at sleepover parties.