Dr. Anum Ali, PhD, LPC, NCC, is a mental health clinician and a parenting and tech expert in Sugar Land, Texas, and the author of The Stranger at My Table. She helps parents, educators and teens understand why kids now take their hardest questions to a screen or an AI before they ask a person, and how adults can stay part of that conversation.
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Dr. Anum Ali, PhD, LPC, NCC, is a mental health clinician and a parenting and tech expert based in Sugar Land, Texas. She is the author of The Stranger at My Table: How to Reach Your Child When Screens and AI Answer First (2026). dranumali.com
Dr. Anum Ali, PhD, LPC, NCC, is a mental health clinician and a parenting and tech expert and the author of The Stranger at My Table: How to Reach Your Child When Screens and AI Answer First (2026). Based in Sugar Land, Texas, she helps parents, educators and teens understand why kids now take their hardest questions to a screen or an AI before they ask a person, and how adults can stay part of that conversation. Her work looks at what teens use technology for, how they ask for help, and what families, schools and clinicians can do to stay reachable. She also speaks on South Asian and immigrant family perspectives on mental health.
How to Reach Your Child When Screens and AI Answer First
A guide for parents and other adults who want to stay connected with young people as screens and AI become part of their lives.
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