For parents. Not perfect parents. Good to have you here.
AI & childhood
Our point of view, not clinically validated advice: children still need real chances to notice, wonder, attempt, revise and contribute. AI can support a family’s choices; it should not quietly replace the part they were meant to practice.
Practical tool
Start with the school’s actual policy, decide what support is appropriate, and keep private child or school information out of chatbots.
Build our draft rulesThe rule before all the rules
Follow the teacher’s policy for that task. If it is unknown or says no AI, ask first and keep assigned work child-owned.
Read, then try
Before asking a tool, make a first guess, sketch a route or name what feels confusing. The goal is not to perform independence; it is to keep the child’s own thinking visible enough to work with.
Try Follow a why →Read, then try
A fast answer can be useful. So can looking closely enough to form a better question. Begin with the room, object or problem in front of you; search after observation, not instead of it.
Try Notice five →This is parent discussion support, not permission for child accounts and not a school or legal policy.