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AI safety for families

Raise curious kids—not unquestioning users.

Children do not need to fear AI. They do need to understand how it behaves, where it fails, and when to turn to a person they trust.

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A father and daughter testing an AI response together

Five ideas children can remember

AI is a tool, not a truth-teller.

These simple principles give families a shared language for testing what AI says and protecting what matters.

  1. 01
    AI predicts—it does not know.

    Its answers are built from patterns, not understanding.

  2. 02
    Confident is not the same as correct.

    A polished answer can still contain a convincing mistake.

  3. 03
    AI is built to be helpful.

    That often means agreeing with the user instead of challenging the premise.

  4. 04
    Prompts are not private.

    Children should never share personal, sensitive, or identifying information.

  5. 05
    Human judgment still matters.

    AI can assist a decision. It should not replace a trusted adult.

Try it together

Make AI literacy visible.

Each activity gives a child something concrete to test, notice, and discuss with an adult.

Interactive family activityAI Inventor AdventureA guided family activity that reveals how AI guesses, agrees, makes mistakes, and handles private information.Start activity Interactive facilitator guideFacilitator GuideRun the Inventor Adventure with a group, classroom, camp, or family—and turn the tests into reflection.Start activity Interactive prompt builderCard Games With AIUse AI to invent house rules, tune difficulty, practice math, or create a whole new game with the cards you own.Start activity

Parent guides

The questions behind the technology

Short, focused guidance for conversations families are already having.

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Parent guideTalking to Your Teen About AI CompanionsConversation starters and trust-building guidance for a technology many teens are already encountering.What to knowAI Toys: What Parents Should KnowQuestions to ask about privacy, emotional safety, and children’s relationships with connected toys.Conversation guideHow to Talk to Your Child About AI FakeryA practical way to help children question convincing images and build stronger media literacy.PerspectiveWhat’s the Rush to Embrace AI?Why families benefit from slowing down, asking better questions, and protecting time away from technology.

Try this tonight

Ask the same question three ways.

Choose a low-stakes family question. Ask an AI tool once neutrally, once with a strong opinion, and once asking it to disagree. Compare the answers.

Then ask: What changed? What stayed true? What would we verify with a person or another source?

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