How many times have we watched her lean in when the AI answers?
We’ve all seen her do that gentle tilt of the head. When the kids ask Siri to tell them knock-knock jokes, or when they troubleshoot homework with ChatGPT. Her voice lowers just slightly – ‘Now, what do you think we should ask it next?’ – as she shows them to navigate this digital landscape. It hits me, watching her quiet guidance: that’s how we raise kids with AI. Not by fighting it, but by teaching them to navigate it with the same curiosity and care she brings to every bedtime story.
How AI becomes a parenting partner, not a replacement
We’ve all seen those moments where technology could take over. The homework helper that does the thinking for them, the voice assistant that becomes the default answerer.
But she’s got this way of turning it around. ‘How did you know that’s the right question to ask?’ I’ve heard her murmur when the tablet’s AI helps with the math problem. Suddenly, she’s made them examine their own thinking.
Here’s the real magic: it’s not about just letting them use AI, but showing them how to make it work for them. It’s the same way she’s shown them to cross the street: look both ways, even when the digital light says ‘go.’
The 30-second rule that keeps AI safe
Remember when social media felt overwhelming? She’s adapted that same pacing to this new world. ‘We look at the screen together, then we talk about it.’ That’s her rule: when the kids interact with AI, they’re never alone.
Thirty seconds of clarifying questions about what they’ve heard or seen. That ‘how did it know that?’ becomes a way to teach them critical thinking, rather than blind trust.
It’s the same way she taste-tests a new recipe before serving it – letting them know that when it comes to AI, the first spoonful isn’t automatically trusted.
How schedules become our best digital parenting tool
That screen time chart? It isn’t just about limits. She’s taught me something about how we frame it. ‘We’re not just ‘turning it off,’ she said once. ‘We’re letting them show you what they can do without the screens.’
That flip of the narrative – that technology isn’t subtracted, but balanced with real-world exploration. I’ve watched her set the timer for the 15 minutes of AI homework help, then slide into the kitchen to make some tteokbokki together.
The digital parenting magic isn’t in the restriction itself – it’s in the quiet, ‘That’s what you learned, now show me what you can create.’
When AI becomes the playground
We’ve all had those moments. The kids come home from school, talking about AI-generated images or games built on their prompts. But here’s the thing she’s taught me: they don’t need to be passive consumers. ‘Let’s see what we can make it do together.’
That’s parenting in the AI era. Whether it’s asking ChatGPT to weave a story based on their descriptions of the perfect day, then using that as a story starter. Or setting the chore chart to be auto-generated by the AI assistant.
The way she balances the wonder of the tech with the ingenuity of the child – that’s where the raising kids with AI tips come alive.
The quiet boundaries we need to set
We’ve watched her, haven’t we? When she moves the conversation from the digital privacy screen to showing them the real-world consequences of sharing. ‘Would you give that information to a stranger standing at the door?’
Her voice is steady, not scolding, when she talks about digital citizenship. It’s the same gentle way she taught them to say ’please’ and ’thank you’ to people.
She’s showing them the AI isn’t just a voice – but a tool that carries the weight of our choices.
That’s how we keep them safe
We’ve all seen that moment where she could have just handed over the tablet. Instead, she does the hard work of balance.
How to raise kids with AI? Not by fearing it, but by watching them navigate the waters with the same compass of curiosity and kindness she’s always given them—whether that’s teaching them to say ‘please’ to the chatbot or asking them afterward why they trusted the answers they got.
That’s parenting, digital or otherwise. It’s not about the tools we use—it’s about nurturing the heart that uses them – that beautiful, curious, kind heart that no AI can ever replicate!
Source: Dan Ives Compares Sam Altman’s World Network To Tesla, Nvidia, Palantir In Their Infancy: ‘An AI Meets Crypto Intersection’, Yahoo Finance, 2025-09-23