Education

Bill Gates Warns AI Could Reshape Childhood. What Parents Can Do Now

Artificial intelligence is becoming part of children’s everyday lives. It helps with homework, answers questions, creates pictures, writes stories and, increasingly, can even talk like a companion. In an essay...

Screen Time or Learning Time? How Parents Can Tell the Difference

It is 6:40 on a weeknight. Dinner is half-made, the little one needs a bath, and your eight-year-old...

How to Use Life360 Without Turning Safety Into Surveillance

Location-sharing apps can help when kids walk to school, ride with friends, or start driving. The key is...

Technology in School Should Help Teachers, Not Replace Human Connection

In the age of AI, apps, tablets, and smartboards, the question is no longer whether technology belongs in...

Your Teen May Already Be Using AI. Here Is How to Talk About It

AI chatbots are quickly becoming part of teen life. Parents do not need to panic, but they do...

When AI Rules Are Unclear: Parents Sue After Student Is Disciplined for Using Artificial Intelligence

When a Hingham High School teacher took a close look at the script two of her students had turned in for a history project,...

Deepfake Bullying: What Parents Need to Know Before It Reaches Their Child’s School

A child no longer has to share a private image to become the target of image-based bullying. With today’s AI tools, an ordinary photo from...

Why Governments Around the World Are Moving to Ban Children From Social Media

Governments around the world are moving from warnings to rules when it comes to children and social media. For years, parents were told to manage...