How parenting needs to change in an AI world

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Neil McIntosh
September 13, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

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How parenting needs to change in an AI world | The death of broadcasting | Cats do as they want | Own a bit of Balamory

🍸 The job of parents is changing in the AI world, say experts. The explosion in the use of AI has come to children and their education - Google rolled out 30 educational features in its Gemini AI tool in June alone.

Yet parents, suggest education authors Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthro, should be wary of allowing their children unfettered use of AI tools. There’s a risk the youngsters then don’t learn how to think, because they outsource any real cognitive effort to the machines.

“Brains, like bodies, develop as they are used. That’s especially important for students, whose brains are still maturing,” they say. (🎁The New York Times - gift link)

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