GUIDES
Guides for real households
Pattern-level and protective — never fear-mongering. More guides are on the way.
AI companions and teens: what parents actually need to know
Why chatbot 'friends' feel so real, the patterns to watch for, and how to stay in the conversation.
Talking to your kid about chatbots
A calm, age-aware way to explain what AI is — and isn't — without scaring anyone.
Family AI rules that actually stick
Why co-created household rules outlast imposed ones — and how to build them.
AI homework help without the cheating
AI tools can scaffold learning—breaking problems into steps, explaining concepts, or checking reasoning.
Deepfakes and your family's photos
Deepfakes—synthetic media created or altered using AI—can misrepresent anyone's likeness or voice.
School AI policies, explained for parents
Schools are adopting AI policies because tools like ChatGPT arrived faster than curriculum frameworks could catch up.
Signs an AI companion has become a problem
Watch for patterns where your child consistently chooses the AI over peers, family time, or activities they once enjoyed.
What AI apps actually collect — and why it matters
Most AI apps collect far more data than their privacy policies make obvious.
App age ratings: what they do and don't tell you
App store ratings (Apple, Google) reflect content categories—violence, language, in-app purchases, ads—but they're not personalized assessments.
AI image generators and kids: the honest guide
AI image generators (like DALL-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion) let anyone create pictures from text descriptions in seconds.