# parents need — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover parents need. Page: Feed: --- ## [Talking to Your School About AI: Questions to Ask, Rights to Know, and How to Opt Out](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/talking-to-your-school-about-ai.html) _2026-08-11 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ You have the right to ask your school what AI tools your child is using, how their data is protected, and whether you can opt out. Here are the questions to ask and what to do with the answers. ## [The Parenting Moments We Misread](https://thedadvibes.substack.com/p/the-parenting-moments-we-misread) _2026-08-09 · Tom Piccirilli · Too Much, Too Soon_ I used to focus almost entirely on the behaviour in front of me... ## [My Summer Internship with MyDD.ai](https://mydd.substack.com/p/my-summer-internship-with-myddai) _2026-08-07 · Savannah Serfilippi · Raising AI-Literate Kids_ How I used my mechanical engineering degree this summer ## [AI and Teen Mental Health: What Parents Need to Know Right Now](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-and-teen-mental-health.html) _2026-08-07 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI is reshaping what teenagers see, how they compare themselves, and who they talk to when they're struggling. The research is still catching up. Here's what we know now. ## [The Most Powerful Parenting Strategy Isn't Staying Calm](https://thedadvibes.substack.com/p/the-most-powerful-parenting-strategy) _2026-08-05 · Too Much, Too Soon_ Parenting is hard. And when things feel hard, many of us assume the answer is to try harder. However... ## [An Age-by-Age Guide to AI: Different Conversations for Different Stages](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/age-by-age-guide-to-ai.html) _2026-08-04 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ The conversation about AI is different for a seven-year-old, a twelve-year-old, and a seventeen-year-old. Here's what matters at each stage: the risks to emphasize, the tools to know about, and how to pitch the conversation. ## [If the summer holidays already feel like a lot...](https://thedadvibes.substack.com/p/if-the-summer-holidays-already-feel) _2026-08-03 · Tom Piccirilli · Too Much, Too Soon_ It might be because there's so much pressure to make every day magical... ## [AI as an Accessibility Tool: What Parents of Children with Learning Differences Need to Know](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-and-accessibility-learning-differences.html) _2026-07-31 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ For students with dyslexia, ADHD, autism, and other learning differences, AI tools can be genuinely transformative, not as a shortcut but as a way to access learning that was previously harder to reach. Here's what parents need to know. ## [My First Pull Request](https://mydd.substack.com/p/my-first-pull-request) _2026-07-30 · Jack Luong · Raising AI-Literate Kids_ My summer at MyDD.ai ## [A little gift for every parent ❤️](https://thedadvibes.substack.com/p/a-little-gift-for-every-parent) _2026-07-29 · Tom Piccirilli · Too Much, Too Soon_ Your new downloadable guidebook is here. Learn what to do instead of using yelling, punishment or threats! ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VWwuvjQi8L27) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Who Owns AI Art? Copyright, Ownership, and AI: What Families Need to Know](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/copyright-ownership-and-ai.html) _2026-07-28 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ When your child uses AI to create an image, write a story, or compose music, who owns the result? What can they share or publish? And what should schools be telling students about AI and creative work? ## [AI Scams Targeting Families: Voice Cloning, Fake Emergencies, and What to Do](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-scams-targeting-families.html) _2026-07-24 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI can now clone voices from a short audio clip. Scammers are using this to impersonate children in distress and convince grandparents to wire money. Here's what these scams look like and how to protect your family. ## [The AI Your Kids Are Already Using, Without Knowing It's AI](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/hidden-ai-your-kids-are-already-using.html) _2026-07-21 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Before your child ever opens ChatGPT, they've already been shaped by AI: in their TikTok feed, their Snapchat filters, their game recommendations, and the autocomplete on their phone. Here's what that actually means. ## [Do It By Hand First: A Method for Keeping Critical Thinking Alive in the Age of AI](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/do-it-by-hand-first-critical-thinking.html) _2026-07-18 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ There's a habit I've used for twenty years to learn hard things at work: solve it by hand, write down how, script the parts that repeat, and only automate once I truly understand it. It turns out that same order, do the work first and hand it off last, lines up with a lot of what we know about how durable understanding forms, and with the kind of thinking AI makes it dangerously easy to skip.… ## [Is Using AI Cheating? What Schools Actually Expect (And How to Find Out)](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/academic-integrity-what-schools-actually-expect.html) _2026-07-17 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ "Is AI cheating?" is the wrong question. The right question is what your child's specific school expects for each specific assignment — and how to find out before something goes wrong. ## [When Your Child's Best Friend Is an AI: Companions, Chatbots, and Emotional Dependency](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-companions-and-emotional-dependency.html) _2026-07-14 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Apps like Character.ai are designed to feel like relationships. For some children, that's genuinely useful. For others, it becomes a problem. Here's what parents need to know. ## [I Asked Claude to Build a Real Tool in an Evening — Here's Exactly How, Including What Went Wrong](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/building-a-tool-with-claude-blurscan.html) _2026-06-30 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ You keep hearing that "AI can build software now." That's true, and it's also more complicated than the headline. So I asked Claude to build a real, working tool — a photo-blur scanner — and it did. I didn't write a line of it. I kept every prompt, then had Claude analyze its own build. Here's the whole thing: the prompts I typed, the decisions I made, the night it quietly accomplished nothing,… ## [What If Your Child Is the One Making Deepfakes](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/if-your-child-is-making-deepfakes.html) _2026-06-29 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Post 9 covered what to do if your child is a victim of deepfakes. This post covers the harder conversation — what to do if your child is the one creating them. ## [Try It Yourself: What Twelve Posts About AI Taught Me About Parenting in the Age of AI](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/try-it-yourself-series-wrap-up.html) _2026-06-24 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Twelve posts. Twelve weeks of practical AI guidance for parents. Here's what the series covered, the challenges it raised, and the through-lines that connect it all. ## [Part 12 - Keeping Up When AI Changes Every Month: Five Resources Every Parent Should Bookmark](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/keeping-up-when-ai-changes.html) _2026-06-23 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI changes fast. This final post gives you five resources to bookmark so you can stay current without spending more time on it than you have. ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QtmLmZeJ21PF) _2026-06-23 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Part 11 - Writing Your Family AI Agreement: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/writing-your-family-ai-agreement.html) _2026-06-22 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ After ten posts building your own understanding of AI, you're ready to have the family conversation. Here's how to write an agreement your children will actually follow. ## [Part 10 - Recognizing Bias in AI Answers: A Skill Every Parent Can Learn](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/recognizing-bias-in-ai-answers.html) _2026-06-21 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI produces the most common answer, not the most accurate one — and "most common" reflects whose voices dominated its training data. Here's how to recognize bias and teach your children to do the same. ## [Part 9 - Deepfakes Are Real: What Parents Need to See to Understand](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/deepfakes-are-real-what-parents-need-to-know.html) _2026-06-20 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Deepfakes — AI-generated fake images, video, and audio — are already being used to harm people. Here's what parents need to understand, and what to do if something goes wrong. ## [Part 8 - AI for Busy, Overwhelmed, or Differently-Abled Parents](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-for-busy-and-differently-abled-parents.html) _2026-06-19 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI's accessibility features aren't just for students. Here are four concrete ways AI can help parents with translation, summarization, planning, and drafting. ## [Part 7 - School AI vs. Home AI: What Every VSB Parent Should Understand](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/school-ai-vs-home-ai.html) _2026-06-18 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ The school version of Copilot and the home version share a name but operate under very different rules. Here's what VSB parents need to know. ## [Part 6 - Using AI as Your Personal Research Assistant](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-as-personal-research-assistant.html) _2026-06-17 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI is genuinely useful for learning tasks: summarizing documents, explaining concepts, and generating questions. Here are three concrete things to try this week. ## [Part 5 - How to Spot AI Mistakes Before Your Kids Don't](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/how-to-spot-ai-mistakes.html) _2026-06-16 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI mistakes look identical to correct answers. This post gives you a simple routine for catching errors — one you can use yourself and teach to your children. ## [Part 4 - Your Privacy Checklist: What Never to Share With AI](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/privacy-checklist-what-not-to-share-with-ai.html) _2026-06-15 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Before you spend much time with AI tools, there's one thing you need to understand: what you type doesn't always stay private. Here's what to know and what to check. ## [Part 3 - ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity: A Plain-Language Comparison for Parents](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-tools-comparison-for-parents.html) _2026-06-14 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ A plain-language guide to the five AI tools your children are most likely to encounter — what each one does, who made it, and which one to try first. ## [Want to Build an AI Guide for Parents in Your Province or Territory? Here's Where to Start.](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/building-a-provincial-ai-guide-for-parents.html) _2026-06-14 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ A Parent's Guide to AI was written for BC. Most of it applies across Canada — but school policies, privacy laws, and local resources vary by province. Here's a practical roadmap for building a version specific to where you live. ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/H7gfMJl51MrZ) _2026-06-14 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [Part 2 - What AI Actually Is (And Why That Matters for Parents)](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/what-ai-actually-is.html) _2026-06-13 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI works like a very sophisticated autocomplete — it predicts words, it doesn't think. Understanding this changes how you respond when your child brings home AI-assisted work. ## [Part 1 - Before You Talk to Your Kids About AI, Try It Yourself](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/try-it-yourself-before-you-talk-to-your-kids.html) _2026-06-12 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ The best way to guide your children through the AI era is to try these tools yourself first. Here's how to get started in five minutes. ## [Is Google Search the AI We Can Trust With Our Kids?](https://mydd.substack.com/p/is-google-search-the-ai-we-can-trust) _2026-06-11 · Jake Rozran · Raising AI-Literate Kids_ 86% of kids 9–17 use AI, mostly through Google Search. I tested AI Mode with the prompts a lonely kid might type. The results are mixed. ## [Introducing A Parent's Guide to Artificial Intelligence](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/introducing-the-guide.html) _2026-06-10 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Introducing A Parent's Guide to Artificial Intelligence — a free, plain-language resource for BC parents navigating AI in schools and at home. ## [What football has taught my son about confidence](https://thedadvibes.substack.com/p/what-football-has-taught-my-son-about) _2026-06-07 · Tom Piccirilli · Too Much, Too Soon_ One of the things I love most about team sports is that children learn... ## [AI in the Wild - Week 22: Everybody Legislated at Once](https://mydd.substack.com/p/ai-in-the-wild-week-22-everybody) _2026-06-07 · Jake Rozran · Raising AI-Literate Kids_ Five states passed AI kid-safety laws in one week. OpenAI wants one global rulebook. What the patchwork means for your child, and what to do now. ## [We Stopped Telling You to Teach Your Kid 16 Things. We Built the Game Instead.](https://mydd.substack.com/p/we-stopped-telling-you-to-teach-your) _2026-06-03 · Jake Rozran · Raising AI-Literate Kids_ MyDD Learn is a free, kid-safe AI game that teaches children to catch AI when it lies, building real AI literacy in about twelve minutes. Play World 1. ## [I ran 42km in the London Marathon](https://thedadvibes.substack.com/p/i-ran-42km-in-the-london-marathon) _2026-06-01 · Tom Piccirilli · Too Much, Too Soon_ And raised over £2,000 in the process. Here's how it happened... ## [8 Ways to Teach Kids to Use AI Safely (A Parent's Guide)](https://mydd.substack.com/p/8-ways-to-teach-kids-to-use-ai-safely) _2026-05-27 · Jake Rozran · Raising AI-Literate Kids_ Eight concrete ways to teach your kid to use AI well, from play to research to creating openly. A parent's guide to AI literacy from MyDD.ai. ## [AI in the Wild - Week 20: While Washington Stalled, States and Schools Wrote the AI Rules](https://mydd.substack.com/p/ai-in-the-wild-week-20-while-washington) _2026-05-24 · Jake Rozran · Raising AI-Literate Kids_ California's strongest chatbot protections for kids passed 39-0. Missouri banned AI therapy. Oakland set classroom AI rules. What parents need to know. ## [Is 'The AI Doc' the AI Conversation Parents Actually Need? (A Founder's Take)](https://mydd.substack.com/p/is-the-ai-doc-the-ai-conversation) _2026-05-20 · Jake Rozran · Raising AI-Literate Kids_ A data scientist and parent reviews The AI Doc and explains why the doomer-vs.-accelerationist framing fails families with kids at home. ## [AI in the Wild - Week 19: Most American Teens are using AI Companions](https://mydd.substack.com/p/ai-in-the-wild-week-19-most-american) _2026-05-17 · Jake Rozran · Raising AI-Literate Kids_ A new nationally representative study of 3,466 teens. What it found, why it matters most for younger kids, and three things to do this week. ## [AI Literacy for Kids: 8 Things Every Parent Should Teach Their Child About AI](https://mydd.substack.com/p/ai-literacy-for-kids-8-things-every) _2026-05-13 · Jake Rozran · Raising AI-Literate Kids_ 8 things parents need to teach kids about AI: from hallucinations to deepfakes to privacy. Written by a data scientist and dad. ## [When Your Patience Runs Out (Read This First)](https://thedadvibes.substack.com/p/when-your-patience-runs-out-read) _2026-04-05 · Tom Piccirilli · Too Much, Too Soon_ If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve had one of those days... ## [The behaviour you struggle with the most…](https://thedadvibes.substack.com/p/the-behaviour-you-struggle-with-the) _2026-03-25 · Tom Piccirilli · Too Much, Too Soon_ ...is often the behaviour your child can’t control yet! ## [This Kids' Game Is More Dangerous Than It Looks](https://thedadvibes.substack.com/p/this-kids-game-is-more-dangerous) _2026-02-17 · Tom Piccirilli · Too Much, Too Soon_ And both adults and children are struggling to stop playing it... ## [Don't Let Yelling Define Who You Are](https://thedadvibes.substack.com/p/dont-let-yelling-define-who-you-are) _2026-02-16 · Tom Piccirilli · Too Much, Too Soon_ Remember, yelling is what happens when you’re overwhelmed...