No, I don’t want my kids using your stupid AI
May 18, 2026
I recently overheard my teenage sons talking about study tactics. One said that ChatGPT is great for making flash cards. “You upload all your notes, and it makes the flash cards for you,” Luka explained. “It’s faster than going through the notes yourself.” I couldn’t help interrupting. “But that’s what studying is – going through notes to figure out what’s important! The flash cards matter less than taking time to review.” It took further convincing, but eventually they acknowledged I had a point.
I took little pleasure in my victory, however, because I was seething that ChatGPT is even a factor in my children’s education, and that the tip for using AI had come from a teacher. As a writer and speaker who has spent years delving into the devastation that premature smartphone ownership, rampant social media use and an underregulated tech industry have created among our children and adolescents, I have a visceral response to the motto that’s being shoved down our throats right now: AI is here to stay, so adapt or fall behind.
