Interesting stat for you…Only 16% of parents say they understand how AI is being used in schools (source).

And yet, 1 in 4 teens already use ChatGPT for homework (source).

Meanwhile, tech leaders are openly saying schools may soon serve mostly as childcare hubs, while AI handles the teaching. Not a joke (source).

🌱 This is Future-Ready Parents—where we turn parenting worries into small, practical wins that build confident, tech-savvy kids (and calm, capable parents).

What to Expect Today

TL;DR: You’ll get a simple 3-skill parenting tool to cover what AI can’t: emotional growth, ethical thinking, and motivation.
Use it to focus your parenting energy—especially when school starts feeling more like logistics than learning.

Why It Matters

It’s easy to assume school is still the main place where your child learns how to think and grow.

But that idea’s starting to crack. Duolingo’s CEO recently suggested that schools might eventually act more like supervised holding spaces, while AI handles instruction. That might sound extreme—until you realize that 26% of U.S. teens already use ChatGPT for schoolwork. And I’ve written before in previous newsletter about how most parents still don’t even know how, or if, their child is using genAI tools at all.

Here’s the shift: AI is getting better at teaching content (debatably). But it still can’t teach how to be a person.

That means skills like emotional control, decision-making, and moral judgment—once taught implicitly at school—are now falling to the adults at home. That’s you.

And that’s good news. Because those are the areas where your influence matters most. Today’s resource tool gives you a fast, low-effort way to guide what AI can’t touch.

The Tool: Teach the 3 Things AI Can’t

AI might explain fractions better than we can. But it won’t help your kid stay curious when no one’s grading them, push through boredom without a dopamine hit, or decide what’s right when a friend crosses the line.

That’s where you still matter most.

Here’s how to build those three skills—no worksheets, no tech.

Start with curiosity. You don’t need a lesson plan. Just drop one open-ended question into the day—something without a clear answer. At dinner, in the car, while folding laundry. Try: “Why do you think we dream?” or “If animals could talk, which would be the wisest?” Then let it be a conversation, not a quiz. Don’t Google the answer. Wonder together.

Next, work on self-discipline—but do it together. Pick one 20-minute block this week where you both do something with full focus. No phone, no multitasking. They can read, draw, clean their room, whatever. You do your own task beside them. The point isn’t perfection—it’s practice. Kids learn discipline by watching how adults handle boredom and distraction.

Finally, bring in some ethical thinking. Once a week, throw out a “what would you do?” scenario. Keep it real. Try: “Let’s say a friend sends you an essay written by AI and says to just turn it in. What would you do?” Let them talk. Ask why. Ask what else. Don’t rush to a moral. These are the reps that build judgment.

All of this takes maybe 10 minutes a day—less time than another homework battle. You don’t need to be a teacher or tech expert. You just need to stay in the room where real skills are still shaped.

This might not look like much—but it’s exactly what AI can’t do, and what research says matters most.

Curiosity, self-control, and ethical thinking aren’t extras; they’re core skills linked to long-term success, resilience, and character. You don’t need a perfect plan. Just a moment of presence, a real question, and the willingness to stay in it with your kid. That’s how humans teach what screens can’t.

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BEFORE YOU GO…

You don’t have to become a tech expert. But if a screen starts teaching content, you get to teach character.

Don’t take that lightly. But more importantly, don’t not do it either.

Until next time,
James Brauer
Founder, Future-Ready Parents