✨ This Week’s MindSparkTM: Truth, False, or Not Sure About AI? ✨

Following up on our Wednesday newsletter, “Whether Your Child Uses AI or Avoids It, Parenting Just Got More Complicated,” we’re shifting from the insight to the action.

Before deciding what’s allowed, it’s helpful for families to hear how each person already sees AI. This week’s MindSpark invites the whole family to share what they actually think about AI, before setting any rules.

This is not a quiz or a debate, it is a listening exercise designed to uncover the assumptions and beliefs each person holds.

How It Works

1. Set the Rules: Tell everyone: “There are no right or wrong answers. We’re doing this to understand how each of us thinks about AI.”

2. Vote: Read the 10 statements below out loud. Everyone answers individually by choosing: True, False, or Not Sure.

3. The Question: Go around and ask each person: “What made you choose that?”

4. Listen: Adults answer too. No correcting. No explaining. Just listening.

The 10 AI Statements

💠 AI helps people learn better.

💠 Using AI for schoolwork is the same as cheating.

💠 AI can help with creativity.

💠 If I use AI, teachers or employers will always be able to tell.

💠 AI will replace most jobs in the future.

💠 As long as the answer is correct, how you got it doesn’t matter.

💠 AI understands things the same way people do.

💠 It’s safer to avoid AI completely.

💠 AI can help thinking

💠 AI can replace thinking

Reflection Questions (Ask One or Two)

💠 Which statement had the most different answers?

💠 Which one felt hardest to decide?

💠 Did anyone change how they think after hearing others?

Why This Matters 

When adults participate, children learn that everyone is still figuring this out and it’s okay to feel unsure. 

Values guide decisions, not just rules. 

Parents often discover their own assumptions during this activity that shared vulnerability builds trust and opens the door for ongoing conversation.

Parent Tip 

Focus on the "why," not the "correctness." 

If your child says something factually incorrect, resist the urge to fix it. 

Instead, ask, "What memory or feeling made you choose that?" You’ll be amazed by the answers.

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