Educator, author and trusted guide to families navigating AI
Dan Fitzpatrick writes about AI in education for Forbes and is the author of The Educators' AI Guide 2026, The AI Classroom and Infinite Education. He founded aieducator.tools after working as a teacher, school leader and education strategist.
He also hosts the AI for Educators Daily podcast and advises schools and education bodies in the UK and abroad.
Reporters and a security researcher say the Eiliko AI robot toy left millions of family conversations exposed and could be rewritten from outside. What is confirmed, what is not, and what to do tonight.
Between half and two-thirds of school-age children have tried an AI chatbot, according to recent US and UK surveys. Here is what the numbers cover, why they differ, and what they cannot tell you about your child.
Ten things to do with AI and your child this weekend, from age 6 up. You hold the keyboard, they hold the idea, with a prompt for each and a note on what stays with your child.
Parents are using ChatGPT to make school-style portraits and to strip photographers' watermarks. Here is how the two differ, what happens to the photo you upload, and what to do instead.
On October 14, 2026, eight state attorneys general announced lawsuits against OpenAI over ChatGPT and children. Here is what they allege, what is still only a claim, and what to check on your teen's account this week.
A parent's checklist of ten questions to ask your child's school about AI, with what a good answer sounds like, words to say at each age, and a table you can save.
The best evidence so far says AI helps children learn when a teacher steers it, not when it replaces them. Here is what the studies, the government and the AI-run schools actually show.
Character.AI has filed for Chapter 11 and is being sold under court supervision. What the company and 40 state attorneys general have said, and what to do about your child's account this week.
Common Sense Media says teens should not use Grok. Here is what xAI's age rule and Kids Mode do and do not cover, what to do if your teenager already has it, and what to say tonight.
GoGuardian watches the school browser. Gaggle scans the school account. Here is what each can see, whether it runs at home, who reads the alerts, and six questions to send your child's school.
Meta AI sits inside Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, and Meta only added parent supervision for it in 2026. Here is what the evidence says, what you can see, and what to say to your teen.
On October 7, 2026 Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute rated ChatGPT for Teens an unacceptable risk, mainly because the parent safety alerts barely fired in testing. Here is what the testing actually found, what OpenAI says in reply, and what it changes for a family tonight.
