Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Your Weekly Hug Is A.I. hijacking your child's growth? The parenting survival guide.
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Nov 5, 2025 
Jenny Anderson, an award-winning journalist and expert on education and AI, dives into how technology impacts adolescent learning. She explains the importance of struggle in education, arguing that Silicon Valley seeks to eliminate crucial 'friction' in learning. Jenny highlights the balance between AI's benefits and potential drawbacks, including its effect on curiosity and critical thinking. Parents are encouraged to experiment with AI tools while fostering their children's agency and interests to enhance learning and maintain healthy human connections.
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Two Conference Vignettes
- Jenny describes two conference vignettes showing both harmful and helpful AI in education.
- One app tracked toddlers' emotions while another teacher-developed tool coached struggling readers without giving answers.
Friction Is Necessary For Learning
- Learning requires productive friction and kids need to build comfort with struggle.
- Removing friction with AI risks depriving children of practice managing discomfort and mastering skills.
Learning How To Learn
- The key skill in an AI age is learning how to learn, not memorizing facts.
- Asking questions and interrogating machine answers builds critical thinking and adaptability.
