Protect your child from AI risks
Discover how to protect your child from AI risks with guidance designed for parents who aren’t tech experts.
Calm, informed decisions about safe AI use at home.
Simple, parent-friendly AI safety guidance
This pathway helps parents understand the real risks, where children need support, and how to create calm, age-appropriate boundaries around AI use.
📘 Understand the basics
- Understand what AI is, and what it isn’t, in clear, parent-friendly language so you can make sense of the technology your child is growing up with.
🔍 Spot real risks
- Recognise the real safety risks for children aged 7–12, including how AI can make mistakes, show inappropriate content, or collect information without children realising.
🏡 Build safer habits
- Learn when children need supervision with AI tools and how to set simple, age-appropriate boundaries at home.
- Build the confidence to guide your child’s AI use calmly and responsibly, even if you don’t consider yourself a technical expert.
Who is the AI Safety Learning Pathway for?
Parents who want to feel confident keeping their children safe as AI becomes part of everyday life.
- Designed for families with children aged 5–11 who are beginning to encounter AI in schoolwork, apps, games, and online tools.
- Useful for parents who want to understand what matters most without getting lost in technical details.
- Built for families who want practical guidance, calm decisions, and more confidence at home.
- You don’t need a technical background — just the desire to understand what matters and guide your child safely.
You don’t need to be a tech expert
Everything is explained in clear, simple language so you can understand how AI works, where risks appear, and how to guide your child with confidence.
Why do I need this course?
This pathway helps you understand the real safety risks, recognise when AI can make mistakes, and know when children need supervision. Instead of guessing or worrying, you’ll learn how to make calm, informed decisions at home.
🧭 Understand what matters
Learn where AI can go wrong, what children may not notice, and which risks are most important for families to understand.
⚠️ Recognise risk earlier
See how AI can make mistakes, appear trustworthy, surface unsuitable content, or collect information without children fully understanding it.
💛 Feel calmer and clearer
Replace uncertainty with practical judgment, so you can guide AI use at home without fear, panic, or unrealistic rules.
What’s unique about this course?
Clear AI safety guidance made specifically for parents, created by AI and educational experts.
👨👩👧 Built for parents
This pathway focuses on the questions families actually have about AI safety, supervision, and boundaries in everyday life.
🧠 Expert-created
Created by AI and educational experts, it turns complex issues into practical explanations parents can use straight away.
🌱 Calm and practical
No technical jargon. No scare tactics. Just practical explanations, real examples, and simple steps you can use to guide your child safely.
Your steps on the AI Safety Pathway
Short, focused steps that help you understand where AI can pose risks, how children may respond to it, and what safe, confident guidance looks like at home.
What is AI?
What should children never share with AI and chatbots?
Why AI can feel trustworthy (when it shouldn’t)
What to do when AI gets something wrong
How AI can be used to manipulate its users
How to prepare for AI’s mistakes
The importance of privacy boundaries
Common questions
Everything is designed to be flexible, simple to follow, and easy to return to whenever you need it.
Do I need a technical background?
No. This pathway is designed for parents with little or no technical experience. Everything is explained in clear, simple language so you can understand how AI works and how to keep your child safe.
How long will I have access to the content?
You’ll have access for the duration of your subscription and can return to the pathway anytime. You can cancel from your account page whenever you like.
How long does the pathway take?
It can take as long as you choose, starting from a couple of hours spread over the time you have. Each step is short and focused, and your progress is saved so you can pause and return whenever it suits you.
Is this useful if my child isn’t using AI yet?
Yes. Many children encounter AI through apps, search tools, games, or schoolwork without realising it. This pathway helps you understand where AI is already appearing and how to prepare before your child starts using it more independently.
Ready to guide safer,
calmer AI use at home?
Understand the real risks, know when supervision matters, and build simple boundaries that help your child use AI more safely and confidently.
Start the AI Safety Pathway →