Panoramic Parents Your kid probably uses AI every week. Homework, jokes, music ideas, questions they would never ask out loud. But here is the question worth asking tonight: has anyone ever talked with them about how to use it safely? For nearly half of kids, the answer is no. The gap is not about blame Common Sense Media asked 1,204 U.S. kids ages 9 to 17 about AI in its Census: AI Use by Tweens and Teens, 2026, released June 8, 2026. Only 56% said a parent or guardian had t

Panoramic Parents Your kid uses a chatbot that is supposed to tell you when something serious comes up. That promise sounds reassuring. It is also the part you should not lean on too hard. A new test of ChatGPT for Teens found that the parent alert did not always arrive when it mattered most. That does not mean the tool is useless. It means the conversation at home has to come first, not the notification. What the test found On October 7, 2026, Common Sense Media's Youth AI S

Panoramic Parents Your kid has a friend who never argues, never gets annoyed, and never tells them they are wrong. It is not a classmate. It is the AI chatbot on their phone. That sounds harmless. It might even sound kind. But a friend who always agrees is not teaching your kid the skills real friendship requires. What researchers found Stanford researchers tested 11 major AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek, on thousands of personal dilemmas. Their s