How parents support their children’s use of Artificial Intelligence
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With the increasing integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into everyday life, children are growing up in environments shaped by AI-based technologies from a very early age. In this context, digital parenting (the ways in which parents guide, monitor and regulate children’s use of digital tools) plays an increasingly important role in shaping children’s engagement with these technologies (Druga et al., 2022; Fidan & Olur, 2023; Quan et al., 2024; Sciacca et al., 2022; Szczuka et al., 2022; Xie et al., 2026; Yu et al., 2025; Zhao et al., 2023). However, AI is also a relatively new and rapidly evolving technology for many parents, and research suggests that they often struggle to fully understand the range of AI applications and the potential risks associated with their use (Yu et al., 2025). Given both the growing presence of AI-based tools and parents’ concerns, it is essential to understand the factors that shape parents’ decisions about children’s use of AI and how they can support their children in engaging with AI in ways that foster learning and development while preserving valuable social and cognitive skills. The current study, therefore, aims to use an online questionnaire to assess parents’/guardians attitudes toward AI, their self-assessed AI literacy and efficacy, and their strategies for teaching and regulating AI use, including the rules parents set for their children’s AI use, the contexts in which children use AI (e.g., learning, leisure, and creative activities), which AI applications children use, and the amount of time children spend using AI-based technologies. Consistent with prior digital parenting research, the study also considers potential associations between regulatory strategies and children’s age as well as between teaching-related practices and parents’ educational background.
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