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Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of Prequel.

An especially big welcome to the 6,218 parents who have joined us in the last week. We remain one of the fastest-growing parent communities on the internet 🙌 

In case you’re new here, Prequel is the free weekly newsletter for parents who want their kids to succeed. We give you weekly insights on how your children can get ahead ― in school and in life.  

We’ve got lots to tell you, so let’s jump right in. Here’s what you’ll get today:

💡 1 valuable thing kids don’t learn in school
⚡️ 2 tutorials for your kids to learn new skills
🚀 3 tools to boost your family’s productivity

💡 1 Valuable Thing Kids Don’t Learn In School

Everyone knows that AI is the next big thing. But nobody’s sure how to prepare their kids for what’s to come. Here are 3 easy things you can do to help your children make the most of AI in the coming years.

1. Let the kids play

The best way to learn any new technology is to play around with it - especially in the early years. And if there’s one thing kids love, it’s playing around with cool new things.

In less than an hour, you can teach your kids how to:

• Write with AI

• Create art with AI

• Build games with AI

And check out this video of a kid using ChatGPT to create their own rap song.

2. Encourage healthy skepticism - but don’t scare them.

With almost every new major technology, we get a panic about the potential dangers of using that technology:

• In the 1960s, teachers protested the use of calculators.

• In 1896, doctors feared that bikes caused insanity.

• In the 1800s, newspapers speculated that reading books could make you sick.

And all of us remember the dawn of the internet and the Y2K panic.

So, while it’s important to take some precautions with AI, teaching kids to fear it is counterproductive.

3. Warn them about using AI to help with their homework.

While businesses are rushing to adopt AI, schools seem to be heading in the opposite direction - at least for now.

Students have been quick to adopt new AI tools and use them to do their assignments. Many kids have shared stories of how AI-generated essays helped them score As and Bs in school.

Unfortunately for these kids, the tide turned pretty quickly. It didn’t take long for schools to adopt AI plagiarism tools.

The same internet forums where kids gloated about getting As with the help of AI are now full of kids who fear getting expelled for getting caught by their schools.

⚡️ 2 Tutorials To Learn New Skills

Sticking with this week’s theme of AI:

1. How to write a resume with ChatGPT (link)

2. How to create animated videos from your mobile phone using AI. (link)

🚀 3 Tools To Boost Your Family’s Productivity

1. TextBlaze AI: An AI tool to eliminate repetitive typing mistakes and tasks. It provides user-friendly templates with endless customizability and powerful automation. (link)

2. Talebocks AI: An AI tool to turn simple text into compelling videos. (link)

3. Promptpal AI: Discover the best AI prompts to help you with coding, marketing, research, product management, and much more. (link)

🎁 Bonus: Insight of the Week

I asked 50 kids what they thought about the education system. Here’s what they said. (link)

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Until next time,
Ivy
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