Family AI agreement
Build a one-page AI use agreement with your kid — what's allowed, what counts as cheating, what to do when you're not sure. Co-written, not lectured.
When to use this
You’ve noticed your kid using ChatGPT to help with homework. You don’t want to ban it — that just drives it underground. But you also don’t want them submitting AI-written work as their own.
This prompt gives you a starting document for a conversation, not a final ruling. Print it, sit with your kid, edit it together. The signed-by-both bit matters: the agreement is theirs, not yours.
When NOT to use this
Don’t use this if your school has a strict AI policy and you haven’t read it yet. Read your school’s policy first; this agreement should match or be stricter, not looser.
Don’t use this for kids under 10. The conversation is more important than the document at that age — read Common Sense Media’s AI guides and have the conversation without the framework.
Authoring notes
- The “co-sign” framing is the highest-impact part. Documents the kid signs themselves get followed; documents the parent hands down get ignored.
- The “what we promise as parents” section is what makes this a real agreement instead of a one-way set of rules. Don’t skip it.
- Update the agreement once a school year. AI changes; your kid’s maturity changes; the agreement should change too.
Example output
AI use at home — our family agreement
What AI is good for
- Brainstorming when you're stuck — getting unstuck on a topic you don't know where to start
- Studying for tests — making flashcards from your notes, getting quizzed
- Understanding hard reading — asking AI to explain a paragraph in your own grade level
When you should ask before using AI
- Any homework that says "do not use AI" or "in your own words" in the directions
- When you're about to copy text from AI into a Google Doc that has your name on it
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