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Based on the AI & You community deck and Handmade parenting frame: engagement-optimized identity vs the child who is known before any algorithm. Practical, non-panic, empowering.
Green / Amber / RedVERIFY togetherTake-home one-pager
Traffic-light summary
🟢 Green
Brainstorming, research help, checking drafts with parent/teacher knowledge. Curiosity with supervision.🟡 Amber
Homework help that needs permission — declare use, verify together, protect the struggle worth keeping.🔴 Red
See boundary list below — non-negotiables every family can name and keep.Red zone — family non-negotiables
- ⛔No secrets to chatbots — if they wouldn't tell you, they shouldn't tell an AI.
- ⛔No crisis counsel from apps — mental health, self-harm, abuse → real people, school counsellor, helplines.
- ⛔No replacing real relationships — companions that simulate intimacy are off-limits for under-18s.
- ⛔No undeclared submission — work presented as theirs must be honestly theirs.
Evening covers (90 min)
- What students are already doing with AI (NZ context)
- Handmade vs engagement-optimized identity
- VERIFY together — parents model discernment
- Draft one household rule at the seminar
Deliverables
- Educators' PD parent one-pager (sent home same week)
- Pathway Compass conversation for senior families
- Full Build tier: facilitated parent forum (90 min)
- Household Rule of Life starter worksheet

Nathaniel Baldock
Tauranga, New Zealand · AI consulting & school formation
nathanielbaldock@gmail.com · nathanielbaldock.com · +64 20 479 6683
Schools pack: nathanielbaldock.com/schools
nathanielbaldock@gmail.com · nathanielbaldock.com · +64 20 479 6683
Schools pack: nathanielbaldock.com/schools