Khaberni - The interaction of Generation Alpha (born 2010–2025) with technology is no longer just growing up with it; it has become an integral part of their daily lives.
These children use smartphones, tablets, and artificial intelligence tools like pros, seamlessly navigating between electronic games, social media platforms, and digital education.
Parents wonder: Are they giving their kids technologies that exceed their abilities at an early age? Therefore, security experts at «Kaspersky» have provided a set of guidelines to help parents turn artificial intelligence from a potential threat into a trusted partner for the emerging generation.
Children quickly discover that applications like «ChatGPT» and «Deep Seek» provide faster answers than traditional internet searches, while tools like «Alexa» help them play music effortlessly. Based on this, experts emphasize the need to provide support and guidance to children when using artificial intelligence.
Parents are advised to explain the nature of these tools, clarifying that they are not friends or real humans, and that they may sometimes provide misleading, biased, or incorrect answers. It is also important to teach children to check information from multiple sources, as they would when preparing school projects, and to warn them against blindly trusting the answers, especially on sensitive topics like health and mental safety, with an emphasis on not sharing their personal data or documents with artificial intelligence systems.
Activate security filters
Most artificial intelligence platforms and smart devices come with built-in security features, but these are often left unactivated, so parents should review privacy settings and content filters, customizing them according to family values and the children’s maturity level.
If there is no full control over the children's digital activity on certain platforms, experts at «Kaspersky» recommend using parental control tools, which allow hiding inappropriate content, blocking specific apps or websites, and regulating the time children spend online.
With the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence applications, verifying their reliability has become essential. It is advised to download applications from official stores only, to avoid installing any app from unknown sources, to ensure the credibility of the developing company, the presence of an official website, and to teach children to restrict app permissions and not to grant access to data unless absolutely necessary.
Continuous sharing and awareness
Parents should be aware of what their children are doing on these platforms. Starting with simple questions like: «What did you ask artificial intelligence today?» or «Was the answer correct?», to teach them honesty about their digital use and the issues they encounter.
The head of cybersecurity awareness projects at «Kaspersky», Andrei Sidinenko, says that when you participate in your child's experience with artificial intelligence, you move from being a concerned parent to a trusted guide, and your child is more likely to seek your advice because your goal is clear, which is caring for their digital experiences, not controlling them. And while giving children a degree of freedom in using artificial intelligence, caution should always be exercised concerning their digital safety and healthy development.
