Concerned about AI and your kids? So are millions of other parents. Moms for Ethical AI is building the resources and the community to push for ethical AI standards, and give parents a voice in the AI conversation.
From chatbots to social feeds to classroom tools, AI is already shaping your child’s world. We break down what’s happening, why it matters, and what you can do about it.
What Parents Should Know
72% of teens have used AI chatbots. A third use them daily for 2-hours, often forming emotional bonds.
1 in 8 teens turns to AI for mental health advice – trusting chatbots built for engagement, not wellbeing.
Tech companies invested $202B in AI in 2025, and will exceed $1 trillion by 2027.
Teen depression more than doubled from 2010–2015, the years smart -phones became standard in teen life
What is Lost When Chatbots Fill the Gap
When chatbots replace human interaction, kids lose the cognitive friction that builds real thinking. Struggle, delay, and uncertainty — the very conditions that stretch the mind — get smoothed over by instant answers.
They also miss the messy, relational work that teaches creativity, compromise, and purpose. Chatbots don’t argue, misunderstand, or push back. But those tensions are exactly what help kids grow.
What We're Working Toward
PROOF BEFORE PRODUCTS
Kids shouldn’t be the test subjects. We need real evidence that AI is safe and developmentally sound before it ever shows up in their hands.
PROTECTING AUTONOMY
AI should support kids’ agency, not chip away at it. That means building protections and boundaries into the design itself, not relying on fixes later.
MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT
If an AI product is aimed at kids, it should follow clear rules. Not suggestions, not promises — actual standards that companies are required to meet.
TRANSPARENT DESIGN
Parents deserve to know how the tech works and what it’s doing. Transparency shouldn’t be hidden in fine print; it should be part of the design from the start.
AI is moving fast and we are being left out of the conversation. While the tech may be complicated, the problem is clear: kids are being handed powerful tools with no guardrails and no parental input. We need new standards for AIs that reach kids. And that starts with us, here, today.
Motherboard Chapters
A Motherboard Chapter is the grounding layer of a coordinated network of moms – building structure, sharing knowledge, and syncing up to understand what AI is doing to their kids’ lives and how to respond with clarity, confidence, and collective power.
Your Local Hub
AI is reshaping childhood faster than any one parent can track — but when moms connect locally, everything becomes clearer. A chapter turns scattered concerns into shared understanding, and shared understanding into collective strength.
Parenting 2.0
You don’t need expertise to start or join one. You only need a few parents willing to learn together. Moms for Ethical AI supports every group with tools, guidance, and a national network so no one is navigating this alone.
You don’t have to be tech savvy to know that:
AI Isn't Waiting.
It’s already in classrooms, on devices, and in the tools kids use every day. The decisions being made now will shape childhood for a generation.
Moms have rules!
We’re the ones who see what’s happening at home. We’re the ones without conflicts of interest. And when we organize, we’re impossible to ignore.
This is where it begins.
A few parents in one community can change a school policy, shift a district’s approach, and create a template for others to follow.