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Getting Your Child a Laptop for Christmas? Do This Before You Wrap It

Got a laptop hidden away for Christmas? Here’s how to set up the parental controls before you wrap it, plus the AI chatbot checks most guides skip.

Amy North

October 15, 2026

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How Well Do You Actually Know Your Teen’s AI Chatbot? Take the Quiz

Do ChatGPT’s parent alerts arrive straight away? Can under-18s still chat freely on Character.AI? Five quick true-or-false questions to see how well you really know your teen’s AI chatbot.

Amy North

October 9, 2026

2 min read

What Age Do You Have to Be to Use Talkie? What Parents Need to Know

Talkie's own terms say 14+, but the App Store rates it 18+. And on the website, there's very little stopping a younger child from starting a chat. Here's what parents need to know.

Amy North

October 5, 2026

3 min read

Is Character.AI Being Banned for Kids? What the EU Just Proposed

The EU just wrote down the thing parents have been worried about

Amy North

September 30, 2026

2 min read

Does Qustodio Monitor What My Child Says to ChatGPT?

Qustodio now alerts parents to risky ChatGPT conversations, but only on Android and only for ChatGPT. Here's what it covers, what it doesn't, and how to check it fits your child's devices.

Amy North

September 26, 2026

3 min read

What Age Do You Have to Be to Use PolyBuzz? What Parents Need to Know

PolyBuzz's own rules say 18+, worldwide, no exceptions. Here's how the age check actually works, what it doesn't catch, and what parents should know before assuming the rule is enough.

Amy North

September 12, 2026

3 min read

You can’t read what your child is saying to an AI chatbot… that isn’t so true.

A lot of parenting advice says it's impossible to see what your child says to ChatGPT because it's encrypted. That's true, but it's answering the wrong question.

Amy North

September 8, 2026

3 min read

ChatGPT for Teens: What Parents Can (and Can't) See

OpenAI's new teen mode adds quiet hours, distress alerts and stricter content limits, real progress. But there's one thing it still won't show you: what your teen actually said.

Amy North

August 25, 2026

2 min read

Can Bark see ChatGPT conversations?

Bark can see ChatGPT chats on Android only, never in a browser or on iPhone, and even then no parent reads the actual conversation. Here's what's really covered.

Amy North

August 19, 2026

4 min read

Best Apps for Monitoring Your Child's AI Use

Bark, Aura and Qustodio are all good at what they do. But if your worry is what your child says to AI chatbots specifically, here's how they really compare.

Amy North

August 11, 2026

4 min read

Character.AI, Replika, and the Apps Your Kid Might Be Talking To

Ask most parents about their child's friends and they can name them. Ask about the AI their child talks to every night, and most couldn't. Here's what to know.

Amy North

August 10, 2026

4 min read

Could Your Child Trick an AI Into Ignoring Its Safety Rules?

Kids are quietly learning how to talk an AI out of its own safety rules. Would you spot it if your child tried? Take this two-minute quiz and find out.

Amy North

August 3, 2026

4 min read

What can Halo Aware See? Your AI monitoring companion

Installing something that reads your child's AI chats is a big ask. Here's the honest answer, with nothing hidden in a privacy policy: what the extension can see, what it can't, and where it all goes.

Amy North

July 31, 2026

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More Articles

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Is Character.AI Being Banned for Kids? What the EU Just Proposed

Does Qustodio Monitor What My Child Says to ChatGPT?

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What can Halo Aware See? Your AI monitoring companion