04/14/2026
The first generation of children growing up with AI is already here. From AI-enabled toys to generative learning and communication tools, these technologies are reaching children during the earliest and most formative years of life—from birth to 8 years—when relationships, play, language, and health shape the foundations for lifelong learning and well-being. The question is no longer whether AI will shape childhood, but how to ensure it does so in ways that support healthy development from the very beginning while preserving the core of what makes us human. Scientists including Trust co-director Ellen Roche have already issued an urgent warning regarding the potential impacts of AI on young children due to the complexity of development taking place during this early developmental phase–Read statement: https://gsolen.org/scientists-issue-urgent-warning-about-ai-and-young-children/
The Brookings Institution is holding the first of a series of webinars on "Raising young children in an AI world" on Monday, April 27, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET
Register online: https://www.brookings.edu/events/raising-young-children-in-an-ai-world
On April 27, the Center for Universal Education at Brookings will host a panel discussion to examine what it means to raise young children in an AI world.
