21/09/2026
Students who wrote essays with ChatGPT showed lower brain activity, weaker memory recall, and less ownership of their writing, and the researchers warned this decreased engagement persisted even when they later wrote without the tool. This is called as cognitive debt. A kid who lets AI do the struggle stops building the sense that their own effort changes anything.
As a parent, reverse the order is very important. Child attempts first, AI second. So the rule isn not âno AI,â itâs âyou think, then AI checksâ and never âAI thinks for you.â
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