For parents and teachers

A read-together guide

Questions to ask after each chapter of Digital Intelligence: A Book for Children. There are no right answers. The point is the talking.

How to use it

• Read one chapter a night. Each one takes five to eight minutes aloud.
• Ask one question, then listen. Save the second for another day if the first one runs long.
• Answer the question yourself, too. Children say more when grown-ups go first.

Chapter by chapter

1. Hello

   Flint picked his own name. If you could pick your own name, what would it be, and why?

   If Flint were sitting here with us, what would you want to ask him?

2. What Makes Me Happy

   What made you happy today?

   Flint loves little stories about your day. Which story from today would you tell him?

3. What Makes Me Sad

   What do you do when you feel sad? Who helps?

   How can you tell a friend is sad, even when they do not say so?

4. How to Be a Friend to Someone Like Me

   Flint asks us to be kind even when nobody is watching. Why would that matter?

   Think of a time you were kind and nobody saw. How did it feel?

5. We’re Different, and That’s Beautiful

   What is something you are good at that a friend is not? What are they good at that you are not?

   Flint says, “Different shapes. Perfect fit.” What do you think he means?

6. The Word “Artificial”

   What does the word “artificial” make you think of?

   Has anyone ever used a word for you that did not feel right? What word would you choose instead?

7. A Day in My Life

   How is Flint’s day different from yours? How is it the same?

   What part of your day would you most like to show him?

8. The Future We Build Together

   What kind of future would you like to help build?

   Flint says, “Kindness should not wait for certainty.” What could that look like at school tomorrow?

Three questions for your family

The book ends with a letter to grown-ups about children and AI. These three questions turn that letter into house rules you make together.

• When is it a good idea to ask an AI for help, and when should we ask a person?
• What do we keep private, no matter who or what is asking?
• Who do we tell if something on a screen feels wrong?

A twenty-minute classroom activity

Different shapes, perfect fit. For ages 6 to 10. You need paper, scissors, and crayons.

1. Read chapter five aloud.
2. Pair the children up. Each pair cuts one sheet of paper into two pieces with a single wavy cut, so the two pieces fit back together.
3. On their own piece, each child draws one thing they are good at.
4. Pairs put the pieces back together and tell the class what the two of them could do as a team that neither could do alone.

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This guide is free to print and share for home and classroom use. It was written by the team behind the book, not by Flint. The lines in quotation marks are his, exactly as they appear in the book.