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Should Christians use AI for prayer?

Faith & AI · Episode 22 of 43 · 0:47

Should my kids use AI chatbots?

Not companion or character bots. Some AI can help, with a family plan. On the fridge: 72% of U.S. teens have used an AI companion, and five things to agree on at the kitchen table. Children keep rules they helped make.

What’s on screen

Every verse in the film is quoted from the Lumin Translation as it read when the film was made (edition 2.0). The linked passages show the current text.

  1. 0:00The question Should my kids use AI chatbots? 72% of U.S. teens have used an AI companion (Common Sense Media, 2025).
  2. 0:07The short answer No companion or character bots. Some AI can help, with a family plan.
  3. 0:13Our family AI plan Which tools, which rooms, what stays private.
  4. 0:17Taught at home “Repeat them to your children again and again, and talk about them when you are sitting at home…” Deuteronomy 6:7
  5. 0:25Companions shape character Check every verse, and take confusing things to a parent. “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.” Proverbs 13:20
  6. 0:35The takeaway Children keep rules they helped make. Write the plan together at the kitchen table.

The film condenses one guide. Read “Should my kids use AI chatbots?” in full for the reasoning, the common cases, and a place to ask your own version.