{"id":25032,"date":"2026-02-25T11:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=25032"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:32:21","slug":"more-than-half-of-teens-are-using-ai-for-schoolwork-and-many-parents-dont-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=25032","title":{"rendered":"More than half of teens are using AI for schoolwork\u2014and many parents don\u2019t know it"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Raising kids in the digital age is hard. Keeping up with the chatbots doing their homework is even harder.<\/p>\n

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More than half of teens are turning to AI for school work, according to a Pew Research Center survey. The study\u2014a survey of 1,458 U.S. teens and their parents from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, 2025\u2014finds that 57% of teens use AI to search for information, while 54% use it to help with schoolwork.<\/p>\n

Yet their queries extend beyond asking a chatbot to define the Pythagorean Theorem or to explain the significance of Boo Radley\u2019s character in To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>. In fact, some teens may not even pick up\u00a0 Harper Lee\u2019s classic at all, as the study finds four in 10 use chatbots to summarize articles, books, and videos.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While not everyone is using AI for schoolwork\u2014about 45% of teens claim not to use the technology for school\u2014one in 10 admit to using AI for most if not all of their schoolwork. And about a quarter of teens say the technology is either very or extremely helpful in conducting schoolwork, with another quarter saying it\u2019s somewhat helpful.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the highest end, they\u2019re using [AI] for researching a topic,\u201d Monica Anderson, director of internet and technology research at Pew Research Center and co-author of the study, told Fortune.<\/em> \u201cOn the lowest end, it\u2019s about editing.\u201d<\/p>\n

A perception gap among parents<\/strong><\/p>\n

But some teens are shielding their AI use from their parents, or at least using the technology without their knowledge. The study found a \u201cperception gap\u201d between teen use and parents\u2019 knowledge of their children\u2019s relationship with the technology. A total of 64% of U.S. teens report using chatbots, but only 51% of parents think their teens use the technology, and many more have no idea whether their teen uses AI at all. \u201cA healthy share of parents, close to three in 10, told us they\u2019re not sure if their teen is using these tools or not,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

Although many parents aren\u2019t keen on the technology\u2019s capabilities,Anderson said this mismatch doesn\u2019t exist for social media use as parents are more aware of their children\u2019s presence on apps like Instagram and TikTok. \u201cA lot of this also comes from the fact that this is still a very new technology and also new for parents and families overall.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite this gap, the majority of parents say they\u2019re okay with teens using chatbots for schoolwork, with 64% approving it for article and book summaries and 58% approving it for homework help.<\/p>\n

The perils of frictionless education<\/strong><\/p>\n

The research comes amid growing warnings that AI is worsening a learning crisis across the country. A Brookings report titled \u201cA new direction for students in an AI world: Prosper, prepare, protect\u201d deems generative AI the \u201cfast food of education,\u201d providing \u201cfrictionless\u201d outcomes for students and subtracting from much of the learning experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point in its trajectory, the risks of utilizing generative AI in children\u2019s education overshadow its benefits,\u201d the report read.<\/p>\n

The Brookings study laid out a framework for AI adoption for students, complete with\u00a0 suggestions on how schools should prepare teachers how to teach with AI and promote AI literacy among teachers, students, and parents alike.<\/p>\n

Despite a majority of teens using AI for schoolwork, about a quarter are still concerned with the technology\u2019s impact on society, according to the Pew study. \u201cThe most common response was around this concern that people will become over-reliant and lose their creativity and critical thinking skills,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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