📌 Here’s what you’ll learn in today’s issue:

• Why AI is making textbook knowledge worth less (and what’s worth more)
  

• The real reason college may not prepare kids for tomorrow’s jobs
  

• 4 ways to help your child build judgment in an AI-saturated world
  

• The Wizard of Oz, Spotify, and Walmart all got major AI makeovers

🧠 The Big Idea: When AI Makes Knowledge Free, What’s Still Worth Learning?

It used to be that getting into college, earning a degree, and “knowing your stuff” guaranteed a good future.

Not anymore.

AI just changed the value of knowledge, and if you’re parenting like it’s still the 2010s, your child may be left behind.

A recent essay in The Conversation spells it out clearly: AI is driving the price of knowledge down to zero. 

It can answer questions, summarize texts, solve math problems, and simulate expertise at a moment’s notice. 

Which means the thing you were told to chase—information, credentials, academic accolades—is no longer rare.

And if it’s not rare, it’s not valuable.

That’s a hard truth to swallow.

Especially if you’ve spent the last few decades equating “smart” with “knows a lot.”

But here’s the shift every parent needs to make:

We’re not raising kids to have knowledge. We’re raising them to use it well.

Because AI can deliver facts. But it can’t decide what matters.

It can summarize a debate. But it can’t choose a side based on values.

It can optimize a plan. But it can’t set a vision for what your child wants to build.

In other words, what used to be the goal—learning and recalling facts—is now just step one.

And it’s mostly outsourced.

So, what’s irreplaceable?

• Judgment
  
  

• Original thought
  
  

• Adaptability
  
  

• Values-based decision-making
  
  

• Emotional and social intelligence
  
  

If universities want to stay relevant, we agree they’ll have to shift from delivering content to helping students build wisdom.

And you can start that shift at home, long before college.

Because your child won’t stand out for what they know.

They’ll stand out for what they can do with what they know.

And that’s where your guidance still matters most.

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💬  Future Proof Parent Action Plan

Raise a Child Who Thinks When AI Can Answer

Knowledge is free. Wisdom isn’t. Help your child build the skills that still matter:

• Flip the Homework Conversation
  Don’t ask “Did you finish your math?”
  Ask “How did you think through the problem?” or “What was confusing?”
  This builds metacognition, which is thinking about their thinking.
  

• Praise the Process, Not the Performance
  Celebrate questions, struggle, and creativity. That’s what future employers—and collaborators—will value most.
  

• Create Weekly “Judgment Reps”
  Choose a real-world scenario (like a news headline or moral dilemma) and ask, “What would you do?” Guide the discussion. This helps them practice decision-making under uncertainty.
  

• Reframe College Talk
  Instead of “Where do you want to go?” try “What kind of person do you want to become?” and “What do you want to learn to do, not just know?”
  

Bottom line: AI is making knowledge cheap.

But you’re raising someone who can think, lead, question, and create.

That’s the edge no machine can replicate.

🐝 What’s Buzzing for Mom & Dad Today

Big shifts are happening fast: from AI stepping into the co-parenting role to real concerns about how it's shaping our kids' creativity. Here’s what Future Proof Parents are digging into right now:

🟣 🎥 Oz Reimagined—By AI
The Wizard of Oz is getting a full AI remix for a massive Sphere screening in Las Vegas. New scenes, characters, and visuals—none of them from the original.
👉 See what AI did to a classic →

🛍️ Walmart’s AI “Super Agents” Are Coming for Your Shopping List
Walmart is betting big on autonomous AI to help customers plan events, shop smarter, and even scan your fridge for reorders.
👉 This is how retail will work in 5 years →

🎧 Spotify’s Voice AI Is Getting… Chatty
Forget “Play Taylor Swift.” Spotify is hinting at a future where your playlist app talks with you—offering suggestions and insights like a musical therapist.
👉 Will your kid start chatting with Spotify? →

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