Helen is a strategist and writer exploring how AI intersects childhood, adulthood and older age.
AI and growing older
Jun 26, 2026
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6 min read
A conversation with Dr Kamilah Khatib, who is building an AI that reminds older adults who they are, not one they cannot live without.
Jun 16, 2026
10 min read
One of the assumptions we make about dementia is that support begins with a diagnosis. What if that's the wrong way round?
May 18, 2026
9 min read
The products in this edition work because they feel real. That is also exactly what worries those who developed the technology that underpins them.
May 12, 2026
7 min read
The AI that learns your routine, catches your fall and never asks your parent to do a thing.
May 7, 2026
The technology everyone is trying to keep away from teenagers is being quietly built for your parents.
AI and growing up
Apr 21, 2026
5 min read
EdTech is moving fast in classrooms. Most parents have not been told what happens to their child’s work once it is uploaded.
Apr 10, 2026
8 min read
From age gates to algorithms, how data used to protect children’s privacy could shape the systems they grow up in.
Apr 1, 2026
From Alexa to AI toys, simple interactions are becoming pattern-building. That matters.
Mar 17, 2026
The practical edition. Phone out of the bedroom, the homework question, and what to ask your child’s school.
Mar 14, 2026
What’s actually happening at night? The AI childhood ladder. And one conversation worth having this week.
Mar 13, 2026
Three data points. One shift nobody is talking about. And a question for parents that's more urgent than you think.
Field Notes
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Mar 5, 2026
Three days. 30,000 attendees. Hundreds of AI demonstrations. Students?
The SETI Framework, Systems thinking for AI integration
4 min read
Are we misusing AI in response to loneliness and misunderstanding what learning is?
Implementation opportunities and risks inside a fragile system.
AI writes for you, so Kahn Academy built a tool to teach humans to write.
When ‘saved’ hours quietly become new expectations.
Everyone is building without blueprints.
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Early signals from education AI’s moment of acceleration.
Mar 4, 2026
2 min read
What OpenAI’s absence from BETT reveals about where power, policy and education AI are heading
