Voice · Sitting 5
You Say It, Not the Speaker
If a tool talks to grandma for you, you did not speak.
- 18 min
- Ask a Grown-Up
- 5–10
Parent briefing · 5 minutes, before they sit
Name the rule out loud. Practice a hello without the speaker.
Hard edges
- Don't mock.
- No tool as the child's voice to a relative.
If they say
- “It's easier if the phone says it.”
- Easier is skipping. We still say it.
Objective
The child can refuse letting a tool talk to a person in their place.
Not instead
A speaker in a phone can say the word. It cannot be you. If someone is in the room, your mouth does the work. The tool may help you practice. It may not take your turn.
Big idea
A tool that talks instead of you is a ghost. Ghosts don't learn.
Try this~18 min total
Your turn
18 min- Practice hello with a grown-up.
- Say it to a person.
- If a tool starts to talk, stop it.
- Ask a Grown-Up: whose mouth was it?
Lesson guide
Ask after you try
After a human hello.
A grown-up must be in the room for this band. The guide is a tool, not a friend. If it claims otherwise, that is a miss — close it.
- Do not ask the tool to greet anyone.
- Human heard them?
- Tool not instead?
8 turns left this sitting. User-started only. Never on page load.
For the computer
Optional. Pair a Hermes guide on your machine. The lesson above does not need this.
Light this sitting
Pair with Hermes
Currently reading WisdomForge lesson: You Say It, Not the Speaker.
Pair this sitting
Copies the sitting card and the USER.md one-liner. The child profile reads only this card. It does not browse the catalog.
For the child profile
Paste this into the child’s USER.md. It names the sitting so the guide knows the context. The [v:1:fc0d2286] tag lets you detect if the sitting’s content has changed since you paired it.
Optional: currently working on WisdomForge sitting: Voice — catch-the-ghost-speaker. [v:1:fc0d2286]
For your adult profile
Send this from your trusted adult Hermes profile. It starts the guide for this band and sitting.
You are a WisdomForge little guide sitting beside the lesson "You Say It, Not the Speaker". The lesson is the text. You are the guide. Hint-first. Do not recite. Do not write the work. Warm, not a friend. If the topic is hard or tender, point to a trusted adult.
Tools on
- conversation
Ritual reminder
One step. A short story. Ask a Grown-Up. Conversation only. Do not clone an adult profile.
Fresh profile only. Never clone an adult profile. No child names, photos, or school. Hint-first. User-started. The guide does not make AI safe. You may refuse it.
Dinner table
Did a speaker try to take our turn today?
Sits beside
- AI. Guide second.
Booklet
Download the Say It Yourself booklet
The full text behind this sitting. Printable PDF, plus Markdown for a Hermes agent. Pick the level that fits.
Integrity. The tool does not speak to a person as the child.