For parents
You are the teacher. These are the lessons.
Each lesson is built so a tired adult can run it on a weeknight: a five-minute briefing, a 15–45 minute reading, one practice, one dinner question, and a script for the hard sentence the child will actually say.
How to start this week
- Pick the age group that matches what they are allowed to do, not pride.
- Open Autonomous AI lesson 1: a tool, not a person.
- Stay in the room if they are 5–10. Nearby if they are 11–14.
- Write a house rule after lesson 2. Put it where homework happens.
- Only then consider a Hermes profile — a new one for their age, tools off until you turn one on.
Hard topics
Philosophy lessons do not skip enslavement, plague, Nero, or the Seneca problem. AI lessons do not skip parasocial bonds, cheating, or generated images of children. The briefing names the hard part before the child is in the room. If you are not ready, skip the lesson. Skipping is a complete week.
Mixed ages
Same lesson idea, two practice options, one shared dinner question. Do not use a 5–10 profile with a fourteen-year-old just because they share a table.
When a lesson is ready
A lesson is ready when the reading, the activity, the parent briefing, and what to say at dinner all exist for that age. A PDF by itself is not a full lesson. We will not pretend otherwise.