Are our kids ready for AI?
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Welcome to issue #027 of Unicorn Parents. Each week, I share practical insights and reflections to help you build a profitable business without missing the magic at home. If you’re serious about winning at work while raising great kids, you’ve come to the right place. This is a community built for ambitious parents who want both.
AI is everywhere.
It shows up in our work.
It shows up in the news.
It even shows up in how we parent.
I use AI tools every day.
I rely on them.
I’m faster because of them.
Which leads me (and most of you) to ask:
What does this mean for our children?
Their careers?
Their livelihood?
Their education?
Their future?
More than 10 years ago, CK Lee (founder of CMS Education) kept repeating something that felt outrageous at the time:
“In the future, college will be unnecessary.”
He was right.
Or at least—he was early.
We now live in a world where:
• Thiel Fellowship skips college entirely
• Tesla hires non–high school grads
• Google hires based on skill, not degrees
• Startups care more about what you can do than what you studied
Something most parents don’t want to hear:
Your child will not win the AI race by outworking the machine.
AI doesn’t get tired.
AI doesn’t procrastinate.
AI doesn’t need coffee.
So what actually gives our kids an edge?
Not memorization.
Not perfect grades.
Not even the multiple C’s (creativity, critical thinking, communication, collaboration…), though those matter.
The real differentiator is something deeper:
Meaning. Purpose. Calling.
If a child’s identity is tied only to their career…
If their worth is defined by productivity…
If their hope is built on outperforming AI…
The future looks depressing.
But if their purpose is rooted in something unshakeable…
in love, in service, in faith…
then the future is not a threat.
It’s an invitation.
AI can automate tasks,
but it cannot automate meaning.
It can optimize,
but it cannot love.
It can solve problems,
but it cannot heal souls.
As parents, our job isn’t to prepare kids to beat AI.
Our job is to prepare kids to be fully human.
Give them purpose.
Give them grounding.
Give them a faith that teaches them why their life matters beyond achievement.
That—not a degree, not a résumé, not a test score—
will carry them through the age of AI.