How to Set Up an AI Tutor for Your Younger Sibling (Earn Tons of Trust)

Khanmigo (free for under-18s, ages 13+ with parent) and Khan Academy Kids (free, ages 2-8) give your younger siblings a safe AI tutor that won't go off the rails. Setting up an account for your sibling — with your parent's email — and walking your parent through how to monitor it is a high-trust win. You demonstrate responsible AI use, your parent sees the upside, and your sibling gets a real tutor for free. This is one of the highest-ROI 20-minute uses of AI in the household.

Some examples

• Khanmigo is free for under-18 students through Khan Academy as of 2024 (after a year of paid pilot) — no upsell, no ads.
• Khan Academy Kids (separate app) is rated 4.8 stars and is built for ages 2-8 — pure offline-style learning, no chat at all.
• Khanmigo has a built-in 'parent dashboard' — set this up WITH your parent so they can spot-check the conversations.
• ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini have stricter under-13 rules — Khanmigo is the first AI tutor specifically designed and approved for kids.

Try it!

This weekend, sit down with your parent and your younger sibling for 20 minutes. Set up a Khan Academy account and try Khanmigo together on a math problem. Show your parent the parent dashboard.