2026人工智能时代：青少年与家庭群体对人工智能的看法调查

2026 Generation AI:What Kids and Families Think About AI Credits Authors: Celinda Lake, Cate Gormley, Alysia Snell, Izzy Vinyard, Lina Tate, Matthew Gillett (Lake Research Partners)Kristen Soltis Anderson, Eleanor O'Neil (Echelon Insights) Designers: Mina Cheong, Chris Arth Copy Editor: Christopher Dare Communications and Marketing:Christian Medina Beltz, Kirsten Cahill, Lisa Cohen, Edda Collins Coleman, ErikaRadhansson, Brian Ray, and Owen Stidman Suggested citation: Lake, C., Gormley, C., Snell, A., Vinyard, I., Tate, L., Gillett, M., Anderson, K. S., O'Neil, E., Mann, S., & Robb, M. B.(2026).Generation AI: What kids and families think about AI. Common Sense Media. Letter from Our Founder Just a few years after it burst onto the scene, AI is everywhere. It sits in our pockets and on our desks. It follows us into classrooms. It's there every time we search forsomething online. It's the most powerful technology of our time, and our kids will inherit the world that We asked kids age 12 to 17 and parents how they feel about AI, how they think it will affect theirfutures, and whether they think it's safe for kids. Their answers were eye-opening. Families rightfully see AI as a powerful force that will reshape life as we know it, and they're split on itspromise versus its peril. Kids are using AI more than their parents realize, especially for learning, andparents are worried about responsible use and the long-term impact of AI on their kids' livelihoods. Still, there are areas where parents and kids see eye to eye. They share serious concerns about AIdependence, with the majority of families agreeing that by the time today's kids are grown up, people Beyond their concerns about the future, families have questions about AI's implications for their kidsright now.Overwhelming majorities of families worry about AI misusing personal data. That's why it's nosurprise that families across the political spectrum want, need, and deserve strong guardrails, clear The question is not whether AI will change childhood. It's whether we'll have the courage to make surethat change is safe, fair, and worthy of the trust our kids place in us. It's always been our mission at Common Sense Media to protect and prepare families in the digital age.AI is our greatest challenge yet, but our resolve has never been stronger. Jim SteyerFounder and CEO Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming the economy, culture, and everyday life in the United States,including for American families. How we work, learn, and relate to one another may all be changed dramatically in To better understand parents' and youths' experiences with and reactions to AI, Lake Research Partners andEchelon Insights conducted two surveys on behalf of Common Sense Media in late 2025—one among parents ofchildren of any age, and another among kids and teens age 12 to 17—examining how they feel about AI today, how Parents overwhelmingly see AI as unavoidable and transformative, and believe it will change life as dramaticallyas the internet or electricity. In their view, AI is ushering in a new era: onefilled with promise, risk, and urgentquestions about how best to protect and support the next generation. While parents and kids and teens express a mix of optimism and pessimism about AI, they broadly share concernsabout overreliance on AI, how AI could affect future job opportunities, and the safety and data privacy of minorswho use AI. The majority also agree on the need for stronger requirements for AI companies and AI-generated Key Findings 1.Parents as well as kids and teens believe AI is coming to transform our world in a big The adoption and expansion of AI in our lives, work, and education is a huge undercurrent for American families.AI is unquestionably seen as a part of the future, and fully 65% of parents think AI will change life as dramaticallyas the internet and electricity, ushering in a whole new era of human life. But kids and teenagers can be muchmore optimistic about the impact of AI than parents. While kids and teens think AI will help society in the shortterm (56% say it will help) and the long term (57%), parents are split between AI helping or hurting in the shortterm (46% help, 45% hurt) and the long term (45% help, 43% hurt). Notably, views among parents differ 2.Seven in 10 parents and 6 in 10 kids and teens believe today's youth will be unable to Even as they embrace AI's potential, families harbor concerns about overreliance. A majority of both parents(71%) and kids and teens (60%) agree that by the time today's kids and teens are adults, people will be sodependent on AI they won't be able to function without it. Parents as well as kids and teens share the concernthat kids and teens need to learn to think critically for themselves without the support of AI tools: 83% of parents 3.More than half (57%) of parents of children under 18 think AI will make it harder fortheir children tofind jobs, comp