About The Series
This blog is part of AI & Our Kids’ Future, a 4-part series exploring how AI is reshaping work, creativity, and education, and how we can raise the next generation to thrive in an AI-driven world.
Thinking Ahead Without Fear
The world our kids are growing into changes faster than a school newsletter update.
How do we guide them when the future keeps rewriting itself every few months?
We’ve already seen how AI is quietly taking jobs (Part 1), and reshaping what it means to create and be human (Part 2). Now comes the tough question for parents like me: how do we help our kids choose subjects for a future none of us can clearly see?
My son’s in Year 5, my daughter in Year 3. They’re not close to picking high school subjects yet, but I can’t help thinking about it already. Maybe it’s the planner in me, or the parent who still has to Google what NAPLAN even stands for.
Back when I was their age, subject choices were simple: English, Math, Science, History—maybe a language or art if you were lucky. The path was clear and mostly fixed.
Today? The options have exploded. The map is redrawn constantly. And half the jobs our kids will do might not even exist yet.
So what do we do?
Stick to the classics?
Dive into coding early?
Lean into creativity and resilience?
Honestly, it’s less about what they choose, and more about why.
I want my kids to build skills that matter beyond exams.
Because when AI can ace the exam, it’s the human subjects that start to matter most.
- 🧠 Critical thinking to navigate a noisy, fast-changing world
- 💛 Empathy to connect deeply in a fragmented society
- 🎨 Creativity to invent new possibilities when old paths disappear
- 🌱 Flexibility to adapt when plans shift overnight
- 🚀 Courage to dream wildly, not just about careers, but about what could be
When the time comes, I’ll look for subjects that nurture these qualities. Maybe science and art. Maybe coding and community service. Maybe literature and robotics.
And if schools won’t let them mix and match? We’ll create space outside school, books, clubs, projects, conversations, to grow the human skills no algorithm can replicate.
Whether it’s a school project, a soccer game, or figuring out why the Wi-Fi keeps dropping during homework, I want them to know how to think, not just how to follow instructions.
Because no matter what bots can do, being human is still the best future-proofing we can give our kids.
💬 Let’s Crowdsource Some Future-Proof Thinking
❓ How are you approaching subject choices for your kids, or even for yourself?
❓ What skills do you think will matter most in the AI era?
Drop your thoughts in the comments or share this with another parent who’s wondering the same thing.
Thanks for reading!
Gill x
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🔗 This blog is part of the “AI & Our Kids’ Future” Series:
💡 Part 1: The Job-Taking Elephant in the Room
When AI doesn’t just change jobs… it replaces them.
🎨 Part 2: When the Art Is Made, But the Artist Is Gone
What happens when creativity becomes prompt-writing?
📚 Part 3: Thinking Ahead Without Fear
Subject choices, shifting paths, and future-proof skills.
💡 Part 4: AI Might Be the Future, But We’re Still Raising the Humans
The skills bots can’t replace, and how we raise leaders to guide AI, not just follow it.
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