MyDD Academy · For parents of kids in grades 6 through 8

Raise a kid who's actually good at AI, not just allowed to use it.

Not full access with zero guidance. Not a ban. The curriculum that sits in between.

AI literacy for grades 6–8, taught in 16-session units: half lessons in how AI actually works, half supervised labs in MyDD Chat. Unit 1: How AI Works is available now for $149.99.

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Grade range
Grades 6–8

Built for middle school. Editions for grades 4–5 and 9–12 are in development.

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Child safety
93.9%

KORA benchmark score. Independently tested, July 2026.

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Built for trust
COPPA compliant. No data sold. Ever.

Stop guessing whether you're doing this right.

There's no real playbook for this yet. Just a false choice: full access with zero guidance, or a ban that only delays the problem.

What you're feeling

You're watching them skip the thinking.

Homework done in 30 seconds. Essays that aren't theirs. You don't have a plan to fix it at home, and you shouldn't have to build one from scratch.

What's missing

There's no real curriculum for this.

Plenty of tools give kids access to AI. Almost nothing teaches them what to actually do with it.

The false choice

Full access or full ban.

One skips the guidance. The other skips the skill. Most families are stuck picking between the two, and neither one teaches.

You're not failing at this. There just hasn't been a real playbook, until now.
Jake, co-founder of MyDD.ai
"As a parent of two young kids myself, I get how overwhelming this feels. You didn't grow up with AI, and now you're the one who's supposed to have the rules figured out for your own kid. You're not behind. There just hasn't been a real playbook yet."
Jake, co-founder of MyDD.ai

Built to earn your respect, not just your click.

  • COPPA compliant by designYour kid's data and interactions are handled to the strictest standard that exists for children's products. Not a marketing line, a commitment.
  • KORA benchmark: 93.9%Independently tested against the leading child safety benchmark for AI products, July 2026.
  • Built by a safety professional who's also a parentMyDD is built by Jake, a data scientist who spent his career in fraud prevention and identity verification, keeping people safe from bad actors online. He teaches data science at Villanova University.

And when you email MyDD, Jake answers. Every Founding Family gets a direct line to the founder and a real say in what gets built next.

How it works

Three steps from "I don't know how to handle this" to "we've got this."

1

Pick a grade, start Unit 1.

Choose 6th, 7th, or 8th. The curriculum meets your kid at their level: never bored, never in over their head.

2

16 sessions, at your pace.

Each unit is sixteen sessions, on whatever schedule works for your family. That's the point of homeschool. Half are lessons in how AI actually works: why chatbots behave the way they do, and how to get the most out of them. The other half are labs your kid runs in MyDD Chat, putting those habits to work on real homework and real questions.

3

Watch the habits build.

Follow along in the parent dashboard. You see exactly what they're doing, and you see them use AI to think, not to skip the thinking.

Want to see it first? Lesson 1 is free. It's the first session of the plan.

Full access, no guidance

Kids use AI to skip the thinking instead of learn through it. No plan, no limits, no teaching.

The mydd.ai curriculum

Half the sessions teach how AI actually works. Half practice it in a supervised lab. Real lessons, real limits, real skill building. Not screen time in disguise.

Full ban

Feels safe today. Leaves your kid guessing when everyone else is already fluent.

Let's address the fear directly.

  • "Isn't this just more screen time?" No. It's a sixteen-session course with an endpoint, not another app angling for your kid's attention. Half the sessions teach how AI works; the other half are supervised labs that put it to use.
  • "What happens to my kid's data?" COPPA compliance isn't a marketing line, it is how MyDD.ai was built from the start. We won't train on or sell your child's data, either.
  • "How is this different from just giving them ChatGPT?" Not unsupervised access. Not a ban. The curriculum in between.
Included with your purchase

The curriculum teaches the habits. The chatbot is where they stick.

MyDD Chat is the chatbot that comes with every curriculum plan. It is where your kid uses what the lessons teach on real homework and real questions, the stuff they would otherwise take straight to ChatGPT.

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Built for their age, not yours.

A 6 to 17 dial. The same hard question gets a different answer for a 10 year old than a 15 year old.

It will not just hand over the answer.

It nudges thinking over copying, the same habit the curriculum teaches, now on real homework.

It will not pretend to be their friend.

It points them to a real person instead of playing therapist, and it is not built to keep them glued to the screen.

Built knowing you will read it.

Visibility is part of how it is built, not something added on after the fact.

MyDD Chat is included with your unit purchase for 12 months.

We built the lessons first because the habits have to be taught before they can be practiced anywhere.

Buy Unit 1 · $149.99

Only want the chatbot on its own? See MyDD Chat →

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What handled looks like

Picture the version of this where it's already handled.

Relieved, not anxious

You don't have to be afraid of leaving your kid alone with AI tools anymore.

A normal Tuesday

Your kid is at the computer doing homework, and you're not standing over their shoulder wondering if the AI is tricking them, if they're leaning on it like a crutch, or if it's just handing over answers.

Tech forward, not tech fearful

You become the parent who figured this out early, not the one still avoiding the conversation.

Six months in

From uncertain gatekeeper, unsure whether to hand your kid the keys or lock AI out entirely,
to confident parent raising a kid who's AI literate.

Progress you can actually see

  • Visible progress as your kid moves through levels and lessons.
  • Early access, first cohort, limited spots, direct emails from Jake as founder.

That's what Founding Family means: the families who join first shape what this becomes.

One less thing to carry alone

  • Less anxiety about what your kid is actually doing on the screen.
  • Time back. No more fighting over AI use, because the rules are already built in.

The pride part

  • Pride in raising a kid who's actually capable with this technology, part of the first generation of parents who got this right.
Why now

AI literacy gaps don't announce themselves.

The risk

Without real guidance, your kid guesses their way through AI or avoids it. Both leave them behind peers who don't have to.

The fix

Start Unit 1 for grades 6 through 8, or try lesson one free, right now.

Start today

Start Unit 1 today. Built for grades 6 through 8.

Not ready to buy? Try lesson one free and get the parent guide first. Every family starts there.

Unit 1: How AI Works

Grades 6–8

16 sessions · MyDD Chat included for 12 months · Parent dashboard · Parent guide

$149.99
Buy Unit 1: How AI Works · $149.99

Purchasing sets up a parent account. See our COPPA notice.

Unit 1: How AI Works (available now) · Unit 2: Where AI Goes Wrong (in development) · Unit 3: Your AI Code (in development). Editions for grades 4–5 and 9–12 are also in development.

Ready when you are

Free lesson 1. Free parent guide. No card, no catch.

Lesson 1 of Unit 1, plus the parent guide.