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The things parents actually ask.
If yours is not here, ask it at the free session - or message us.
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The approach
- Is this a coding class?
- No. Coding tools change every few months, and AI already writes most routine code. We teach the layer underneath - how to question an answer, frame a problem, judge whether something is any good, and decide when AI should not be used at all. Those skills outlast any tool.
- How is this different from other AI courses for children?
- Most teach children to operate a tool - this prompt, that button, this app. We teach the thinking that decides what to ask for in the first place. A child who can only operate today's tools has to be retrained every time the tools change.
- What does a session actually look like?
- Live, small, and closer to a discussion than a lecture. A problem is put on the table, children argue about it, they try things, and the reasoning gets examined out loud. Some of it involves AI. A fair amount of it deliberately does not.
- Is this just critical thinking with AI attached for marketing?
- It is critical thinking taught in the situation children now actually face - where a confident answer is always one sentence away. That context changes what has to be taught. Recognising a plausible-sounding wrong answer is a specific skill, and it did not need teaching at this scale five years ago.
AI and screens
- Are you teaching children to use ChatGPT?
- We teach them to think before they reach for it. Children will use these tools regardless of what any of us prefer. The question is whether they can tell a good answer from a confident wrong one - and that has to be taught deliberately.
- Will this just mean more screen time?
- It is a fair worry. Sessions are live and discussion-led rather than a child alone with a screen, and much of the work - questioning, planning, arguing a position - happens away from the keyboard. The aim is a child who uses AI deliberately instead of reflexively.
- Isn't AI going to make my child lazier?
- It can, and for a lot of children it already is. That is the reason this exists. Used as an answer machine it removes the struggle that learning depends on; used as a thinking partner it raises the ceiling. The difference is entirely in the habits, and habits are teachable.
- Will my child stop doing their own homework?
- We work on the opposite. A recurring theme is the difference between using AI to get unstuck and using it to skip the work - and why the second one costs you later, in the child's own words rather than ours.
- Do you use AI tools in class?
- Some of the time, with the session led by a teacher rather than by a tool. Plenty of sessions involve no AI at all, because you cannot teach someone to judge an answer if they have never had to produce one themselves.
Your child
- What ages is this for?
- Ten to fourteen. That range is deliberate: old enough to reason about their own thinking, young enough that the habits still form easily.
- My child has never used AI. Is that a problem?
- Not at all, and it is often an advantage. We are teaching thinking, not software. A child who has never touched a chatbot has no habits to unlearn.
- My child is shy and won't speak up. Will they cope?
- Batches are kept small partly for this reason. Quiet children usually do not need to be pushed to talk so much as given a small enough room that talking stops feeling like a performance. Tell us before the first session and we will watch for it.
- My child is older or younger than the range. Can they still join?
- Come to the free parent session and ask. Readiness matters more than the birthday, and we would rather say honestly that a year's wait would serve your child better than take an enrolment that will not work.
- What if my child does not enjoy it?
- Tell us early rather than at the end. Sometimes it is a fit problem and sometimes it is a batch problem, and the second one we can usually fix. For anything to do with fees in that situation, the Refund Policy is the binding answer.
How classes run
- Are classes live or recorded?
- Live. Thinking is taught through back-and-forth - a question asked at the moment a child is confused is most of the value, and a recording cannot do that.
- Are sessions recorded so we can catch up?
- Recording a live class means recording other people's children, which brings consent obligations we take seriously. If your child misses a session, speak to us and we will sort out how they catch up.
- Do you teach in Tamil?
- Sessions are conducted in English, and our team speaks Tamil - so parent conversations, questions and support happen in whichever you are more comfortable with.
- Do parents need to sit in?
- No, and mostly it is better if you do not - children argue more freely without an audience. The free session is the one built for you, and we will tell you what to look for at home afterwards.
- What do we need at home?
- A laptop or tablet with a working camera and microphone, and an internet connection good enough for video. Nothing needs to be bought or installed beyond that.
- Is there homework?
- Small things between sessions, and closer to a challenge than an assignment - notice something, try something, come back with an opinion. The project work builds up across the program.
Fees and refunds
- How much does it cost?
- Fees depend on the program and age group, and we go through them at the end of the free parent session - after you have seen how we teach rather than before. If you would rather know first, message us and we will tell you.
- Is the parent session really free?
- Yes, and there is no obligation attached. The program walkthrough is at the end precisely so you can leave before it if you have what you came for.
- What if we want to stop after starting?
- The Refund Policy sets out the terms and is the binding version - please read it before enrolling rather than relying on a summary here.
Safety and privacy
- Is it safe for my child online?
- Sessions are closed and joined by link, an adult from our team is present throughout, and children are known to us by first name only. We do not run open chat rooms or public forums for students.
- What information do you keep about my child?
- First name and age. That is all. Contact details are yours, not theirs, and we do not ask for a school, an address or a photograph. The Privacy Policy sets this out in full.
- Would you ever publish my child's work or photograph?
- Not without your written consent, recorded against that specific piece of work - and it is enforced in the database, not just promised in a policy. Consent can be withdrawn at any time and the work comes down.
- Do you advertise to children?
- No. Everything on this site is addressed to parents, and behavioural advertising aimed at children is prohibited under the DPDP Act 2023 - we do not do it and our analytics are configured not to.
Still not sure?
Come to the free parent session and ask us directly. We would rather answer a hard question than have you enrol on a hunch.
BrainLIT teaches children aged 10-14, live and online.