Check the local rule
What does the school allow?
Look at the assignment guidance, course policy or teacher instructions. If the wording is unclear, contact the class teacher before submitting work.
For parents / Homework and authorship
AI can support the work.
It should not replace the learner.
When the rules are unclear, three questions can make a difficult homework conversation more useful.
Keep the child’s thinking visible
What was your child’s own idea?
Ask them to explain the question, choices and changes they made. Younger learners may use AI to explore vocabulary or examples; older learners should be able to show where judgement and revision remained theirs.
Be honest about assistance
What should be acknowledged?
Where school guidance allows AI support, keep a simple note of what it did: brainstorming, checking language, comparing ideas or giving feedback. Support is different from asking a system to write the final answer in the student’s voice.
Support
“Help me plan a paragraph.”
A student asks for possible reasons, chooses one, writes a draft, and asks for feedback. The student can explain the argument and revise it.
Substitution
“Write it so it sounds like me.”
A system produces the finished response and the student submits it without checking the ideas, sources or school rules. The work may look complete while the learning stays hidden.
Start with the assignment, not a general fear of AI. Ask what the teacher wants the student to practise, then choose the smallest form of help that keeps that learning visible.
Read Tim’s writing on authorship and teacher judgement