Crafting Tomorrow EU

"𝗜𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲."

That was easily one of the biggest truth-bombs dropped by our Co-Founder Dr. Mehmet Naci Akkøk during our recent chat on the Inside AI podcast. 💥

When tech moves this fast, the natural parental instinct is to hunt for the off-switch. But hitting the panic button won't make AI disappear. It just leaves our kids navigating an AI-driven world without a map.

In this episode, we unpacked what’s actually happening on the ground:

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 "𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗽": Why parents, schools, and big tech are stuck pointing fingers at each other.
• 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀: What happens when a curriculum expires six months after publication?
• 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘃𝘀. 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: Balancing personalized tech with critical thinking.

At Crafting Tomorrow, we know an AI chatbot will never understand the chaotic mystery of getting an 11-year-old to put away their shoes. Tech should support human intuition, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘁. True protection isn’t about hiding devices.

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.

A massive thank you to Susana Zoghbi, PhD for hosting our Co-Founders, Kevin D. Shields and Dr. Mehmet Naci Akkøk, for a conversation that swapped out panic for practical nuance.

👉 Grab your headphones and tune into the full episode here:

https://youtu.be/i3cr6IoAuLU?si=hqlIIC5oeRQO2FqI

🇬🇧 The momentum from UK AI Awareness Day is still going strong! ⚡️

It was amazing to connect with so many families and educators during our live stream. The biggest takeaway? It’s time to drop the tech panic and start building digital confidence.
No judgment,
no impossible rulebooks,
just practical frameworks and structured peace of mind for the modern home.

Missed the event?

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:⬇️

https://parentbites.eu/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social

It’s official: The 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 Blog is live! 🚀 Let’s talk about the digital elephants in the living room.

We built ParentBites because nobody handed us a manual for raising kids in the AI era. To fix that, we are assembling a dream team of completely different voices, backgrounds, and experts to break family life down from every single angle:

• 𝗔𝗜 & 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 – Demystifying what these digital tools actually mean for your kids, minus the confusing developer jargon.

• 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 & 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 – Understanding how young brains handle screen-time, and how to protect focus, critical thinking, and emotional resilience.

• 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 – Navigating the messy daily realities of modern family routines.

To kick things off, meet core team member Pia Shields! She is the warm, wonderfully non-technical voice of our platform, openly navigating daily screen-time peace talks and having one digital "Aha!" moment after another. Pia is right there on the front lines with you, writing about the unfiltered messiness of modern parenting, high-stakes device negotiations, and the beautiful chaos of raising two highly curious, digital-native "tornados" 🌪️ in a world that changes faster than we can keep up. 🌎

Her very first article dives into the hilarious, high-stakes dinner table conversations with her tech-obsessed husband who, by the way, happens to be the technical creator of ParentBites!

Whether you love new tech or are still trying to figure out where "the Cloud" actually lives, there is a seat at this table for you.

👉 Head over to Parentbites.eu to read Pia's first piece:
“𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽! 𝗠𝘆 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱.”

Stay tuned—we have a lot more incredible stories and insights in the pipeline for you!

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Just a little reminder. ‼
Don`t miss out on this one!

Register here for free:
https://aiawarenessday.co.uk/schedule/parents-teachers-on-raising-children-in-the-age-of-ai/

Welcome to the "𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘅"! Where you want to protect your kids from screens, but also don't want them falling behind the robot revolution. 🤖🧘‍♂️

For UK 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆, Kev is hosting a calm, honest, and surprisingly reassuring masterclass for parents and teachers.

What you’ll get:
❌ NO tech-hype or confusing jargon.
❌ NO parental guilt or scare tactics.

✅ Just real, evidence-based insights from recent European studies on what kids are actually doing with AI, alongside a simple framework and 4 practical habits you can start implementing this week.

You don't need technical fluency for this one. You just need to show up. Let's figure out the balance together. 🕊️

🔗 Hit the link in our bio to claim your free spot!

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻. 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺. ❤️

What an incredible experience. The first Crafting Tomorrow workshop is officially in the books—the first of hopefully many more to come.

I’ve always valued the beauty of an international, remote setup. I am a professional „Work From Home“ enthusiast. I love the freedom of working from anywhere and the pure luxury of attending high-level meetings in the comfort of my own home (usually with a secret pair of pyjama bottoms just out of camera range). No commute, no fighting for a spot on public transport, and definitely no listening to 40 different people in an open-plan office trying to decide what’s for lunch. But this week taught me something vital:

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 „𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰.“✨

The progress we made during this in-person gathering simply wouldn’t have happened over a stable internet connection. You can’t replicate the breakthrough ideas that happen when you’re:

 • Squashed around one table trying to solve the world’s problems.

 • Bonding over a mutual addiction to chocolate and „just one more“ coffee.

 • Brainstorming during a casual lunch chat where the best ideas usually start with a napkin.

There is no digital substitute for 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 🤝

I am deeply grateful for this team of impressive, brilliant, and—as it turns out—very real human beings. I’m learning from every single one of you and growing „richer“ every day.

Remote work gives us the freedom, but these moments give us the fuel. Together, we really can make it. 🌍✨

🚀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 "𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲" 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲!

Is it just us, or does navigating the current technological landscape feel like trying to read a paper map in a hurricane?🌪️🗺️

At Crafting Tomorrow, we don’t want you just to survive the "Storms of Change", we want you to enjoy the ride! Join our experts next week at the Global Online Safety Conference as they share the blueprint for thriving in uncertainty.

🎙️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗣:

⚡ 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗬𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱, 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱?
👤 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗲𝗵𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝗰𝗶 𝗔𝗸𝗸ø𝗸 (𝗖𝗘𝗢)
📅 Tuesday, March 10 | 3:30 PM CET

🤝 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗗𝗼 𝗜𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲
👤 𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 (𝗖𝗣𝗢 & 𝗩𝗣)
📅 Wednesday, March 11 | 1:00 PM GMT

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻?
Beyond the visionary insights and empowering tools, we promise a touch of humor. Because if we can’t laugh at the pace of change, we’ll all just be dizzy! 😵‍💫

Let’s craft the future of education, together. 🌍❤️

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄: www.shieldthefuture.com (Link in comments 🔗)