New Delhi, June 26 -- The summer holiday homework ritual for school students might have progressed in the last few years in terms of learning goals, its focus on creativity, and delivery formats, but it's still made up of worksheets, reading lists, and some craft projects. The scramble to finish it too stays the same.

What has changed this year is the role of artificial intelligence in that routine.

This year, on the last day of school before the summer break, my eight‑year‑old's teacher asked the students to not use AI tools for homework. It was said in passing, without a moral lesson or elaborate justification.

But it captured something many parents have been wrestling with as well. Children are growing up in a world wher...