What You Can Expect to Find Here This page is your dedicated window into your child’s Remain Human value-education period. We update this page as each lesson is taught, so you can follow along.
Here is what you can expect on this page after every lesson:
The Weekly Story Review: A quick recap of the real-world story, role model, or parable your child heard in class (such as Saint Carlo Acutis, digital boundaries, or ethical choices).
The "Big Idea" Insight: The core lesson on human dignity and AI ethics broken down into simple, memorable concepts.
Family Promise Guidance: Practical, warm, and shame-free tips to help you support the take-home slip your child brings back, making screen-free routines smooth and positive at home.
This page is free for any parent to read, whether or not your child’s school uses Remain Human.
Sample lesson for Class 5
Heading: What will you do with it?
Dear Parents, Today in our value-education period, your child heard the true story of Saint Carlo Acutis (1991–2006), an Italian teenager who loved coding and computers. When Carlo saw that hours of video games were making his friends angry and upset, he set a boundary for himself: only one hour of games a week. Later, he used his computer skills to build a website to help people know God’s love.
Through Carlo’s story, we explored two kinds of tools:
A surgeon’s knife can heal or hurt depending on the person holding it.
A hunting spear was built by its maker for only one job. In the same way, some games and apps today are built by their makers to keep us scrolling for hours.
Our big idea: A tool carries two hearts—the heart of the person who makes it, and the heart of the person who uses it. AI is a useful tool, not a monster. When we use it with a good and honest heart, we stay in charge of the tool instead of letting it control us.
Your child brought home a slip with three family promises to choose from this week. At home, warmth and clear boundaries work better than nagging. Here is how to make your chosen promise easy:
If you ticked "One meal together with no phones": Put a small basket by the table. Have the grown-ups put their phones in first with a smile. When children see adults keeping the boundary too, it feels like family time, not a punishment.
If you ticked "One hour of play or talk with no screens": Pick the hour together in advance and let your child choose the game, walk, or topic. A warm "yes" to something fun makes saying "no" to the screen simple.
If you ticked "We will check AI's answers before we believe them": Treat AI like a confident classmate who sometimes guesses. Look up one fact together in a schoolbook or trusted source so your child sees that checking is smart, not fearful.
Remain Human is a Catholic value-education module on AI and ethics for Classes 3–8, inspired by Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas (May 2026), which calls us to "remain profoundly human". Lessons are designed for children of every faith. No screens, no logins, and no children’s personal data are ever collected.