Raising them into the futures parents are imagining.
No question is too wild. Parents share what they imagine for their kids' futures. We listen for the weak signals across cultures so parents can find common ground on what's on their mind.
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What's on your mind about your kid's future? Takes 2 minutes and it is anonymous.
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As Raising Them Into… grows, the goal is to surface what parents are already imagining, and help make it real, instead of adding to the doom and gloom already crowding the internet.
Themes
Interaction to technologies
How does your child actually use AI or tech day to day — not how you picture it, but what you've actually seen? Has any of that surprised you?
Making a living, tomorrow
When you picture the world your kid will need to make a living in, what does that picture look like from where you're sitting right now — what's specific to your place, your economy, your system, about that worry? And what would a good working life look like for them?
Relationship to environment
Is there a version of the future you're actively trying to prepare your kid for, versus one you're trying to protect them from?
Learning and self-development
Do you feel like school is actually keeping pace with the world your kid is growing into — teaching what will matter, not just what's always been taught?
A safe place to grow up
As power shifts between countries and regions — alliances changing, some places feeling more volatile, others more stable — do you think about where in the world is actually a safe, stable place for your kid to grow up and stay? Has that changed where you'd choose to live, or how you think about home?
Looking forward and joy
What are you genuinely excited about for your kid's future — something you're actually looking forward to, not just hoping for?
Curious what other parents are thinking?
Soon you'll be able to see every question gathered from parents across the world.
- "How much screen time is actually okay at age six?"Screen Time
- "What does AI in the classroom really look like this year?"AI in Education
- "How do I talk about climate change without scaring them?"Climate
- "What should I actually know about their favorite app?"Online Safety
Twenty years of helping people think clearly about change. Now aimed closer to home.
Over the last twenty years, my work has taken me across energy policy, sustainability consulting, healthcare products, and financial technology. I hold a PhD grounded in design research and sustainability innovation, and as a researcher, I've helped institutions and communities navigate unmapped contexts and facilitated hard conversations between diverging viewpoints.
What I learned there has stayed with me: people don't need someone to hand them answers. They need a real way to think out loud together, and someone willing to hold the space while they do it.
Dr. Joana Designer & Researcher — more about me
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