Setting boundaries for children using AI in AI for Everyone - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Setting Boundaries for Children Using AI

📖 Scenario: You are a parent who wants to use AI tools to help set healthy boundaries for your children when they use digital devices. You want to create a simple plan that lists activities, time limits, and rules to keep your children safe and balanced.

🎯 Goal: Build a clear and organized list of boundaries for children using AI, including activities, allowed time, and rules. This will help parents understand how to set limits with AI support.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a dictionary named activities with specific activities and their descriptions

Add a variable named max_daily_minutes to set a time limit for device use

Use a loop to create a new dictionary boundaries that includes only activities allowed within the time limit

Add a final rule statement in a variable named final_rule summarizing the boundary plan

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Parents and educators can use this simple plan to set clear digital boundaries for children, helping them balance screen time and other activities.

💼 Career

Understanding how to organize rules and limits with simple programming concepts is useful for roles in education technology, child development, and AI-assisted parenting tools.

1

Create the activities dictionary

Create a dictionary called activities with these exact entries: 'Watching Videos': 'Allowed educational videos', 'Playing Games': 'Allowed age-appropriate games', 'Social Media': 'Not allowed for children under 13', 'Homework': 'Must be completed before screen time'.

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# Create the activities dictionary with given entries
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use curly braces to create a dictionary with keys and values as shown.

2

Set the maximum daily screen time

Add a variable called max_daily_minutes and set it to the integer 90 to represent the maximum allowed screen time per day.

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activities = {
    'Watching Videos': 'Allowed educational videos',
    'Playing Games': 'Allowed age-appropriate games',
    'Social Media': 'Not allowed for children under 13',
    'Homework': 'Must be completed before screen time'
}
# Set the max_daily_minutes variable to 90
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Assign the number 90 to the variable max_daily_minutes.

3

Create boundaries dictionary with allowed activities

Use a for loop with variables activity and description to iterate over activities.items(). Create a new dictionary called boundaries that includes only the activities 'Watching Videos' and 'Playing Games' with their descriptions.

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activities = {
    'Watching Videos': 'Allowed educational videos',
    'Playing Games': 'Allowed age-appropriate games',
    'Social Media': 'Not allowed for children under 13',
    'Homework': 'Must be completed before screen time'
}
max_daily_minutes = 90
# Create boundaries dictionary with allowed activities
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a for loop to check each activity and add only the allowed ones to boundaries.

4

Add the final rule summary

Add a variable called final_rule and set it to the string 'Children can use devices for up to 90 minutes daily for watching videos and playing games only.'

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activities = {
    'Watching Videos': 'Allowed educational videos',
    'Playing Games': 'Allowed age-appropriate games',
    'Social Media': 'Not allowed for children under 13',
    'Homework': 'Must be completed before screen time'
}
max_daily_minutes = 90
boundaries = {}
for activity, description in activities.items():
    if activity in ['Watching Videos', 'Playing Games']:
        boundaries[activity] = description
# Add the final_rule variable with the summary string
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Assign the exact summary string to the variable final_rule.