Children are represented by a pseudonym profile, not their real name, within the AI-facing parts of the system — Aria never receives a real name or school-identifying detail in prompts or logs (see Privacy Model).
Children authenticate with a simple PIN (school accounts) or a parent-managed profile (family accounts) — deliberately low-friction for young users.
Use the curiosity cards deck as an entry point into topics (family accounts; see Family Features)
Access Social Resilience — a private, voice-first practice space, presented as an ordinary part of the app rather than a labelled programme (see Social Resilience). On family accounts this is on by default for new child profiles (since 11 Aug 2026); on school accounts a teacher must switch it on per student. Either way the control belongs to the adult — a child can neither enable nor disable it for themselves (lib/auth.js:477-479)
Access the Director tab — an AI-literacy space (see Director Tab (AI Literacy)) — off by default on both family and school accounts until an adult enables it
Receive and reply to teacher messages (school accounts) — replies are stored but never forwarded into the Aria conversation (see Teacher Features (School Accounts))
What a Child Cannot Do / What They're Protected From
Cannot have Aria answer from open internet search — unknown topics are held for teacher approval rather than answered speculatively (see Aria — The AI Tutor)
Content Aria produces is designed to stay within safe, age-appropriate boundaries (see Privacy Model for the limits of this guarantee — no automated safety system is presented as 100% reliable, and "How Aria's Answers Are Kept Accurate and Safe" in Aria — The AI Tutor sets out exactly what does and does not check an answer before a child reads it)
A child's own words in a Social Resilience wellbeing flag are not quoted back to a parent or teacher verbatim — flags are generalised (see Social Resilience)
Continuity When Absent From School
For school accounts, a child who is absent can continue engaging from home: two-way teacher messaging continues to function, and worksheets can be delivered by email for short absences. In-app worksheet delivery is noted as a future facility rather than something currently built.
What a Child Should Understand About Privacy (Honesty Principle)
Consistent with the "child privacy is a product rule, not cryptography" principle (see Family Features and Security Architecture), the intended practice is that children are told the truth about what is and isn't private — e.g., that the Social Resilience space is private but not unconditionally confidential, rather than being given a false absolute promise.