Have Fun With A.I.
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Did you know that Artificial Intelligence can create fun and engaging stories for your children, help you pick the perfect gift and also design weekly meal plans?
Story writing
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Do your children love stories? ChatGPT can help you create a customized bedtime story. Give the chatbot a detailed prompt that includes your child’s preferred storytelling style, any details you’d like to include and the situation that you want the story to address.
Here is a prompt for a hypothetical child who is terrified of learning to ride a bike. I asked it to involve some familiar characters:
Act as a children’s book writer, mimicking “Teen Titans.” My Kid is terrified of learning to ride a bike. Can the story help him overcome his fears?
The Chatbot created a story the child could connect to. Replace ‘my kid’ with the Childs name and it would be even more personalized.
This would be a great activity to do with your child. Have them create the plot, setting, point of view, characters and conflict or situation and see what the chatbot creates for you. A great way to learn Story Elements and have some fun together!
Choose the perfect gift
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Do you need help with choosing the perfect gift for someone? Try out this A.I. tool: someone’s Instagram profile. Not sure the Instagram name, try out DreamGift. It uses a chatbot to ask you a series of questions about your gift recipient.
meal plan
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Do you struggle with creating a meal plan for yourself and your family? Is it tricky to find meals that accommodate different dietary restrictions? Try out this free AI tool: https://www.buildai.space/app/meal-mate-app. It will help you build a weekly meal plan and give you some example recipes to try.
Another option is asking ChatGPT for a meal plan formatted in a printer-friendly chart that can be stuck on your refrigerator. Here is my prompt:
Act as a private chef. I have a family of four, me and my husband and two children aged 6 and 12. Plan meals for us for five days, including breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner. We like Thai, Italian, and Japanese food. I like chicken and my husband prefers beef. We have no restrictions. Format in a chart.
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Try it out to see what it can create for you!