Licensed Psychologist . AI Insider . Speaker

Raise kids who harness AI,
not hide from it.

Dr. Kristin Kroll - a licensed child psychologist who has trained AI from the inside - helps parents raise kids who use AI to get smarter and go further, in ways that are developmentally right, psychologically healthy, and built for real achievement.

A child using AI to turn her own drawing into a cartoon
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Is your kid’s AI use healthy — or worth a closer look?

Take the free parent check-in for a quick, private read on where things stand — plus the family AI agreement to keep.

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Why a psychologist is talking about AI

Not a tech evangelist. Not a doomsayer. A clinician who has been under the hood.

Most voices on kids and AI are technologists who learned a little psychology, or educators talking about cheating. Dr. Kroll is the rarer thing: a licensed child psychologist who genuinely understands the technology - because she helped build it.

Rx

Licensed psychologist

Founder of Little Dove Psychology, providing therapy for children, teens, and college students across Texas and PSYPACT states. Her clinical lane is the anxiety underneath the screen.

AI

Trained AI from the inside

Worked as a clinical expert training and evaluating major AI chatbot models - one of the actual humans shaping how these systems respond to the kids who talk to them.

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AI where the stakes are highest

Assisted with Ksana Health's rollout at Children's Wisconsin, using AI to support evidence-based care for youth at elevated risk for suicide.

Telehealth pioneer

Ran virtual group therapy for teens with cystic fibrosis years before COVID - when peers couldn't safely share a room and a screen made connection possible at all.

Signature talks

Field-tested talks for students, parents, and schools.

Research-backed, warm, and refreshingly non-preachy. Every talk leaves the room with simple, repeatable language - not fear.

Your Kid, Their Bot

Parent night

A parent's guide to AI, anxiety, and raising a thinker. Why pulling AI away can backfire, how to stay close enough that your kid will actually tell you, and the two jobs that never change no matter the technology.

For: parents of kids 7-27  .  Length: 60-75 min

Your Brain, Your Bot

Student assembly

Using AI without letting it use you. The difference between AI that makes you smarter and AI that makes you weaker, why the 2am chatbot feels so good, and the gut-checks that keep students in charge.

For: students, by grade band  .  Length: 45-60 min

Also available: staff & educator professional development, and a custom elementary (ages 7-10) parent-led session.

What audiences walk away with

Language families actually keep.

A coherent, clinically grounded toolkit - the kind of phrases parents repeat to each other and kids remember on their own.

Offloading vs. outsourcingThe line between AI that builds the mind and AI that quietly erodes it.
Attempt first, AI secondThe one-sentence rule that works at home and at school.
The hero & the squadSidekick, Mentor, Rival - pick the teammate before you open the app.
Talking vs. growingWhy a bot is built to keep you talking, and a friend is built to keep you growing.
Three gut-check questionsThe self-assessment that respects a teen's autonomy instead of lecturing.
Your two jobs & the containerBoundaries plus understanding - and how to show up when the worst happens.
Ways to work together

From a free fridge-worthy agreement to one-on-one guidance.

Start free, go as deep as you need. Every tier rests on the same thing a generic AI expert can't offer - what AI actually does to a developing brain.

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Family AI Agreement

Free

An age-tiered, fill-in-the-blank agreement for the fridge. The simplest way to set healthy AI rules tonight.

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Coming soon

Raise a Thinker: Parent Program

A self-paced parent education program you move through on your own time - no schedule, no cohort. Practical guidance to raise kids who use AI in developmentally appropriate, psychologically healthy, achievement-building ways.

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1:1 Parent Consultation

$225 / 50 min

One specific situation, solved. Your kid is attached to a chatbot - what do you do? Consultation, not therapy.

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School & Org Talks

Custom

Student assembly, parent night, and staff PD - bookable as a package.

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Free download

The Family AI Agreement.

Three age tiers (5-8, 9-12, 13-17), each with a one-line "why this stage" in brain terms, fill-in blanks for which tools, where, and how long - plus a line for what the grown-ups agree to, too. Print it, sign it, put it on the fridge.

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Who Dr. Kroll serves

Built for the whole community around a kid.

Parents

Stop panicking, stay close to your kid, and learn what's actually healthy - minus the fear and the jargon.

Students

Real respect, not a put-your-phone-away lecture. Tools to use AI so it makes them sharper, and stays out of the places it shouldn't be.

Schools & organizations

A credible, neutral expert your families and staff trust - student assembly, parent night, and staff PD, bookable as a package.

Bring Dr. Kroll to your school or event.

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