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Minds of Tomorrow

Raising AI-Native Kids - A Parent's Playbook for the AI Age


Written by a father of three, retired Navy veteran, and technology leader with more than twenty years of experience managing the systems shaping our digital future. 

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Why This Book Matters

Artificial intelligence is changing how children learn, communicate, create, and make decisions.


Most parenting advice wasn't written for a world where AI can answer every question.


Minds of Tomorrow helps parents prepare their children for the future without losing the values that matter most.

Who This Book Is For?

✓ Parents of children growing up with AI

✓ Families concerned about screen dependency

✓ Educators preparing students for an AI-driven future

✓ Parents who want children with character, resilience, and critical thinking

✓ Families seeking balance between technology and human connection

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What You'll Learn

After reading this book, you will:

Build healthy AI habits at home 

Teach critical thinking in an age of instant answers 

Strengthen creativity and curiosity 

Protect family relationships from digital overload 

Prepare children for careers that don't yet exist 

Raise confident, adaptable, and resilient kids

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Discover why the question isn't whether children will use AI—but whether they'll learn to use it wisely.

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Your kid's future is being written in code. Time to add some humanity to the algorithm.

 

Read Chapter 1 for free and discover why a Tuesday night, when six-year-old Liam asked Alexa about death, changed everything for the Stifflemire family and why it matters for yours.

In just the first chapter, you’ll learn:

  • Why boredom is your child’s hidden superpower. 
  • The 10-minute test that shows if AI is running your household.
  • What parenting looks like when military IT experience meets toddler tantrums.
  • The Ukrainian grandmother’s secret to raising resilient, analog-minded kids.


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Book Description

Minds of Tomorrow: Raising AI-Native Kids—A Parent's Playbook for the AI Age   

 

Your six-year-old asks Alexa about death instead of you. Your ten-year-old's best friend is an AI chatbot. Your teenager uses ChatGPT for homework while you're still figuring out how it works.

Welcome to parenting in the AI age.


Jay Stifflemire brings a perspective few parents can offer. As a father of three, retired U.S. Navy veteran, and technology leader with more than two decades of experience managing complex IT systems, cybersecurity initiatives, cloud transformations, and emerging technologies, he has spent his career watching technology reshape how people live, work, and communicate.


Then he watched it reshape childhood.


The moment Jay realized his young son trusted Siri more than Dad became the catalyst for a question millions of parents are quietly asking:

  • How do we raise capable, confident, and deeply human children when machines can answer almost everything?


Minds of Tomorrow is not a screen-time lecture or a tech-panic manifesto. It is a practical, human-first guide for families navigating a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence.


Drawing from both professional experience and real-life parenting, Jay explores how families can embrace technology without surrendering critical thinking, character, creativity, faith, and human connection.


From managing the iPad meltdown at age four to preparing children for AI-driven careers, Minds of Tomorrow provides practical strategies, honest stories, and actionable tools for raising resilient children in the most technologically transformative period in human history.


No fear. No hype.


Just a practical roadmap for parents who want their children to thrive in an AI-powered world while remaining fully human.

Book Details

  • Formats: Available in Paperback, Hardcover, and eBook 
  • Length: Approx. 250 pages 
  • ISBNs:

             -  Paperback: 979-8-9988940-2-2 

             -  Hardcover: 979-8-9988940-5-3

             -   eBook: 979-8-9988940-8-4 

  •  Publisher: JLS Publishers
  • Category: Trade Nonfiction | Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Society
  • Publication Date: est. Summer 2026
  • Retail Price:  $17.99 paperback, $26.99 hardcover, $9.99 eBook 

Purchase Details

Coming Soon (est. Summer 2026)


The algorithm is already raising our kids. Time to take back control.


Every day you wait, AI improves at capturing your child’s attention and reshaping their values while quietly replacing human connection.


Minds of Tomorrow gives you the tools to take back control, starting tonight at your dinner table.

Inside, you’ll discover:

  • Why ages 1–7 may be your secret weapon against AI dependency
  • The three-word phrase that reshapes how kids see ChatGPT
  • How “weird” becomes your child’s superpower in an AI-driven economy
  • The Friday night test that reveals whether screens own your family
     

Coming soon...

About the Author

Jay Stifflemire

 Father of Three • U.S. Navy Veteran • Technology Leader 


Jay Stifflemire is the author of the Minds of Tomorrow series, a father of three, a U.S. Navy veteran, and a senior technology leader with more than 20 years of experience managing complex IT and AI-driven initiatives.


Drawing on both professional expertise and real-life parenting experience, Jay helps families navigate the opportunities and challenges of raising children in an age of artificial intelligence.


When he's not writing, Jay lives in Texas with his wife and children and continues helping organizations embrace emerging technologies while keeping people at the center of the conversation.

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Professional Recognition

Jay Stifflemire, USN (Ret.)

Founder of JLS Publishers • Author & Publisher 

He was recognized as a 2026 Honored Listee by Marquis Who’s Who—an organization documenting influential professionals and leaders since 1898.  

This recognition reflects Jay’s leadership in independent publishing and his commitment to producing books that help readers grow in confidence, faith, relationships, and a deeper understanding of our rapidly evolving technological world.

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