- Published
- 14 Oct 2026
- Program
- Claude Certified Associate (CCAO-F)
Most people who sign up for an AI course are adults with a work problem to solve. So when a family of three walked into our Claude Certified Associate class, a few heads turned. The son was 11 years old, he had flown in from Sabah, and he was the youngest person in the room by a long way. His mum and dad were sitting right beside him, taking the same course.
Three seats, one class
Nobody in this family was just along for the ride. The son took the course like everyone else, and so did his parents. They spent the same days on the same problems, drawing ideas on paper, arguing over them, and then building with Claude on the laptops.
Getting a whole family across the country for a course is not a small decision. It takes planning and trust. Parents who do it have usually already decided that AI is part of how work and school are going to look, and they want to understand it themselves rather than hand it off to their kids.
Learning alongside their parents
Parents and children don’t often sit in the same classroom and learn the same thing at the same pace. Here they did, and the discussions had three perspectives instead of one. The son brought the fresh questions, and his parents brought the work experience.
Why this matters beyond one course
This family’s story says something about the next generation. Children don’t have to wait until they’re older to learn how AI works, what it gets wrong, and how to use it well. And when parents learn it with them, the conversation at home becomes a shared one.
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