Askie

Askie is an AI companion designed specifically for children aged 4–15 rather than a general chatbot with a child-friendly skin. Children can ask educational questions, talk by voice, create images and generate personalized bedtime stories, while parents get a dashboard and controls around the experience. That split matters: the playful interface gives a child room to explore independently, but the adult-facing layer recognizes that parents need visibility and boundaries before handing an open-ended AI product to a young user. Multi-layer content filters and a COPPA-conscious design are central claims, not secondary settings. The strongest use cases are low-stakes curiosity and guided creativity — explaining a school topic in simpler language, inventing a story around a child's interests or turning a question into a conversation. Parents should still remain involved. AI can produce confident mistakes, content filters are not perfect, and no chatbot should become a child's private source of health, safety or emotional advice. Privacy-conscious families will also want to read the current data-retention and parental-consent terms before adding a profile. Within those boundaries, Askie presents a more considered starting point than giving a child unrestricted access to a general assistant, particularly for families that value voice interaction and visible parental oversight.