What Kids and Families Think About AI Across the EU

Key Findings

• — 38% of teens use AI every day or most days versus 23% of parents; teen use is led by information search (56%) and schoolwork (48%)
• — Parents overestimate emotional uses: 33% believe personal advice is a main teen use (18% of teens report it) and 20% believe companionship is (5% report it)
• — 8% of parents and 27% of teens are confident that AI companies prioritise safety; 77% of parents support strong laws and over 80% back labelling and accountability measures
• — Country profiles report differences in weekly use and in the parent-teen concern gap across the four countries

Methodology Notes

Parent survey N=557 (Poland 135, Netherlands 135, Spain 147, Denmark 140), online, 2 to 8 April 2026, fieldwork by YouGov, approximate 95% uncertainty interval plus or minus 4.2 percentage points; the report states results are not a population-weighted estimate of Europe as a whole. Teen survey N=539 aged 12 to 17, recruited through their parents. Publication date is the research page date (May 11, 2026). The research page and the 28-page PDF were fetched directly (HTTP 200) and the key findings and methodology pages read.

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