A dad I know from the gym ran into this with his daughter — she came home with a math worksheet using a method that looked nothing like how he'd learned the same material decades ago, and he had no idea how to help her without just confusing her further with his own outdated approach.
He started asking an AI chatbot to explain the specific method being taught, in the same style as the worksheet, so he could actually walk his daughter through it the way her teacher wanted rather than teaching her a different method that would just contradict her class.
He's careful to have it explain the method to him first rather than just solve the problems, since the point is being able to help her think through it herself, not hand her finished answers that skip the actual learning.
It's turned homework time from a source of frustration for both of them into something he can actually engage with again, instead of shrugging and saying "that's not how I learned it" and leaving her stuck.
Curriculums change in ways that leave a lot of parents unable to help with material they once knew cold. Getting a quick refresher in the actual method being taught is a small thing that keeps you useful at the kitchen table.
If you want the slow, no-jargon version of all this — the stuff I wish someone had handed me before I fumbled through it myself — that's exactly what I built On Ramp AI for. Check it out here.