The Constitutional Right of Parents to Raise Their Children in the Face of Artificial Intelligence, Ideology, and Digital Education: the Metaverse as a new Educational Agent?
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The research subject of this work is prospecting the answer to the question: Does the development of the artificial intelligence, immersive environments and paperless education lead to limitation or modification of the constitutional parental right to direct the upbringing and education of their children consistently with their value system? This study tests the hypothesis stating that, the rapid technological evolution in education formally does not abrogate parental rights regarding education and upbringing of their children in line with their value system, but significantly undermines its actual implementation, what calls for a fresh interpretation of constitutional duties to protect this right by the state and international organizations. In this study the following research methods were applied: a doctrinal legal research (analyzing the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, legal analysis of Statutes and European Union law), functional method (Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment, mainly the parental right to direct the upbringing of their children), comparative legal analysis (constitutional law – EU legislation), and the elements of the axiological analysis. Scope of research: Constitutional law of the Republic of Poland, Statutory law, EU regulations (AI Act), Constitutional Law scholarship and Law and Economics and the literature concerning educational processes in metaverse. The closing conclusion of the work is that the development of artificial intelligence, immersive environments and paperless education does not abrogate or transform parental rights regarding education and upbringing of their children in accordance with their value system. The realization of this right, however, necessitates new parental competencies and the assistance from an ideologically neutral state and international organizations, in particular the European Union.
DOI: 10.32084/tkp.10673
Author: Magdalena Sitek
Language: English
Topic: Polish Law and Legal System
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7167466640