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Early elementary for the older kids and pre-k for the younger who benefited from their sibling trying. They weren't initially good at it, but I learned they would try a lot until they figured it out once they could say "Hey Siri" correctly enough to get any response.

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Ah, mine forgot about it after excitedly trying twice.

Other possible "solutions" I read about that aren't as good as what you're currently doing:

- Keep Hey Siri on, but create custom shortcuts to automatically respond with your preferred admonishment for things you don't want them asking over and over again

- Keep Hey Siri on, but set HomePod volume to 0

(By the way, thanks for mentioning HN Notify in your profile. Had no idea that existed. Now I'm using it.)

I like both of those tips as well! Especially the shortcuts approach. We have a four-year-old who would make the perfect startled expression.

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