Gen Alpha Is Actually Hopeless..

[@vexyno]

“All kids deserve parents, not all parents deserve kids” tale as old as time.

[@robincasey1700]

Song as old as rhyme

[@FlightAndTrack]

Fax

[@Wolfie54545]

Not this again.

[@WiseDuck-eh3eb]

Not this again.

[@Julian-ns3it]

Not this again.

[@ryanartward]

I saw a kid at a coffee shop with a gaming laptop, and his dad was there on his own. I thought kinda the same interpretation...until I saw what the mid was doing on his laptop, the little kiddo was 3D MODELING! And holy cow, it was impressive. Turned out when i asked the dad was a 3D artist for some mobile games, and his kid kinda got interested in the field too, so he and his son go the coffee shop sometimes to relax and creat 3D Renders. That kid already has a future in game design.

[@kingofhearts3185]

Plus that sort of creative outlet can be stimulating for a kid, and let them explore their creativity. Especially since it's a bonding experience with his dad.

[@blindbookworm8019]

That story is very positive, but most kids are not doing that. They are focused on TikTok and think that they can be an influencer and don’t need an education.

[@alwaysdtf2197]

Finally some good coming of this

[@Funky-dude681]

finally im actually proud of my generation

[@plumetheum7017]

That's actually pretty neat. Kid's using it to actually learn rather than inhaling an infinite stream of garbage.

[@radandpaisley]

It's crazy how accurate these people are while being entirely insufferable

[@SMCwasTaken]

Race has nothing to do with this

[@EggSaladSammich]

@@SMCwasTaken where he say anything about race?

[@SMCwasTaken]

@@EggSaladSammich what my smooth brain read "While" as White lol

[@budgetking2591]

too much ipad screentime, lol.@@SMCwasTaken

[@xdavidseral24x]

​@@SMCwasTakenlmao wtf😂

[@SuperGhum]

I love when parents are like, “You don’t have kids so you don’t know what it’s like!” Please, I don’t know how to fly a helicopter either, but if I saw one stuck in a tree, I know the pilot screwed up.

[@jordanphilipperris]

Yeah (Unless if it was out of said pilots control). Always going on about how the younger generations are worse has been going on probably since the beginning of recorded history. With our technology, it does kind of change the game though. From the research I have done, teachers quitting is at an all time high, and a lot of it had to do with how notably more kids are these days. Shorter tempers acting like teens without boundaries, hitting, cussing, swearing/etc at the teachers, having low attention spans for stuff they don't like. I mean, there are thing that need to be pointed out for sure. You have sites that have vidz which are teaching kids to be rude with crazy pranks and who knows what else and this content is deemed as acceptable, yet for us adults we are treated like kids, being put in an internet time-out (As some put it), usually for no apparent reason other then saying something harmless (An an objective, reasonable manner) for something you believe in that gets someone offended (It can be hard to have an opinion when conversations are more easily looked upon as attacks these days). These sites are so backwards. Adults are being treated like kids because a fair number of parents, babysitters/etc are like, oh hey, here's an easy fix, lets just get the upset kid/s to be glued to the very thing that is causing these problems, even though we know this is the case... In some cases it is understandable, but if you have someone who's job it is (Homemaker, babysitters/etc) to look after the kids, then this is on them. Now, with that being said, I can cut slack to babysitters if they have kids that have been raised badly... Joe Frost (Super Nanny) needs to be taught in parenting courses around the world...

[@jordanphilipperris]

@@SillygirlyMegan Going on about how perfect their kids are as they display enough of the same behaviours towards the teachers that their kid/s did...

[@ravenID429]

And like...were there no parents before iPads?

[@jordanphilipperris]

@@ravenID429 I remember when I was a kid (Mid 80s - early 92), you had some older people who shook their heads when there were little kids who thought that food grew in grocery stores and though "those kids" were not being raised right with all their new fangled gadgets😂

[@Stigma536]

@@SillygirlyMegan i got a stroke trying to read this

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

As a Gen Z my parents were very smart and raised me right (limiting internet access and making sure I was being educated) and I feel extremely disappointed in my fellow generation who are becoming parents.

[@amandapanda5087]

I feel the same way. My parents were careful, making sure I wasn't given unrestricted access to the internet whenever I used the family computer, and I grew up with books, puzzles and word searches instead of technology. I didn't even get a phone until I was ten; when I did it was a slider phone while my friends & classmates were getting iPhones. I hated it then, but now I'm glad for it. I wasn't just handed a smartphone or tablet, I was taught I wouldn't just be given something bc it was new and popular. I got my first smartphone when I was 15-16, and was smart enough to know to be careful. Right now I don't think I'm going to want kids, but if I ever do I'll raise them the way my parents raised me.

[@Milqushake]

I am a younger gen z and my parents got me an iPad for Christmas when I turned 6. But they didn’t just let me have normal KZbin they gave me KZbin kids. And I would often get bored of it and do actual stuff like drawing or playing outside. They didn’t allow me to even look at youtube until age 11 after 5th grade ended. And I got a phone at 12 when middle school started. I’m glad they raised me this way because I used to be very squeamish and would not be able to deal with the amount of click bait KZbin videos you see on this site. Every day I question why parents allow their 8 yearolds to be on KZbin and have like iPhone 13’s.

[@giftapfel]

I got unrestricted access from the age of 4, was on my pc all day every day as much as I possibly could be til the age of 20.

[@I-Stole-Your-Toast700]

I think unlimited Internet Access helped me lol becuz I was busy searching up scientific stuff instead of like cocomelon or smth.

[@MsfsMaverick]

see this is you raise your child right to be well behaved and disciplined

[@Houte]

I have a friend who works in substance abuse and they are having to come up with a curriculum for kids addicted to their devices. To be clear, my friend works primarily with adults on meth and cocaine. The fact that he was approached and asked to help come up with this curriculum is wild to me. Yes, the parents are to blame, but once the addiction is settled and the problem isn’t addressed for YEARS, it is the child who has to deal with the withdrawal. Kids are literally exhibiting the same withdrawal symptoms as grown ass adults trying to get off of meth!

[@StochasticUniverse]

Internet addiction isn't new. Therapists have been dealing with it since the early 2000s and even the late '90s, during the dialup era, when the internet first became popularized. The difference now is that it's just more prevalent than it used to be.

[@HazbinCovenWitch]

I'm 23 and I have this problem for entirely different reason. I see my devices as a security blanket/crutch. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@mackenziebullied4900]

@@StochasticUniverse The thing is, back in the 90s you had to sit at the computer to use the internet, it was an activity that you would eventually have to walk away from to eat, go to the bathroom, stretch a little, and go to sleep, now that people have smartphones, it's way worse because you can piss and shit while on reddit and fall asleep with phone still in hand, and they're weren't predatory algorithms pushing brain mush to you that isn't nesesarilly what you want to watch, but it's what you WILL watch, Seriously, scroll youtube shorts or instagram reels for an hour and tell me what you remember

[@Sniperboy5551]

Internet addiction has been around for like 3 decades now, you shouldn’t be surprised. Internet “withdrawal” pales in comparison to drug withdrawal. Those kids are lucky, it could be much worse for them.

[@Jesei1211]

@@Sniperboy5551No parent is going to give kids drugs

[@hoobamcdooba29]

A rule my mom has always said to me once I got old enough to know: “Don’t have kids unless you’re ready to do so”. It’s a shame, not everyone deserves to be a parent and children just need good parents.

[@BM_100]

Does she say that to the Muslims and Mexicans who pop out 4-10 kids too ? Or does she only say that to white people

[@H.A.S.Z.S]

Your mom is a W 🔥👏

[@Roz-90]

Good on her! I'm so glad I knew from a young age I didn't want to be a parent. 33 now, and no regrets about remaining childless.

[@sebastianaltamirano4991]

my mom told me something similar, little did she know my DNA will not go onto the next generation

[@GatitaCooks]

More like, don't screw around because you end up pregnant. Basic biology haha I think most people who are 16/stupid and pregnant prolly dropped out of school before they took that class 😅

[@duckzilla6897]

Im a childrens therapist that mostly works with school counselors to help with kids with behavioral plans and IEPs. The main concern i have is how FAST all the content is. All videos are short, rapid, with high energy. Its shaping their processesing speed which makes it difficult to go through boring or monotonous tasks like reading textbooks, listening to lectures, chores, work, ect. Theres no immediate gratification if any gratification like they are used too so theres nothing keeping them invested. Social skills are a main struggle as well since most of their influences come from clickbait and questionable material that they have way too easy of access to. Then again, my experiences are no where near baseline or the norm as the majority of my case load were severe neglect and abuse cases.

[@terabyte994]

for me i just mindlessly do these stuff with all the memes and stuff playing in my head

[@Kerruo]

Public schools are horrible these days. Your child is guaranteed to get influenced by kids like this and it won't matter how well you raised them.

[@StochasticUniverse]

Could be worse. The teen pregnancy rate has fallen through the floor compared to the '90s. Trust me, kids in prior generations got into even worse situations. (You could argue that a big chunk of the kids coming up now lack the social skills to even be able to navigate the social environment to be able to have sex, and this carries over to adulthood, leading to an ever-declining birthrate, which is a whole other problem. But, for what it's worth, at least the teen pregnancy rate isn't a crisis anymore, and that's not nothing.)

[@terminatorlover9757]

@@StochasticUniverseisn’t that a good ish thing

[@Sniperboy5551]

@terminatorlover9757 Low teen pregnancy is great, but not having proper social skills is awful.

[@User-rm2uv]

Your exactly right @Kerruo, kids will be kids. They will socialize with fellow gremlins regardless of what you teach. That's why its best to teach them to think for themselves as soon as possible. Teach the importance of internet hygiene and how to find fact from fiction. Its probably one of the hardest things to teach, since learning free/critical thinking skills varies person to person. But it is the duty of the parents to try no matter how hard it is.

[@NintendoMeister2260]

I've stay uninfluenced as a kid stuck in Gen Alpha. Sure it's made me unpopular among other kids but it beats having a negative IQ and a ego the size of Jupiter.

[@cherryhazard8002]

My boyfriend and I are Gen Z, we have essentially talked about giving limited access to the Internet to our future kids, essentially us always checking what they watch on a device. We both grew up with unrestricted Internet access, and we honestly shouldn't have. The effects it had on me was lack of imagination, lack of interest, I also had no personality, didn't know how to do a lot of tasks and I thought doing certain things were okay even though they weren't when I was on middle school/high school. These kids are gonna have similar problems to mine if their parents don't step up and actually parent, because you are just gonna raise a generation that doesn't know what they're doing and think the outside world isn't as good as the Internet world. I see it with the kids I see in public and with the toddler of 2 family friends. I'd honestly say it's not a good path to be in and that we need to value teaching kids discipline instead of lying to them and saying they are the center of the world and can do what they want.

[@StormerKiing]

Yea as Gen z we know what’s on the internet, what’s dangerous and what’s not. Us as parents are going to be important to the next generation because we can guide and protect our kids as they begin to explore the internet and digital world.

[@ArctecGemini]

Listening to the older folks say how this is the powers that be slowly overtime destroying the family unit I gotta say they have a point because about 80% of problems today can be solved with strong families and the overlords know this

[@Battalionchief_lynn]

Me and my girlfriend have been negotiating this as well, we cant just give them a tablet and leave them in the living room all day and watch them wash their lives away, no we are gonna restrict screen time, we are going to teach them what's right from wrong, and we are going to spend a shit load of time with our children as much as possible because we cant have them just mindless, greedy, disrespectful or just flat out a disgrace.

[@LeHyperTech]

Idk but those effects are genuinely a skill issue. I personally learned how to do the funny irl and how to be charismatic

[@SpookySammy]

Gen Z, you're hilarious. Good luck when it comes to having kids.

[@BargainChad]

The problem was/is the parents dont want to spend their freetime with their kids. Give ghem a screen and they raise themselves... Right?

[@Pecktor-Wyatt-56]

Just like how Pegasus said in an earlier video, it’s basically a coin flip, because you never know what kind of stuff your kid(s) will be seeing on the internet. I’m one of the later Gen Z people and I am so happy I wasn’t allowed on social media until I was eleven years old. I actually think that that was too early. If my name seems familiar to you and you(‘ve) play(ed) the game A Hat in Time, you’ll probably understand what I’m talking about. Also note: I am not over the age of sixteen and my English isn’t the best, so I’d understand if you think that I’m just spitting nonsense or something. I just wanted to say stuff. :P

[@nickwang5237]

Exactly! There’s one dad I saw in the food court, and his kid is playing on some trash mobile game with Scp characters you see on KZbin ads. And he’s totally fine with it. I’m a gen alpha myself but at least I know that’s not proper parenting

[@mirrorofwisdom4584]

​@@Pecktor-Wyatt-56 it being a coin flip is so true, I'm in late HS and I literally breezed through all the previous grades by just having good grades in a one or two subjects.

[@StochasticUniverse]

None of this is new, for what it's worth. I was born in 1982 and parents used to plunk their kids down in front of TVs for hours a day to use as a free babysitter. The difference between then and now is the duration of screen time and also the availability of illicit content. In the old days, it was considered really excessive if your young children watched more than 3 hours of TV per day. Today, it's easy to blow way past that without even realizing it. I was in elementary school in the late '80s and early '90s and the school participated in a nationwide campaign called "TV turn off week" where kids were encouraged to try not to watch TV at all for a whole week. Even back then, the government and social mavens were concerned that screen time was becoming excessive. They would've fallen over dead from shock if they could've looked into a crystal ball and glimpsed KZbin back then, haha.

[@StochasticUniverse]

@@Pecktor-Wyatt-56I'm a native speaker and can attest that your English is fully fluent, so you're selling yourself short, in that regard. :)

[@Mogoodboy21]

1:30 agreed. My little sister got her phone taken away at the dinner table and she started screaming tried climbed on the and screaming and threw food at me and started crying because she hasn’t experienced anything like it before I fear for my generation

[@jtteope1178]

jesus, even one of my siblings uses a tablet every now and then and they dont do that kinda shit

[@109AN]

@@jtteope1178That’s because the op’s parents have not made the choice to limit the kids use. I’d be mad too if someone just took my stuff outside of the norm. Give them ipad time not just the ipad.

[@lucky6961]

that only happens because the kid always eat with the phone, and the parents bend when their kid refuses to eat

[@SurnaturalM]

* Sorry for the mistakes, english isn't my language* So, your parents failed her. It's not her fault. Kids don't know better. But parents should have a certain control on what their kids are watching and how much and how much time they watch. I certainly don't blame the youngsters for this situation. I'm 51, my kids are millennials, the internet became popular when they were young, and they were limited to an hour per day on the computer, and there was some control of what they were allowed to watch. Obviously, even when I was a kid myself, there were parents who let the TV raise their kids, and I had kids of my age who repeated lines from some TV show over and over because they watched the TV all day long. That was in the 70s and 80s. We didn't call it "brainrot" at the time because the word didn't exist, but it was exactly this. It's not the generation Alpha that's bad, it's not their fault if some of them have lazy parents. I'm confident that the youngsters will grow out of this eventually and, hopefully, be better parents.

[@Evening451]

As an “ipad kid”, wont say my age , the younger kids in gen alpha terrify me. The fact that if i had just been born a few year later and i couldve turned out like that. My mom let me use her ipad when i was 4-6 for like an hour a day but never at the dinner table in a fucking restaurant. I would actually watch shows on TV instead of watching youtube on the TV like my younger siblings. My mom was also very protective and was monitoring everything i watched and the games i played, and i really appreciate her for that. I didnt get my first phone until i was 11, and it was a phone that only allowed me to text call and take photos. No games or youtube. I didnt get an ipad until christmas when i was 12. And i had very limited access, like 2 hours a day. Now i think my parents just kinda gave up because my youngest sister (6) already has an ipad with unrestricted access and my other sister (10) also has an ipad

[@jaroj1112]

You’re gen z. Gen z ended in 2012

[@basicwis.]

@@jaroj1112I thought Z ended in 2010?

[@ecl1pse78]

@@basicwis. As a very late gen z 2010-2012 should be considered has gen z for this reason like most gen zers grew up in the 2010 and 2010-2012 kids were like 6 7 8 in like 2016-2018 and 2010-2012 grew up with fidget spinners beyblades and the bottle flip and 2014-rn grew up with pop it’s ipads skibidi toilet big change and 2013 kids should be “Zalphas” just a combination of both.

[@basicwis.]

@@ecl1pse78 ohh. thanks 😁

[@freeRobux1827]

i wish i have a iPad, my trashy ahh tablet is so small then ipads, i just like ipads bc of the big screen, and if i did have an ipad, i would probaly just play games instead

[@DragonRebelRose]

I remember the difference I saw between two sets of kids from different families that I used to babysit back in the day. One set of kids had married parents that really paid attention to them and loved them. The other set of kids had divorced parents that couldn't care less about them and were always trying pass them off to the other parent so they didn't have to deal with them. The loved and cared for kids were sweet and kind, responsive, rarely got into arguments or fights with each other, and were very imaginative and creative. They would think up fun scenarios to play and reenact, they wanted to play outside or make art, etc. I rarely had to discipline them or put them in timeout. Really well adjusted kids. The neglected kids were rude, hyperactive, distracted, non-responsive, never wanted to play outside or go to the pool during summer, only wanted to stay inside and play minecraft. When I tried to get them to be more active and not stare at a screen all day they would scream and flop around and refuse to do anything else but play minecraft. They would fight constantly with each other and with me. I had to discipline these kids constantly, and they were never responsive to it no matter how hard I tried to get them to understand that they had done something bad. I had a headache at the end of each day and knew that no matter how much positive influence I tried to give them that their parents were the ones giving the most influence, and all of it bad. Both sets of kids are grown up now. The kids from the loving family are smart and successful in school and sports. The kids from the neglectful family have had trouble in school and are fading from society. The ipads are just a symptom of a much bigger problem and that problem is parents don't care for or love their children anymore. They see them as nuisances that need to be kept distracted so as not to bother the parents. If you don't like spending time with your kids you have no one to blame but yourself for how they turned out. They are a reflection of you. If you want to see something better, you must put in the effort.

[@ryomaanime4563]

that's it

[@shevchenkovaleria9525]

You are right. But I was neglected as a child and this comment makes me feel really anxious about my future :( (even though I try my best to be a better person)

[@DragonRebelRose]

@@shevchenkovaleria9525 The good thing is that you realized you *were* neglected and not totally ignorant of the situation. I think if you try your best to be a good person you'll be all right. Look towards good role models in your life, friends who are a good influence on you. Don't worry or be anxious about the future. Take things as they come along, and not before their time. You can try relaxing in nature to help ease tension or anxiety. This has always helped me and always makes me feel better. I wish you luck with everything, I think you'll do great!

[@ryomaanime4563]

@@shevchenkovaleria9525 In my opinion the biggest thing about neglected child is the need of recognition. They (we) want to be seen and validated because parents didn't do it enough But you don't have to undervalue yourself. You're not lesser than anyone else. A Real human that deserve just as much as everyone else. There a lot of way to do it, but i think that's the most important. I missed most things in my life because i undervalued myself like crazy. That's THE thing to avoid. You are like everyone else, neither perfect or worse. A human that have every right to exist. You're parents might have neglected you for various reason but you're not responsible, nothing is fundamentally wrong within you. Well, that's my struggle, maybe yours is somewhere else. Good luck anyway

[@itskitty808]

I had grown ass adults, one of then being an ex boyfriend of mine, tell me that kids are NOT reflections of their parents and that each child is their own person. What a load of crap. Kids are still finding themselves and forming their identities, beliefs, and personalties while being influenced and nurtured by the adults around them. Then again, they were never stable

[@lizzie589]

My 3 year old son is Gen Alpha, and my step daughter (8)My husband kept saying he wanted to get him a tablet, I kept saying no but eventually giving in, so I let him use his sister's. It for less then a month and it was like taking crack away from a crackhead. Thank God he broke it by accident, and you best believe I'm not getting him another one any time soon. Even when he had it, he was only aloud to play educational games, or watch educational shows, for just 15 minutes at a time to help with potty training, and even then the tablet was causing behavioral issues. He's better now. Even my step daughter can't use her phone right now cause that's all she wants to do. As a parent my advice is it's better not to give them one in the long run, and you are the parent... they can't have that in the first place without an adult giving it to them 🤷🏽‍♀️ And I'm technically a Gen z parent... It's not that hard it's just common sense

[@ineedsleep3937]

i aint readin allat

[@nyafu_uwu]

@@ineedsleep3937ah an ipad kid who cant read i see

[@epicviolence123]

@@ineedsleep3937 low attention span

[@Oxygen1004]

@@ineedsleep3937Blud isn't willing to read a paragraph, It's an interesting read ngl.

[@Zimbobroke]

@@ineedsleep3937blud was literally given an ipad at 3 years old and has a destroyed attention span

[@samplautz5586]

I am so proud of my niece who is Gen alpha. She’s super well behaved and is a stark contrast to the kids around her. Sure, she still plays Roblox and has a tablet, but her parents limit her screen time. Plus she loves being outside, and it’s often us that she’s trying to drag outside rather than us trying get her to go outside. She also loves reading. Just read all the Harry Potter books and is now on a new book series Update: She’s 14 books into that new book series after only 3 months

[@miyukisamui3408]

Impressive, same happened as my sister

[@ravenID429]

Make sure her parents know about the Roblox chat - idk if there's any like safety setting to disable it completely

[@WitherHuggy]

I am gen Alpha and I can tell you something. I know how to read and I love reading. It’s probably my favourite part of school lunch. We do 10 minutes of reading I get very invested in my books right now. I’m reading one about worms.

[@thedragonfox6699]

​@@ravenID429 it's all hashtags anyways so don't worry

[@zuzu6864]

My ex's little cousin is Gen alpha. She's okay behaved, and we would visit them at their house and both her and her brother were in their phones all the time. A little 7 year old had her own phone. When we were at my ex's house, that kid didn't even touch a device because she had people around her she could talk to. Meanwhile my neighbours kids are the typical Gen alpha kids.

[@Dmgkisapika112]

My niece, when she was maybe in kindergarten, had a worksheet teaching about needs and wants. Like, they had to sort this list of things like food, toys, housing, clothes, etc. it genuinely broke her when we told her technology like her tablet and cellphone (she was born in 2014) were only wants and she can survive without them. This sent her into an existential tailspin that only worsened when I told her I didn’t get a cellphone until I was 16 and my mom had left service in the army and came home before she got a pda. We still had a rotary phone when I was a kid (will be 30 next month). Technology has ruined the current generation and I genuinely don’t believe she would know what to do without technology

[@hatetheantichrist]

Your siblings fault for raising them like that

[@Dmgkisapika112]

@@hatetheantichrist I agree, but for some reason the school taught them how to text in preschool. None of them could spell yet. When we would watch her, doing homework was a nightmare, especially language arts. She’s still addicted to technology but we try to find things to do when babysitting that don’t involve screens

[@JdkdkGhghjg]

Born in 2014 and already have a smartphone like damm bro did you even try to go outside first

[@Dmgkisapika112]

@@JdkdkGhghjgshe has probably watched everything on Disney+ and may have spent half her tuition on mobile games. Found out Saturday she hasn’t covered basic history, science, or geography. 5th grade is middle school here and that’s where she’s going in the fall

[@mushroomsrcool1449]

Ngl, I'm 16 and I personally say I'm a bit addicted. While, yes, I think I could survive without technology, I'm learning more about jobs, taxes, stuff that ACTUALLY matters irl ... personally, I think I'd struggle ALOT, but if I were chucked out on the streets I believe I'd be able to atleast get a job (somewhere simple, local McDonald's maybe, everyone starts somewhere) and possibly find a place to sleep (as in either a friend's house, or ask that friend in getting to my local college, since college could probably help alot with finding a place I would be able to live in with affordable pricing) ... but holy crap, I'm both curious and partially concerned about all this stuff. ... I don't really see it much at my college, however.

[@Magzie]

A gen-z parent here (i’m gen-z, my kids are gen-a) and i’ve been seeing this everywhere. I went to a childcare place when i had to do something else and i saw people in the actual place (went there for the first time, never ever again will go) and there were literal 2-3 year olds with tablets and ipads there. I also work at a resturant and i’ve been seeing people, usually young parents not caring about their kids being absolute idiots and losing their temper, breaking plates glasses and not caring at all. I hope the gen-z parents will take the tablets away and just have them to use their imagination.

[@Shillabritish]

Tablets/ipads shouldn't be allowed in those kinds of places. The child care employees should either confiscate the devices or force the parents to take them away.

[@Magzie]

@@Shillabritish true, i never went there again as it was just.. Well originally i was gonna get my daughter there for 30 minutes since i needed to shop groceries and it was right across the street and i knew people who frequented, but it was just horrible so i took her with me to the groceries. I went there back after shopping groceries because i forgot my jacket in there and it was just terrible when they went to eat and the kids cried because they couldn’t be on their tablets on the food table.

[@deleena4841]

​@@Magzie Hey, what's a gen alpha? Ik from bommers to genz, but this is new.

[@QUBIQUBED]

@@deleena4841 chidlren of gen z are gen alpha

[@Magzie]

@@deleena4841 gen alpha is people born in late 2009 to now.

[@_ksm0922]

I've been seeing a lot of older Gen Z/Young Millenials online screaming about how content creators and celebrities need to 'watch their behavior' online because they have young audience members in Gen Alpha, and how it's a bad influence on these kids blah blah blah. I've been seeing this a lot with kpop, saying 'oh these adult idols need to stop acting so provocatively when kids watch them' etc... when Kpop itself is known for being an overly sexualized industry and always has been this way. Same with artists like Megan the Stallion, Doja Cat, Lil Nas X etc -- people are mad at these artists for putting out 'adult themed' content when these young kids are on the internet and can easily access it, especially with so many of their songs going viral on apps like Tik Tok. Like I'm sorry.... where the fuck are the actual parents? Why aren't their parents monitoring the content these kids are consuming? Why aren't they keeping an eye on what celebrities their children are following? Why are we putting faith in complete strangers to alter their careers and content just so these kids don't see things they shouldn't see?

[@kl41256-p]

These “parents” shouldn’t even have a kid if they act like brain dead morons.

[@SavageKiku]

Literally, content creators should not have to be parents to their young audience; they didn't sign up to have literal toddlers freely watching them

[@hatetheantichrist]

Violence.

[@subplzorideleteurchannel7193]

My parents were oblivious enough to listen to Third Eye Blind and 311 around me in preschool and didn’t act like that once I found out what the songs really meant

[@CyrusShameliOfficial]

Sigh, the title doesn't lie and I feel like crying everyday seeing the state of how the generations are progressively becoming more and more hopeless.

[@arvher]

In my grandpa's funeral there were some kids just playing on their iPads/tablets the whole time and it wasn't even silenced. You can literally hear the videos and games they were playing, I was pissed and grieving at the same time.

[@ColinInAsweater]

What the... hell? Why were their parents letting them have iPads at a funeral in the first place????

[@arvher]

@@ColinInAsweater They wouldn't be quiet without their iPads/tablets, even then it's still wasn't quiet

[@laurenelizabeth2505]

That is so beyond wrong , I am "speechless" online. Holy sh!t.@@arvher

[@Anime_theatre_lover]

When I was in NYC this weekend for my bday there was this guy who didn’t silence his cellphone when me and my family were trying to watch a broadway show (Moulin rouge to be exact) And it started ringing during the beginning of act 2 and it really aggravated my family. I’m still shocked that The actors were able to keep going and not get distracted during that

[@edgysnarfbrownie5778]

I feel like a funeral is the one situation where giving your kid an iPad is a good idea. If they just kept the iPads on silent that is.

[@ravenstales6457]

Lemme say this much: I grew up on a farm and was generally starved for screentime and general stimulation. I understand the appeal of screens as a kid, and I can also understand (but absolutely do not condone) why parents choose to just go hands off on thier kids. Kids need stimulation, but they also need instruction and guidance from a parent.

[@StochasticUniverse]

In fairness and in full historical context, the laissez faire style of parenting used to involve playing outside "until the street lights came on" for the Boomers and Gen-Xers raised in the suburbs. This changed in the late '90s with the coming of "stranger danger" and the exaggerated fears of parents that their kids were going to be kidnapped or otherwise come to a bad end, which played heavily in the mainstream media throughout that time -- missing children whose faces were printed on milk cartons, etc. It filled parents' minds with the idea that society was a dangerous place that they had to shelter their kids from. That's what started the downward spiral and strange paradox of parents keeping their kids under lock and key but also not wanting to have to interact with them constantly, so screens filled the void. Then, the internet made the scene, and that was the last nail in the coffin.

[@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn]

I was molested

[@Funky-dude681]

i hate being in gen alpha

[@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn]

@@Funky-dude681 I’d be learning important self reliance skills with haste if I were you. The world is about to get pretty nuts

[@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn]

@@StochasticUniverse I let my kids free range in the backyard. Just check them for ticks at the end of the day and I’ve earned my good dad sticker for the day

[@serendipity0xx]

Honestly I completely agree, and the sad part is that literally nowhere is safe anymore. My little sister has gone through so much and she's only 14.. the amount of times she's been used and abused (sa and more) by other kids her own age throughout the years is genuinely mindboggling. Small children who shouldn't even know what sex is yet taking advantage of their classmates in such a way, and then the older ones that do and are FULLY AWARE that it's horrible but do it anyway.. like what the actual fuck?

[@Corilo91]

About sexuality, a LOT of kids start consuming pornography before even being 11... This is horrible.

[@Rickroll_Enjoyer]

​@@Corilo91Been there i controled by it on the start but good thing I have managed to control it today.

[@Corilo91]

@@Rickroll_Enjoyer Glad to hear that you are free, brother.

[@HavianEla]

@@Corilo91When I was 5, I was SA’d by my 9 year old friend who had being introduced to hardcore porn. Pornography never should be allowed into the hands of children, fucking EVER. I’ll GLADLY fight anyone who says otherwise. We would have kids become sexual predators if children’s childhood innocence was protected with the fierceness it deserves.

[@redline1916]

@@HavianEla It's actually really fucked up that the current US administration would call you a "maga fascist" for saying that.

[@SeaskiCyclone]

I FELT THAT MAN, he said "if I brought my kids to a restaurant in public and see kids with an Ipad I'm gonna scream" my mom and dad wouldn't let me bring my phone into the place, if it entered the building I wasn't allowed to touch it, we even had a phone jailcell XD

[@the_kombinator]

I see parents at parks, rec centres, soccer practice BURIED in their phones - like, your kid is only gonna be 5 once, FFS ENJOY IT!

[@poogissploogis]

The balcony kid story was insane to me! I was once hanging out with my brother in law's family with my husband at a crowded farmer's market, and their toddler started to wander off. My instincts IMMEDIATELY kicked in and I pounced on him before he could disappear into the crowd. He's not even my child and I couldn't bear the thought of him getting out of my sight! How a parent could just let their own child wander off like that and for that long is just unfathomable to me.

[@cherryhazard8002]

The fact that the girl that was an "Ipad Kid" has a lot of people that can relate to her just says a lot about parenting styles and Internet exposure these past years. Parents were more focused on themselves rather than their kids, and with the Gen Alpha generation it shows too. I think it was also a lack of true understanding of what could be on the Internet for some parents, but still.

[@The_Tcat]

Yeah, like the kids at my school are so glued thier phone one girl legit broke down crying when teacher took it away

[@Theguywithturkishrizz]

⁠one time my teacher said that he can’t use it after school hemy friend Jace cried dead hard like he’s literally addicted to the phone

[@ashleyparker2668]

I have iPad kids, not in public, but definitely at home. Thanks to these videos, I have made some changes including limiting screen time. Keep posting. Most of us care enough about our kids to make the changes needed to protect our babies. ❤❤❤

[@kingofhearts3185]

Glad to see people turning it around. How's it going so far?

[@nero.blackstar]

Hats off to you! There's a huge decline in literacy in younger generations. There's games online that can teach kids math and English. I know Math Prodigy can help with math, as well as Success Maker for math as well. For English, I'm not too sure on any specific websites. Technology can help us, yet it can easily harm us. Good work on taking care of your kids!

[@catassassin6015]

Mad respect for the active parenting.

[@Chaos-mb-4]

Well maybe you should see if theres anything that they shouldnt know like sexual content anything with bad words maybe that was why you can start using router and you can see what has been intoxicating those kids

[@crystal_adumbasfjackal1903]

Younger Gen Z(15) here i ACTUALLY GOT BORED OF MY PHONE, to the point where i asked my mom that can i do the groceries because i was bored of using my phone

[@autocorrectly764]

one time I was watching KZbin shorts and thought “What am I doing in my life?”

[@SuicideSeason4545]

There are times I also get bored of my phone and so I just go outside and mess around with my cats in the back porch. Enjoy your teens while they last, I’m at the homestretch of mine and I would be lying if I said I didn’t wish they lasted just a bit longer lol 😅

[@EnderSand2486]

wow same (but my laptop)

[@EnderSand2486]

@@SuicideSeason4545 nice

[@Idostuff-official]

Every time I get bored I’ll ask everyone in my household if there are any tasks I can help with

[@saintsheepy6682]

I never had any iPads as a kid, thankfully, and if I ever misbehaved (I actually was quite a little 💩as a kid sometimes) I'd lose privileges to use said devices or even TV. More parents should be doing stuff like that. I'm Gen Y, and if I ever get married and have any children (but to be honest, with the way society is, it may not happen and I might end up just living a monastic-style life), there is no way I'm ever letting them have access to iPads or the Internet until they're like maybe late teens, and instead I'm going to raise them on actually reading books, playing board games, etc. and TikTok will be banned in my house. Besides, raising little children/toddlers on iPads, besides making you irresponsible and stupid, is only teaching them to just stare at a screen all day, something no kid needs to do.

[@Starlight_Cloudy-xm7pk]

I'm a late Gen Alpha and early gen Z , and I completely agree.

[@Bleachisthegreatestanime]

Agreed,absolute respect.

[@TheWanderer_2077]

Same. My some of my acquaintances were iPad kids. That was one of the best things my parents did for me.

[@s_e-LBR]

Banning tiktok is based imo, your kids will probably kill themselves doing one of those dumbass challenges on that hellhole if it werent for it to be banned

[@saintsheepy6682]

@@s_e-LBR And not to mention, it's a Chinese spyware app anyways. I wouldn't even do those whole "family vlog" videos either.

[@ivyisbraindead]

As a fellow “iPad kid”, me as a 13 yr old. I am dismayed at how most gen alpha children are poorly behaved, lack of communication and lack of education to even READ A BOOK (maybe). I promise you that this may be the majority but if you see the minority, we don’t have such behaviour ( at times ). I also apologise for the majority of these kind of children. From “iPad kid”

[@xvcreed]

shut up lil bro

[@subspacesub2248]

As another "Ipad kid", I agree with this. Quite honestly every day I fear what the world will look like when my kids are growing up..

[@PrismX.]

Absolute damn legend, you are the best of the generation.

[@UnstableYT-u7k]

What’s the generation after alpha?

[@pylotheric9777]

The only ipad kid that hadn't downloaded tiktok (idk)

[@HyperactiveToaster]

I went to the renaissance festival in Louisiana this year in November, I went in full character. I get not wanting to go in as full character, but while there - I saw a kid so glued to his iPad he actually tripped someone as they came out of the pub. the parent demanded an apology from the one that tripped, and the kid started crying the moment this dad took his iPad. color me wrong, but I thought the point of going to a festival was to you know, ENJOY THE FESTIVAL. not have your kid so glued to the screen they don't see anything else.

[@Xx_D4RK_K1N_xX]

I get using an iPad as like a way to pass time when stuffs slow, but getting glued to it??

[@StochasticUniverse]

Sounds like going to the festival probably wasn't the kids' idea, in which case it's hard to blame him for trying to escape the tedium.

[@Heckstar_123]

stil, he should be enjoying it as a learning experiance, it isnt that boring, i had one at my school, we made candles and other fun activites, so im sure it wasnt THAT boring.@@StochasticUniverse

[@The_Tcat]

I have similar story but reading a book and accidently tripped someone in my defense I come back from dentist and was a bit loopy from gas but the dude did almost eat concrete for lunch.

[@subplzorideleteurchannel7193]

Oh nah if you’re from where I’m from they had to build more cell towers because irresponsible rich parents were complaining about their kids’ iPads buffering and them crying in the car. On the bright side the cell service here has gotten better because of it, but my point still stands.

[@Eusong]

In general what she said about if you don't want your parents to know, don't do it is reasonable. Obviously there's exceptions to everything, but it's a good thought process to have for those who have decent (non-abusive) parents. I had my own exception growing up because I really enjoyed horror and my mom couldn't stand it- she was fine with me watching horror movies and reading horror stories as long as I didn't let her see the content. But it's very easy to understand an exception like that while keeping with the general rule.

[@MagicPeache]

I completely agree, my six year old cousin always says things like “I’m gonna kill you”, “I hate bitches like you”, and “skibbidy toilet” all the time. And frankly, I want to tell his parents to teach him properly, but I can’t because it’s ‘immature’ of me.

[@anunimportantaccount]

tell them that they're being immature parents by giving their child unlimited screen time and access to the internet at *six years old* and if they want their kid to turn out ok restrict their access to the internet

[@nortonmaxxing]

i didn’t even know the concept of swear words when i was six

[@serily4524]

how is it "immature" to tell someone that what they are doing is wrong?, age doesn't make you invulnerable from being called out for ur wrongdoings

People nowadays have a really weak ego, and anything that you say it is considered rude. Well, I guess we should become rude​@@serily4524

[@collegemaster5683]

@@serily4524 "Age doesn't make you invulnerable from being called out for ur wrongdoings." Obviously you've never talked to an "old school" parent. Because Old School Parenting 101: "Child correcting mistake parent made" = "Disrespectful little shit".

[@revgurley]

I'm a wedding and marriage minister (non-denominational) who does premarital counseling to couples who request it. Been doing this part time for 30 years, full time for 15 years. I have noticed that couples have totally different ideas of what "marriage" is than the generations before them. Being able to share and trust isn't as ingrained - which you should, if you're marrying someone. I do my best to prepare Millennials and GenZ for a lifetime with their chosen partner. I only hope it helps, in some small way. When I was in my 20s, I wanted to change the world. As a GenX, middle-aged lady, I want to help a few couples have happy marriages that they can pass on to their children, long after I'm gone.

[@westphalianstallion4293]

Talk with younger people about love and they stare at you with blank eyes. Telling them that loving is a about active caring for someone, not about recieving. MinMaxing, trying to get most gain with minimal effort, doesnt lead to good relaionships, but this is the strategy most people have when it comes intimacy.

[@subplzorideleteurchannel7193]

The percentage of kids raised by single mothers has skyrocketed in recent years. I think that’s what’s corrupting these kids and that you should keep doing what you’re doing.

[@serily4524]

changing the world is something you should always strive for

[@felfan]

I was born in 2007, so technically i don't count as gen-alpha (i think), but i had a tablet as a kid. Personally, i wouldn't say the tablets are the problem, what matters is how much and for what purposes you let your kid use it. My parents allowed me to use it for a few hours a day and they carefully controlled what was I doing with it. Honestly, i think this is the best way there is to it. Ipad could be a great way to educate your child if you use it properly.

[@CozyBunni]

gen alpha starts at 2013 you aren't even close to being gen alpha

[@vibrantgleam]

@@CozyBunni Agreed but we're one of the younger sides of Gen Z.

[@CozyBunni]

2007 is mid leaning late 2008-2012 is late@@vibrantgleam

[@excalibro8365]

When people say iPad kids, they aren't talking about kids who are allowed to use iPads, they are talking about kids who are being parented by iPads because their parents are too lazy to do the parenting themselves. I'm gen Z who started to access the internet regularly since my early teen days, and I've seen a lot of things on the internet being the adventurous little rascal that I was. I know that the internet is a great tool if used properly, but I've experienced first hand how much the it can fuck up your life. This is why iPad kids are ticking time bombs, because they started the internet from a much more early age, and without any supervision from the parents, they'd end up much worse than the current mental-illness ridden gen Z.

[@RePeLSTeeLTJe--]

I completely agree, i'm from '97 myself (my fucking god i'm already 26) and i grew up in the time where the 'play outside till the lights come on' started to fade because of stranger danger phenomena that started taking off. As a result i usually ended up playing outside with some shit i found on the street until i went inside to play GTA San Andreas on the PC later in the day. I never ended up carjacking people or stabbing hookers after banging them, because as funny as it was, my parents taught me damn well that CJ isn't a proper role model. The thing is though, what i am noticing a lot of the street the last few years, are the parents not paying attention to the kids at all. Parents strolling with a buggy while scrolling tiktok, not paying a second of attention to their kid instead of showing them the world and just talk to them. I pads, our old living room PC, it are merely tools for entertainment, i surfed the web a ton back then and learned a LOT. within limits there isn't much that can go wrong about that, just make sure they don't read 4chan or some diaper fetish site. it's the lack of guidance and no proper attention that is messing up the kids.

[@lmin6207]

This, as a parent myself, this is all so very true. And it’s even inappropriate topics snuck into kids shows that are not meant for kids to see or know about. You may be waiting to talk to your child about a topic until they’re older n has the capacity to understand better, but questions are gonna pop up from them that u aren’t ready to discuss with them yet.

[@Lionheartsmh]

As a late gen z I hate it. My younger siblings watch the weirdest stuff WITHOUT HEADPHONES. Like I use my phone a lot. But I still do other things, I play a instrument, I paint etc

[@Shillabritish]

Why the STALIN do people not use headphones nowadays? If someone can't afford bluetooth headphones they can get a dongle for good ol' headphones

[@QUBIQUBED]

@@Shillabritish well I'm a little hearing sensitive and headphones make me feel bad

[@Lionheartsmh]

@@BucksOfficialYt same. I use my Xbox and computer alot

[@Lionheartsmh]

@@Shillabritish yes. He has 3 pairs of headphones LIKE JUST USE THEM

[@SomeMercenary228]

@@Shillabritish My headphones have this thing where they randomly just become loud for like 3 or 2 seconds and it really hurts my ears. I have a reason to rely on my speakers while playing something

[@bec1482]

Reminds me of the time I went out walking the dog and no joke I saw an entire family walking around the park just glued to their phones, even the youngest kid who was like about 5 years old had a phone. They were just completely absorbed and rarely looked up. It was kinda weird actually, like they were hypnotised or something. Why bother going out for a walk if you not even going to look up from your phones and appreciate what's around you, just stay at home.

[@amandapanda5087]

And the parents weren't even watching their kids? I don't care if they're not moving around, a parent should be attentive to their children. Especially out in public places. The phone thing, for both parents and kids, is also very concerning.

[@bec1482]

@@amandapanda5087 They were all walking togethor in a group so it wasn't like the kids were seperated from the parent but the mum was completely glued to her phone too so I doubt she was paying proper attention to what was going on around her. If the youngest wandered away from the group I don't think she would have noticed to be honest. But it's not just kids glued to their phones, there a fair few adults too. There's this one older woman who we see walking around and shes always on her phone... like always.....you never see her without. Like you see her in the shop and shes on the phone whilst shopping, she never ever puts it down, shes still staring at it when her shopping is being scanned and when she's paying. It's really strange, it's obvious she has some sort of addiction. At one point whilst in the shop, my mum was curious what she was actually doing on her phone and so when she walked past the woman, she had a quick glance and I kid you not... this woman was playing some candy crush type game. 🤦Just unbelievable.

[@vibrantgleam]

@@bec1482 Society is becoming awfully dystopian.

[@The_Tcat]

Tbh that's like me with a book I have walked into to many l walls

[@bec1482]

@@The_Tcat I can be a bit like that constantly bumping into things. 🤣But I think with phones or anything really, it’s all about moderation. Nothing wrong with being on your phone when out and about but when it becomes an addiction and can't put it down, like that family I saw, then it’s a bit of a problem. It’s kinda sad especially when little kids are involved.

[@xdgg4433]

I got my first mobile phone with 16 and was the first in my family to own a smart device and the current media fcked my brain up anyway. I never ever used TikTok once, the only "social media" I ever used were Discord, Instagram and KZbin. The worst media seems to be these shorts on youtube, reels on insta and everything that bleeds from TikTok to other Social Media, pure brain rot I don't even understand these videos...

[@CreeperTheLord]

And somehow the CEO of TikTok thinks it sparks good and will fight the US government for it

[@H31ntz-s7r]

What's "with 16"?

[@CreeperTheLord]

@@H31ntz-s7r idk

[@michaelbriggs3787]

@xdgg4433 I agree that stuff is just full on nonsense and brainrot🤦‍♂️

[@CreeperTheLord]

@@michaelbriggs3787 tiktok definitely sparks good

[@Tim-xy5wv]

When I was small,I was still watching KZbin shorts,but when I grew older,I found that KZbin or iPad are just too addictive for me,so I decided to reduce watching KZbin shorts and iPad,and I started to do more exercise,train my basketball skills,solving maths(what I like) and also doing push-up everyday.I started to encourage my friends to stay less to the iPad,do more training,don’t be a fat boy but I failed.They aren’t listen to me and they think life is watching ‘sigma males’ and skidibi toilet on KZbin,and they said I am weird.

[@idk_5681]

I’m in middle school and when I was helping my brother with homework, he couldn’t tell me the problem of a short story. Or the lesson. Like at that point I didn’t know how to help him if he can’t even tell me these simple things. I tell him the problem he can’t repeat what I said. Our generation is screwed

[@unfreakedjamin]

Cool

[@mermaidmomma3696]

That's really cool you tutor your sibling. Don't get discouraged. They'll eventually start to learn from your example.

[@alt-888]

My brother is an iPad kid, and it's absolutely awful. I'm near the cusp of Gen Z & Gen Alpha, but I am Gen Z, and my brother is Gen Alpha. He hardly knows what to do without an iPad, and he cries and screams when he has to put it down for school or dinner. It's awful. Also, my friend was recently talking to an anonymous number. They aren't very mature because some of their mental issues, which is completely okay, but they were being groomed by this person. Their parents recently found out about it before it was too late, but that's just awful. The internet is just full of creeps.

[@266art]

Ok not getting used to school is horrible it should be like a better than expected first day then just some run then it's extremely normal. Also if he doesn't even know what to do then what happens if you tell him to play soccer outside or something

[@alt-888]

@@266art We tell him to play soccer, and sometimes he does, and sometimes he plays with his friends, but he's still SO addicted to the iPad.

[@Chaos-mb-4]

Listen or just read 😂 some of us gen alphas are just being addicted to it and some of us like me just hate our slander

[@CoppersmithOD]

Imagine grass being so foreign you call it “green space” 😂

[@bajanxdua3622]

Remember that not all iPad kids is gen alpha

[@subplzorideleteurchannel7193]

Well, true iPad kids (as in screens from fucking birth) truly started with Gen Alpha.

[@manymore6588]

​@subplzorideleteurchannel7193 a tv is a screen from birth, I well definitely saw a tv from birth, there was probably a tv at the hospital

[@ravend7257]

I’m at the eldest Gen Z year and I’ve heard peers my whole like talking about being “raised by screens” in reference to television. Yes, the addictiveness of the apps are a factor, but the other factor is people who never really wanted kid having them and then ignoring them

[@creatrixZBD]

That’s not particular to any one generation. It’s been a factor at least since the 60s. People been letting their kids bring themselves up for multiple generations, it’s been a compounding problem for ages. Each generation starts differentiating themselves from the upcoming one, pretty much in the same ways lol

[@ThreeRobloxians]

this exactly! i am one of the youngest gen z (2011), and i did really get hooked on tv and screens, but my parents make sure to get me off of them and socialize with me. this is why i dont really consider myself an ipad kid, regardless of being on screens frequently

[@Nono-wg4wt]

My sister is an iPad kid, she's the worst kid I've ever had the misfortune of meeting.

[@iprofessional2654]

same... i feel u

[@winstonchurchill9467]

I had 2 cousins who were iPad kids and they were always visiting our house talking about squid game they were like 7 and 5

[@Cassmo46]

Have you talked to her parents??

[@Nono-wg4wt]

@@Cassmo46 Our parents literally don't care, they'd rather stay on their phones than actually interact with their own kids.

[@tekashimaahshiha647]

same my sister is 10 and barely reads, when I was her age I could read more than her not as much, but more than what she could do

[@immortaliron2475]

My mom laid a rule down for me and my brothers when I was a kid. No video games during the week, and no internet access outside of school. All my friends had iPads, I had a kindle, the cheap ereader you get for grandpa. I hated this rule as a kid, I thought she was too strict especially compared to my friends who were practically unrestricted. Looking back, I couldn’t be happier that she did that

[@avgperson6551]

That seems to be a story, you hated a rule as a child, but as you get older with the capacity to understand you appreciated it and/or grateful for the rules and restrictions

[@Urek968]

I think no video games or internet access during the week is definitely too strict. Moderation is key. There is nothing wrong with 30 min to an hour of gaming on a week day if you have time. Games can help you develop skills even if they aren't advertised as educational.

[@CutiePatutie_SmookiePookieBear]

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[@Juzokinnie]

I think it's a bit strict but I totally agree that there absolutely needs to be restrictions. Parents need to monitor what their kids watch and make sure their kids aren't on devices 24/7. And under a certain age I feel like it's just not a good idea for kids to have phones or certain devices.

[@antviper135]

Yea thats what my parents did up until I got into high school. In high school I played for about 2-3 hours after I did my homework. But also went to office hours (go to teacher's class to do homework/ask for help), and I did Track. So I wasn't THAT busy, but I had some stuff to do besides going straight home after school.

[@ShayleeYT]

The worst decision my parents have made in my opinion is buying me an ipad at a RLLY early age (before first grade). I remember that day, it was my birthday and i rlly wanted a rlly nice doll for my birthday but they got me the pad instead. Initially, i didnt even want the ipad and wanted them to return it and buy me that doll instead. But they refused and downloaded a bunch of games to keep me entertained. This is when i got addicted to screens. My parents regret their decision a lot. So parents, you rlly shouldnt introduce young kids to screens. There are so many other thing they can be entertained with: puzzles, playgrounds, toys, mountain hikes, sports and other things!

[@Jerm321]

I hear some people say that they don’t want kids. And a part of that is coming from the awful parenting that we see nowadays.

[@StochasticUniverse]

I think more of it comes from the realization of the epic burden that is entailed in being completely responsible for every aspect of another life, and the way in which your entire life kinda stops and starts to revolve around your kids as soon as they're born. It's the combination of unwillingness to make that sacrfice/lack of confidence/lack of resources to be able to do a good job that people find daunting about procreation.

[@vibrantgleam]

It's not just that, even without ipads, children are alot of work. So much responsibility. You need to care for them, feed them, give them a good childhood, etc.

[@Jerm321]

@@vibrantgleam yeah commitment is also a big factor.

[@The_Tcat]

​@@Jerm321 Yeah I could never take care of kid I feel like I would not have the backbone to say no to anything and also the commit ment of child that raise for 18 years

[@cyrp7312]

As one of the oldest in gen A (literally 5 days away from Gen Z) I can confirm. My classmates are horrendous, they watch TikTok on the stairs between classes and during lunch. I feel very lucky to have had a limited Screentime, it definitely helped me, and you can tell that they did not. They also have no restraints, and do not know how to listen to teachers & other adults.

[@powerfullpummel6417]

Im so sorry you missed the cut off point…

[@amethyst1062]

I am one of the youngest Gen Z (17 days away from being Gen alpha) I am glad my mom limited my screen time before teen years

[@Houraiji]

Im not even THAT addicted to my devices… My friends aren’t allowed to use devices AT ALL if they have a test coming the next week. They also can’t use it much unlike me, my screen time wasn’t limited. Just that most of it was on TV back then. I have other friends that whine about their dad not being able to buy the latest iPhone 15 for them. What the actual f*ck. Im shocked. I’ve used my HuaWei phone for 2-3 years with only one repair..it’s a phone from my mom too, an OLD one. I never asked for a new one..and u want the latest iPhone when ur current iPhone 14 works just fine, graphics okay, casing normal and everything? My phone got bit and stolen by a monkey, fell from METERS off the ground on a tall as tree by the monkey, a few cracks on the screen..and it works just fine too. Why get a new one, if ur current one works just fine?

[@ImOutsideYourHouse]

I feel lucky of not having tiktok as a Gen alpha

[@bestbedwarplayer]

🙏

[@smallxplosion9546]

I remember a couple years ago (Halloween 2021) I was on a field trip to some shady pumpkin patch, and there was this almost pitch black crawling hay maze that we had to search for some 3 year old named (I shit you not) ‘Everest’. Some stupid parent started complaining that their little toddler went into the hay maze and didn’t come out and we had to look for it. We ended up finding the child, but I was so angry that some idiot parent let their THREE YEAR OLD go into a relatively difficult, super dark hay maze, not even go with them, and then complain that their child got lost, like with parents like that there’s no way your child is smart enough to make it out by itself.

[@StochasticUniverse]

Lul, "Everest". Those moments when the kid's very name tells you all you need to know about the parents. Whatever happened to, like, Paul?

[@miceeater69420]

​@@StochasticUniverse "As someone who knew and was subject for his psychiatric recovery, this was the exact, churlish synopsis of a child who's legitimate denomination refers to as 'Everest', I can validate his position, and where he stands right now; for which I'll initiate following the maze incident from a rudimentary perspective. After him being discovered in the pumpkin patch, a few days in correspondence to his withdrawal symptoms from it, it was authenticated on his IPad on which his parents specifically permitted for the intent of child neglection back at home (in which that of a purpose that is confidential) on being able to be apt enough to bypass the KZbin Kids' 'safety measures' into 'KZbin'. From that extremity which is the primary reason for his fateful downfall, he somewhat became in cahoots with conniving terrorists located in Saigon, Vietnam in a first interaction within an unsuitable, adult-fetish 'Elsagate video' involving the profound meme, 'Among Us' (for I will keep details undisclosed for it being unbefitting). Of course, being practically anticipated, it is known that the child was impressionable at the time, for which he was operated to handle an explosion attempt directly to impact in Zimbabwe in exchange for the compound of O2. This orchestration led to his disappearance within the city of Detroit, prior to his parents' consecutive disappearance and him crushing his IPad. He had been found through several security cameras throughout the Atlantic Ocean, to continent of Africa, being forcefully retreated and sheltered by the modern Aleph cultists. Beginning at that time, it has been found his resolution through his heinous deeds he will commit on his anti-escapade: "I'm about to rizz up Zimbabwe, y'all IShowSpeed gyatts! [...] We be edging over Ohio in this one!" Investigation teams have leaked his exhilarating demeanor and remarks to be wicked, for which we precisely put under the assumption that he would commit a despicable, enormable massacre within Harare, Zimbabwe in accordance to his previous plan of blowing up the country in a gradual, sizing plan. No one was there to finish him off before he did the deed; as he was able to amass a war crime and body count of approximately 629,000 people within that vicinity, Zimbabwe official, tried to gain his pity, and wanted to identify him as a relatable person amongst their own people in order to stop the atrocities from occuring, but that made him more infuriated as his scheme: "I want my IPad! [...] I say a right foot creep [muttering] Quandale Dingle, Nathaniel B., and Master Oogway, you're going to be rizzed up by the rizzler himself! It's Morbin' time!" I later revealed this was his authentic intention in response to unpredictability: to assassinate non-influencers to get some influencers' attention. He tried, with his narcissistic, rude disposition to obsess himself over crimes such as: 43 accounts of fraud, 832 accounts of manslaughter, 92 violations of the Geneva Convention, 48 accounts of extortion, and countless unclarified crimes he pulled off. Who would ever stop this maniac? In personificaton, who would 'climb this Mount Everest'? The FBI. My team, the intelligence team including the counterterrorism team respectively, have caught him in a sting operation to bring out his most favored influenccer, 'Kai Cenat'. We were able to apprehend his cruel parents as well, in sequence to negotiate with him fairly, but he was expecting this encounter all along, as he with a bunch of impressionable Gen Alpha children, named after notorious mountains on Earth, have appeared to hold us hostage in Cape Town, adjacent to an alleyway. Who was there to save us? I thought we were dead, but then, the Man from Toronto showed up, which in 'Everest' and his tone, stated, 'He's soloing us 10-0, but can he beat Goku?' After taking out the weaker thugs 'Everest', the ringleader have hired, he and 'Everest' began a 4-hour battle between pure willpower, and of course, firearms from which the battle stretched as if it were the Battle of New Orleans, circa 1814, in which the Man from Toronto took a little trip along with Colonel Jackson down the missisip', taking a little bacon and beans and caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans and fired his guns as 'Everest' did a-comin'. Unfortunately, that allusion had to take an end as the Man from Toronto beat him to a pulp once in close-range combat in the child's likely disadvantage of his rocket launcher recoil. He gave him, in correspondence to 'Everest' and his perspective, 'The Slap of God'. After taking care of that, I helped reach his true points using my Jungian Psychology methods, and figured out his Shadow immediately: equivalent to Jeffrey Dahmer and Jim Jones' chastising actions. From there on, now I see him 2-years later, a week ago to which I have seen him recover just a bit with his parents still handing him an IPad, but he has gotten better from being the war-crime artist he once took his alias in, singing a mock-version of 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' by Mariah Carey in a modern-song which would aspire generations (I hypothesize) from now on, 'All I Gyatt for Christmas Is You'. On the contrary, he has improved on his dispositions and appeared to be a more benevolent kid, but still one who is at the low-percentile of mentally sane peers at his age. As one of my colleagues paraphrased in my format, 'Never trust a kid named Everest.'"

[@Vanhal20]

Did they find him by tracking his iPad? 😭

[@Turbo_orca25]

5:43 yea i was biking to the park one day, and i was chilling, doing kid stuff, when suddenly i hear “YOUR SO SKIBIDI” and i never went to a park for some time after that

[@m00gAn26]

if you hear that from me, i use gen alpha slang jokingly please do not get concerned i dont use it seriously

[@Turbo_orca25]

@@m00gAn26 i only use some gen a slang like Blud

[@Thelifeofneida]

I am a gen z and I have experienced a lot of shit on the internet. I had a 19 year old boy asking for pictures of me…naked and I was 12. I would definitely monitor what my children do. I even monitor what my siblings watch because my parents don’t really care much about what they watch and believe my siblings would watch innocent cartoon videos. I’m scared that someday they have to go through the same thing I did

[@Thelifeofneida]

I’ll probably not give my kids an iPad or phone until they’re in high school

[@StochasticUniverse]

I mean, learning to tell people "no" is actually a _super_ important life skill. I imagine it's alarming to have to deal with that at age 12, but that's the point where you say no, block the dude, and report as able. The important thing isn't to try to shelter people from things that could still happen anyway. The important thing is to equip them with the skills to know how to handle it, when and if that time comes. I remember parents having conversations with their kids about what to do if something like this happened in an AOL chatroom in 1995, the golden age of "a/s/l", haha. So none of this is new or proof that society has become a more dangerous place. As a parent, you need to be having these conversations with your kids, and not just in an online context, but even more important, in the real world.

[@Thelifeofneida]

@@StochasticUniverse yeah I understand it’s important to have these conversations. I had to make this conversation with my younger sibling (he is 12). My parents don’t know much about the internet so he didn’t really had a talk. I am basically raising them because my parents do work a lot. Having unlimited screen time is also a concern to me and scrolling too much can make you addictive.

[@canalultimatum190]

You are a good sibling

[@Krivosk]

Sadly I grew up as a “iPad kid” thanks to my parents decided that I wasn’t smart enough to have a proper conversation with my own family now I’m 21, when I was I think it was 19 I told my dad of how it affected me and I can now at least have proper conversations with people, though sadly my speech and my ability to do math correctly is kind of screwed up. Luckily I found sports early in life and my life isn’t too bad, but as I said I learned to have a proper conversation with others at age 19 , it’s sad

[@266art]

Bro that proper conversation thing is so dumb like unitil 19 as well

[@Fenpoe]

5:04 I like how this implies that gen alpha knows what jetpack joyride is, but if you actually ask a gen alpha if they know it they'd probably say no

[@Ssimpleperson]

Yeah i dont think gen alpha would even know what jetpack joyrides

[@Jake-racing]

i loved jetpack joyride one of the best games of my childhood

[@jupiterthree5228]

My mom was the scary one, my dad was the caring one. Not having kids is the solution :]

[@sophiaisabelle01]

Also, it's part of our job to educate and spread awareness on social issues that still need work on. Gen Alpha still have a lot to take in, and that's purely because reality hits you with a couple of bricks to knock you back to your senses.

[@Keirnoth]

lmao no. The reason why you Gen Z kids are screwed up is because you were brainwashed by your college professors to believe there are social issues to be angry about. You don't realize that the high level of mental illness among your generation is because you are worrying yourself sick over things that are not immediate problems. And it is no better if the kid learns it from the Internet or if he learns it from you, it's the same bad ideology that lead us to this dead end. Shoving an iPad in front of a Gen Alpha kid is only going to accelerate that if you continue to try to brainwash your kid into believing the same BS social issues you've been unnecessarily stressing yourself over

[@lunaredelvour2972]

Whenever I talk about my issues with society, I'm finding more and more that I put the blame on bad parenting. Seriously. I'm 99% sure I can pin the blame of all my issues with how our country is run on the parents raising the current generation. It started with me putting the blame on parents for public education, and the more I think about it, the more I realize this leaks into other aspects of life. Screen time isn't the issue. It's a tool. But whether that tool is used for good or for terrible things will depend on the user. When screens are used *in addition to* something *(while supervised)*, it can enhance the experience and slowly show them how to be responsible. When used as a replacement or crutch, imo that's when the problems start

[@Keirnoth]

Congratulations, now you know how conservatives feel about modern society. They're not trying to stop people from having fun, they're trying to put the brakes on this kind of weird behavior and to ask parents if it's really a good idea to do some of the borderline things society is encouraging on everyone.

[@lunaredelvour2972]

@@Keirnoth I've known for a long time. I figured out ages ago that it's not about making people miserable for no reason. Conservatives want people to lead good lives, but they realize that a "good life" can only come from a series of decisions made by the person. The right decisions, no less. I think liberals (not leftists, liberals) also want people to lead good lives, they think that the more options available and the less judgement for them, the better. You can make pretty good arguments either way, but I say all things become good when in balance. With how far left the country leans, I look to conservatism for answers - were the country too far right, I'd look to liberalism. But that's a whole other rant that you didn't sign up for lmao

[@_Arugula_Salad_]

Read up on cultural marxism and the Frankfurt School

[@Alex-ff1mk]

As a gen z (02) I’m glad my parents raised me right. Got my first smartphone when i was 13. And restricted my gaming to only on weekends and if i wanted to play for 3hrs i had to firts go outside to play with friends for atleast 2hrs. Usually those 2hrs went to 7hrs and didnt even want to go home but only to eat and continue playing hide and seek etc. Fun and blessed childhood

[@Huhwhat-n1e]

That is honestly the biggest flex ever at this point. Having an actual childhood is amazing but it's rare now days.

[@jjc3578]

Get out of here unc. Your bones are breaking

[@H31ntz-s7r]

Wow, first two sentences are like me. Also got my first smartphone in 2015 at 13 and it was Samsung S6 btw.

[@albaaviles7148]

I'm Gen Z (19) and I had my first tablet at around 8y/o on top of having a Wii and a Nintendo DS. I grew up with minimal supervision on my devices, even later on when I got my first phone when I was just about to turn 11. I can tell you there isn't one factor only in this problem. Of course, being glued to your iPad at such a young age is terrible for your attention span and such but parenting has such a big impact as well! My mom always made a point of my brother and I having other interests apart from our devices such as painting, arts and crafts, sports, and reading. Since I stopped doing a lot of those things as I grew up I've noticed a big difference in how I view my free time and I'm actually trying to go back to how I was as a kid because being so exposed to the internet is absolutely not good. Another very important thing that sometimes gets overlooked is how much schools impact this issue as well. I had workshops every year about not only things like the impact of alcohol and drugs but also most importantly: internet safety!! It seems ridiculous while you're learning it but now I see how important it is. I think since Gen Alpha kids have been exposed to the internet pretty much since birth their guardians seem to forget that its not something you grow up with but actually have to be taught as well

[@cyirens5037]

It's kind of insane how well adjusted and level headed she is after the C'thulu tendrils of the internet had unfiltered access to her formative years.

[@mushroomsrcool1449]

I love how you describe it as "C'thulu tendrils" ... it reminds me of Hermaous Mora lol.

[@bestbedwarplayer]

🤨

[@TeaWithHobbits]

Man, I dearly wish I wasn't a screen-addicted kid. I still am to this day obsessed with video games as an escape from anxiety. A single 'escape session' can last a whole day sometimes. My parents are really sweet, but they had to work all the time since we had a large house with 4 other step kids, so I felt deprived of parental attention.(Absolutely not their fault personally, it was a rough time.) So off to the computer I went, and bam, an addiction that has lasted since then; I'm an adult now. Atleast I've been more interested in playing video games to engage in *some* brain action than mindless scrolling, I guess. Ending on a good note, I've been ice skating, drawing, walking outside, and even slowly but surely writing a novel.(Albeit on Wattpad, it's a rather mind-engaging activity to write in general.) Here's to hoping I'll be able to be more imaginative like I used to be when I daydreamed a lot. Anyhow, just felt an urge to type and comment :-)

[@moldycheese6635]

Same here. As a result of too much screen time, sometimes I have no idea how to continue a group conversation, so I just go non-verbal and use my phone. It was really hard to learn how to talk to people without using my phone when I get uncomfortable.

[@graham7398]

Good for you. More time spent outside really helps. A walk while having nothing to achieve is a great stress relief.

[@bestbedwarplayer]

Personally, I think you trying to improve yourself and work on having more hobbies instead of mindless scrolling is a lot better than all the other comments that are repeating the same thing about either being addicted or growing up restricted. Because in this case you're actively improving and working on yourself and recognizing it which is really impressive (even if you're also doing it by playing video games instead, which if it's something like a puzzle genre, it can still be good for the brain).

[@davidforbes8159]

Honestly my screen time skyrockets during summer to absurd hours like 4-5 hours because when my parents aren’t home I really got nothing else to do I have read all the books in the house and I need parents permission to go to the library down the road and I can’t go anywhere cause my parents don’t trust my siblings to be alone in the house and don’t trust them enough to listen to me while we’re out (also I don’t like taking them anywhere)

[@youngdolph8867]

The parents probably bought their kids I-pads so that they could enjoy being on their cellphone while the kids are busy.

[@A·c·h·i·l·l·l·e·s·Last·Stand]

My partner was raised in the outdoors and wasnt allowed to watch more than 1hr of TV per week, he turned out so amazingly intelligent for a Gen Z. If we have kids they'll be raised the same.

[@dredubz5825]

I saw a literal baby in a stroller playing on a phone at the supermarket. It was very shocking to me. I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s and we were super good at entertaining ourselves and using our imaginations. We played outside a lot. I don’t see that much anymore and I find it sad. I also noticed all the Gen Z kids I know are really socially awkward and lazy. Don’t parents give their kids chores anymore or teach them life skills? I’d also like to add that the internet is such a dangerous place for kids. Even back in the 90’s I got targeted by a pedo who I thought I was in love with and he got me to send him inappropriate photos. I think it must be so much worse now.

[@Bamsaegi1269]

Oh my gosh I'm so sorry that you went through that❤❤

[@TheBirb101]

I know I am not gonna inspire much hope, but i am 14 (later gen Z, dang it) but i have a dog, a rabbit, chores to do like laundry, washing up, sometimes cookie breakfast for my family (cooking is string but i can cook at least a bit) ect (think of general chores around the house, i have it). im a tiny bit of a procrastinator but hey I'm working on it. and for this stuff i know.. I find it awkward around other peeps my age. thanks for reading, hope i lessened the harsh reality.

[@dredubz5825]

@@TheBirb101 yes! You give me hope!! 😆 Thanks for sharing! 🙏🏼

[@LarryTheTugaGamer1511]

​@@TheBirb101I'm 14 as well, and I am currently in 2 diferent sports and an extracurricular activity. The reason I am replying to you is that I also feel that other 14 year-olds are so introverted/awkward, and they share almost no interests with me. I've always been told I am a bit too mature for my age, and that really shows when I'm around people my age. I'm glad to know that there are other people who feel the same way as me, though.

[@TheBirb101]

yay! someone else like me! :)@@LarryTheTugaGamer1511

[@subplzorideleteurchannel7193]

I’m later Gen Z (2006) and so is my sister (2010) and we were truly the last kids to have a normal childhood, going to the park and Chucky Cheese’s and whatnot. We went to restaurants and actually cared. Nowadays kids are on their iPads until the food comes (I witnessed a lot of this in one restaurant on my recent trip to the Smokies; kids these days seem to hate nature so the have to line all of the National Park with cell towers and signs advertising “free WiFi” all across the Pigeon Forge strip). Things were WAY different 10 years ago than they are now.

[@midnightfox5077]

Naw my parent (Gen x) raised an ipad kid (my baby sister). They fr shut her up by giving her the ipad at the table at age FIVE. At age five, I was being spanked the living daylight out of for raising my voice in the slightest and playing with BABY POWDER while my sister can scream at the top of her lungs, make a huge mess with water and the punishment of the water (cleaning) gets transferred to ME. lets not even mention the fact she can shout and receive NO PUNISHMENT. its not just millennials, it's gen x too because ts easier than just correcting a child. to be clear these are the same parents, they just changed their "punishment" style. Edit: sorry mb chat, I got the timeline wrong. my parents are gen x. :/ although my dad almost counts as a boomer because hes 54 and my mom is 48

[@kirayoshikage1488]

Welcome to meta

[@StochasticUniverse]

Props to your mom for being fertile that late in life so that she could raise an Ipad kid as a Boomer.

[@TheRealNintendoKid]

My MOM is a boomer. She's 70. Your dad is not a boomer.

[@owenjolley351]

*I am glad that I was brought up right. I am a Gen Z born in 2002 who didn’t have access to the internet until I was 10 and my first proper phone (A smartphone - I had two phones before that but they were sh1tty little brick phones) until I was 13. I also got an iPad when I was 13 but it only lasted for about 2 years as it broke when I was 15 and I haven’t had a tablet since. I also don’t have Instagram, TikTok (I deleted it when it was still Musical ly), Snapchat and I finally managed to delete my Facebook account permanently this year. The only social media account I’m really active on is KZbin (In the sense of uploading videos and commenting on others).*

[@skullmastergamer]

Why did you use a bold font lol

[@NookStudios]

@@skullmastergamer Ikr it is so hard to read

[@pixiewixiechu]

Parenting through fear isn't any better than parenting through distraction. Neither one is even parenting, they're both just ways to put as little effort into your kid as possible. iPad kids won't know how to do anything bc there's no immediate reward, fear kids won't know how to do anything bc they've been conditioned to fear doing something wrongnn

[@MyAramil]

Fear should be reserved for when the child really fucks up(hitting other kids, after being repeatedly told to stop for example) . But there should be the respect towards the parents and others, The child should also be made painfully aware that they need to listen to and obey the parents( granted not in all orders)

[@GabrielTobing]

Parenting through fear is horrible.

[@Keirnoth]

I know you're a Gen Z woman without kids because you call parenting where the mom is the "good cop" and the dad is the "bad cop" as parenting through fear. No, it is to prevent kids from turning into sensitive and disrespectful shtheads. That dynamic prevents kids from behaving poorly because they learn very quickly there are consequences to their own actions. Why do you think so many millennials and Gen Z kids act up online? Why do you think people are so shameless about what they share online and who they share it with? There wasn't a barrier to stop them. And what's worse, there were other people (women) who came from similarly parented and/or broken homes encouraging them. And take note, Pegasus didn't condone violence, but being yelled at by your dad is not "fear" parenting.

[@pixiewixiechu]

@@Keirnoth i know your dad didn't love you bc you think it's a dad's job to be a bad parent.

[@Sakvra..Mizzou]

As a younger Gen Z(2010) I personally haven’t experienced the more severe Gen Alpha tropes because in my school I take high curriculum classes. Yet even so, it’s common for me to see and hear my peers say the stupidest jokes to tease other students. The way they talk is so brain rotten, to the point where I feel like I need to apologize to others for their behavior. It’s not to say that I don’t spent long periods of time on my gadgets, cause I do, but I’m just an anti-social introvert, and even then I regularly spend time with my friends and family. All in all, I wouldn’t be surprised if in high school all the AP classes have only 5-10 students each.

[@Skreentime]

Yeah it is quite a difficult subject. I have a bunch of friends that whenever they come over to our house they just ask to play on our xbox. If the kids get limited to much it feels like they can't even exist in the social world because they just want to be on screens all the time but aren't allowed to.

[@someguy9816]

11- Early Gen Alpha/Late Gen Z. I would like to just say that the internet isnt all bad. I could be an exception because i had cable TV as a toddler but I did have an iPad 3rd gen and used it basically as soon as I was born. I got a laptop during the pandemic for online classes when I was 8 (without ANY blockers/filters at all) and as soon as I had it, I learnt how to code (scratch and python), how to speak english well, how to play the piano, video editing, etc all by age 9. I also spend good time outside and doing productive things and get really good grades. I dont want this comment to reek of "I'm in the wrong generation" but the internet can be useful if used right. It's not the wrong tools, it's that the right tools are in the hands of the wrong people.

[@QUBIQUBED]

that's really impressive!

[@OfficialCrossfire]

wow, scratch & python, while im struggling with (roblox) lua bc yes!! u smart man, no joke lol

[@mikerotchburns42069]

Sure it taught you some useful things, but you failed to list anything bad. There’s fried dopamine receptors, adult content exposure, delays in social development, and more. I’m not saying all of these are true about you, just that you should be aware since your parents are unfortunately making you raise yourself.

[@nothingreallyrhymeswithora9377]

You're an extreme exception. You are not the norm. I have seen little kids act like little zombies staring at screens. They're not even laughing or making noises when they're watching. They stare into the screens like it's an abyss.

[@someguy9816]

@@mikerotchburns42069 Like I said, while I don’t have content filters, I am still aware of what to avoid, I spend a lot of time outside and I am one of the more popular kids at school.

[@pallidmouse7966]

Childless millennial here (pretty close to Gen Z, born in 94) and going to be having children soon. We have already vowed to not even have our children touch an iPad or any digital device until they're old enough where we can teach them how to be responsible with technology. They will grow up with books and be on a computer for 1 - 2 hours from maybe 12 until they're 18. I am shocked to see how many parents have failed even raising Gen Zers. I work with some who have never learned to ride a bike or learned how to swim. I have helped them with social situations like how to ask someone out, what is considered an unhealthy role model/friend, and have taught them what's considered inappropriate social interactions at the workplace. I have helped parent them due to Covid and I have given the Gen X's parents criticism and they've basically told me that their Gen Zers are "hopeless". I am so thankful that there are some in every generation who didn't pass on crappy parents. No one is responsible for a child's behavior until they are 18. Parents have all the responsibility.

[@vibrantgleam]

I can tell you're going to be a good parent.

[@fantasypvp]

I'm gen z (2006) and I spend 10h+ per day on my phone and computers lmao and I've got no behaviour issues. Imo the trick is avoiding low effort short content like tiktok and actually learning how the technology you're using works (eg: I use linux on my pc, I spend hours programming and I play sandbox games (like minecraft java edition) and occasionally large scale RTS games like supcom rather than stimulating action based games like shooters). I refuse to become any of the following: (gullible, obnoxious, easily influenced, disrespectful, divisive, oversensitive, or braindead) like the (not sure the exact percentage but i strongly suspect it's the majority) of kids in my generation have.

[@hairyballs089]

@@fantasypvp Your comment is indicative of behavioral issues, in my opinion.

[@fantasypvp]

@@hairyballs089 please explain

[@Gunnergamingyt2]

@@fantasypvpthe lack of response from him makes me think he realized he was wrong and just gave up.

[@Blind_Hawk]

The sneako clips were genuinely awesome man, keep it up.

[@sammzillaah]

Just wanted to say thank you! I enjoy watching your content. You are someone I could watch non-stop all day, everyday! I have so much respect for you!

[@mushroomsrcool1449]

Damn, ... I mean I guess he's got stuff to do instead of thanking people for donations, but damn. Either way, I've like discovered this dude like 30 mins ago. 1. He has a mushroom pfp. 2. His vids are entertaining. 3. Idk I've ran out of bullet points. I bet he'll be quite entertaining.

[@meiko_kimika]

im surprised theres no comments

[@-..l]

Oh no guys.. we are becoming our parents. Hating on Alpha, and soon Alpha will be hating on us, and then whatever is after Alpha will be hated on by Alpha, etc etc. It’s all a endless cycle.

[@signoreddit]

ugh, yeah. Boomers hating millenials, millenials hating gen z. Gen z is finally joining the party of old grandparents with nothing to do, hating on the younger.

[@thecompareablezombie]

@@signoreddit No one talks about Gen X the latchey kids. Its boomers, Millenials and Gen Z.

[@VantaDraws]

Fingers crossed gen Beta will be better

[@Nbrother1607]

​@@VantaDrawsif gen z is raised by gen x and turned out ok and then millenials raised gen alpha and they aren't so good then gen z will raise gen beta and they might have a chance

[@Gamer-df6if]

@@Nbrother1607 I'm what you described as such, Gen Z (2005) raised by Gen X (M1975 F1977) and turned out OK. I really wish for my future kids, Gen Beta, to be at least better than me or my parents.

[@Starlight_Cloudy-xm7pk]

As an Ipad kid, I'm actually embarrsed. Whenever I had a tablet I had a tablet at around age-8 and had a 1hour and 30 minute screen limit.And if I ever made a fit about not having my Ipad. Safe to say that my ipad would be gone and I would have been smacked right out of the universe.

[@Airbubblepodcast]

Your woman has more sense in her brain and someone who is 45 years old! I can see that she had to grow up fast and she is super mature, bravo to her!

[@Fanican]

I really do hope Gen Z kids (i cant even say kids anymore, thats scary) when they have children take note of Gen Alpha. Its getting scary how far its coming.

[@vibrantgleam]

Eh we're still kids. Only a small portion of us are 18+. I'm 16 rn.

[@notseth3500]

​@@vibrantgleam Actually false. Gen Z-ers are now up to around 27 years old.

[@Ionreallysleep]

@@vibrantgleam most of us are 18+ at this point

[@jaheimgilbert4017]

Bruh, I already know what's not gonna happen when I have kids, eventually

[@missyamethyst]

i went to a class full of Gen Alpha kids to ask if anyone wanted a cat cuz i found her sick and starved in front of my doorstep and couldn't keep her and a girl came up to me after a while, convo went like so: "Why are you here?" "oh well I found this little kitten-" "Don't care, I asked why you're here" "I was getting to that! I wanted to ask if anyone wants the kitten" * proceeds to look me up and down * "Nobody wants it." * tries to close the door * *i stop the door from closing * * she looks at me for two seconds * "What grade are you in?" "10th." The other kids: "OOOOOOOH" Her: "..." *stares a bit more* "I say we burn her" Funny tho, half of the class jumped up saying that they wanted the kitten. At least every other kid was telling her to shut up lol

[@Melchizidek777]

What you said at 4:17 is 100% correct. It’s a fine line I have to walk, but discipline before friendship with a child will make them into a person you would want to be friends with when they grow up . They will avoid authority structures that can ruin their lives in the future too.

[@NothingToSeeHere-m2z]

Does anyone agree 10 year olds act completely different compared to kids 9 and under?

[@justacommenter9389]

Alr I'm a 2010 kid (sadly gen alpha) but thankfully my parents taught me well instead of creating the spoiled dopamine high brat people see other gen alphas as. I can enjoy playing outside and touching grass and currently I'm learning how to code in LUA

[@CentreMetre]

As a gen z i was actually quite unrestricted in what my parents (well mother, i am indeed fatherless) allowed me to do. I was a spoilt brat in around the first 11 years of my life cos my mother just got me what i wanted when i wanted it becuase of other, out of control reasons that couldnt be helped, but i grew out of that, i had unrestricted access to the internet since i was about 9 or 10, but the internet wasnt as bad then either. And i turned out fine, i think its my reluctance/avoidance to use social media that made me this way which i think was cos i had not many freinds in primary and secondary school lmao. But i have 2 younger gen a brothers and i can see what this absolute shit on the internet is doing and i dont like it.

[@bigboybrolyy6855]

Been playing with my daughter a lot and I don't get how people just can't spend time with their child it's so fun and wholesome even if you want them to watch stuff. Just watch it with them been watching adventure time with my kid and it's so enjoyable

[@RonnieTech765]

Parents need to control their children. I’m a child and I get what people are saying and I’m taking more time from the phone. Parks, social, and working on my mental and physical health. And trust me, if you dedicate all your time to a phone or iPad, your mental health is going to deplete. It happened to me. And some kids are out of control, not all. I was at some event at my school called field day, and kids were cutting in line and cussing in front of the teacher. THE TEACHER DID NOTHING! My mom had to step in and tell them to stop and get to the spot they were.

[@ilovedinosaurs35]

As a current person who’s roughly teenager age and can be considered an iPad kid, I’m so glad I wasn’t unmonitored and that I was taught about internet safety. My parents monitor me and I got lucky to not be like some of the other kids my age. Please, as a parent it’s your responsibility to monitor your child, and I want more kids to have a life like mine where I’m not always on the iPad and I know about internet safety and I’m okay if my parents monitor me. It makes me sad to see what these kids are becoming because I know it could be better for them and I want them to have good lives and be good people.

[@Shane-hs7xk]

I’m Gen Z and my girlfriend is a millennial. She and I have been talking about having children together within the next few years and I constantly think about situations like this. Despite being within Gen Z, my family monitored my consumption of technology heavily and despite hating it as a kid, I’ve actually come to appreciate it now. It’s brain numbing seeing all of these easily avoidable problems for kids who don’t know any better simply because the parents of said kids won’t or “can’t” take the time to give them the attention and discipline they need. It’s alright for your kid to be upset and not have constant stimulation from TikTok or KZbin since they need exposure to other aspects of life to be better rounded individuals. In the long run it’s better for them. On a more outrageous hypothetical, it would be like parents saying “Oh well my kid loves crack so I give him some every day so he isn’t upset or bugging me.” You must think of the future not jus the present when raising your kids.

[@matthewlopetegui6204]

what years were you born in because that sounds really fucked up out of context 💀

[@Shane-hs7xk]

@@matthewlopetegui6204 She’s 28 and I’m 22.

[@matthewlopetegui6204]

@@Shane-hs7xk oh… that’s fine, i’m sorry about that it just sounded weird in my head

[@Shane-hs7xk]

@@matthewlopetegui6204 No worries. I didn’t realize how it sounded until you pointed it out lol

[@matthewlopetegui6204]

@@Shane-hs7xk oh, don’t worry about it too much

[@cubster6260]

as a fellow technology raised kid (12 right now) its crazy how just a couple years can change the media and just rot kids brains i was playing 24/7 online but the things that you do change the way your brain develops. I'm giving my kids whatever technology they want BUT IF THEY ARE SCROLLING THEIR BRAINS OUT that's the end. Teaching your kids is your responsibility, if you cant do that you shouldn't have kids.(disclaimer i was only playing 24/7 a couple years ago, now i changed myself and only go online 1 hour a day)

[@Alex-K94]

Jesus... you are 12 now. I was playing with Lego till I was 14. I grew up without games. My first console was the gamecube. It is realy confusing to see how kids grow up these days. I went out in the woods with my friends and build treehouses or build some stuff in our garage. I game a lot these days but I still enjoy the outdoors. To each their own I guess. But just let me tell you to not waste away your life online.

[@Boydgraud]

Dude the fact that a 12 year old gets it but not a damn grown adult 💀

[@Ilikepusheen]

I’m also in gen alpha and totally agree with you. I got my first iPad when I was 5 or 6. I think that there are some competent kids in gen alpha but most of them aren’t. I grew up watching cartoons, Dantdm, and markiplier and I simply just refuse to ever get Tik tok or any other social media platform that isn’t KZbin. But I honestly feel bad for the kids wasting their childhoods, mindlessly scroling through tic tok, watching skibidi toilet and coco melon.

[@tuttiman55]

16 year old throwing my hat in the ring here, I think it entirely depends on how your parents are with technology, I spend hours on my iPad for Spotify, KZbin or school and my parents don’t enforce rules, but they didn’t give me access until I was around 10 or 11 because they wanted me to be a kid like they were in their youth, I wasn’t raised with iPads, I was raised by my surroundings and then got an iPad, I did some stupid stuff, I climbed trees, probably got hit by my friends with sticks and it was fun, we made our own fun and it let us think of ways to have fun, and now I look at my cousins who are being raised by iPads and I have to intentionally hide their devices when babysitting them so they actually play games that they should at their age

[@Bleachisthegreatestanime]

I’m twelve and the trick is to still spend time with your parents,family and friends.

[@hanason3082]

It's funny that Gen Z is complaining about Gen Alpha just like previous generations complaned about us just ten years ago. Not to mention we're calling these kids the same thing we were called - iPad kids.

[@dontknowwhattocallmyself.5144]

That parents are not raising their children at this point, the iPads are.

[@TheSoapontheWii360]

I'm 13. I did have an iPad starting at 8 with limited screentime. My parents didn't use there phones around me when I was little and I was able to read and be creative. It was not until the Pandemic I was given unrestricted screen time. I never used it in public and even still, I mainly have it to watch KZbin while I play games. And I can promise, despite the fact I am one of the "better iPad kids", My kids aren't getting anything till they hit double rights aside from a good ol' Nintendo

[@Starlight_Cloudy-xm7pk]

Me too and fax

[@Random_name5033]

As a gen alpha, i sincerely apologize for all of those gen alpha kids even though i was given a device at a young age i actually grew up with normal stuff like angry birds,minecraft,transformers,etc and i actually have an imagination but either way i apologize for those gen alpha kids not all of us are like that

[@aestheticgurl-pk1rz]

Yes thank you i keep seeing everyone saying gen alpha is stupid that they think the whole generation is stupid. All of my classmates can read and there gen alpha. People should know that all gen alpha are not stupid

[@Mrnike1945]

I also grew up with Minecraft angry birds and bad piggies

[@m00gAn26]

@@aestheticgurl-pk1rzyou are VERY lucky, because im in 4th and A KID COULDN'T DIVIDE TWO BY TWO????

[@OminousBro]

@@m00gAn26I’m Asian and when I was in 4th, we were studying 8th grade stuff. Typical Asian

[@m00gAn26]

@@OminousBro as an asian i wish my classmates knew that

[@kimjongunisgreat]

Im on the line between gen Z and alpha and im disgusted on the amount of brain rot going on. Some people get 2 percent on one of the most easiest of tests and thats because the teacher gave them a free extra percent. And thats not even the worst, some people cant even speak.

[@Düsteres_Ende]

He said 12-27 which if i have to guess you are either 12 or 13.

[@Neppy101]

While I agree it's bad for a child to be glued to a tablet all day every day, I wouldn't judge them if they're in a restaurant. It's not like kids are spending their entire lives inside restaurants and if the parents want their kid to be quiet giving them an Ipad or a tablet to keep them occupied is probably a good solution. When I was a kid, it was a Gameboy. I also had books and colouring books but the Gameboy was a childhood staple. I rode my bike, climbed trees, read books, drew pictures and played video games, it was a good balance of activities. You don't know what these kids are doing the rest of the time so yeah, it could be a lazy parent or just a parent going for the simplest solution to keep their kid happy in a boring environment.

[@avgperson6551]

There’s a balance to everything but even a Gameboy still requires some problem solving and thinking to advance to next level.

[@IlovemycatBoo]

I miss when restaurants handed out crayons and coloring sheets. All I see now are those tablets with .99 cent games

[@tekashimaahshiha647]

from where im at most restaurants hand out the crayons and coloring books for kids but I only seen probably 2 places that did the .99 cent games which was at chilis and some other place I forgot@@IlovemycatBoo my parents used to buy the .99 cent games for my sister but they stopped doing it and I hope they never buy thos again

[@yourtrashtalkingbro9118]

@@IlovemycatBoo I havent been in a restaurant in a hot minute, they don't hand out coloring sheets anymore???

[@IlovemycatBoo]

@@yourtrashtalkingbro9118 From what I’ve seen over the past few years, nada

[@LOLyoujustgotrickrolled]

This is so true, they are also annoying af on roblox, trust me mate...

[@EpicNoobSofiya]

3:30 in my humble opinion, I feel like playing videogames is better than mindlessly watching and drooling over tiktok, at least in videogames you still require skill

[@Zachary-r3y]

If your kid has drool dripping out the side of his mouth while watching Cocomelon at the age of 10, I think it’s too late for you guys.

[@_Irrelevant]

0:53 Okay, but my Gen Z brother is spitting facts. As a kid, sure, I wanted more screen time, but I was (thankfully) limited to an hour a day. It'll be a cold day in hell before I raise iPad kids.