The Real Reason Everyone Hates Gen Alpha

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Chapters:
0:00 Why Gen Alpha Is "Doomed"
1:17 How Every Generation Was Hated
3:24 The "Kids These Days" Effect
4:18 Explaining the "Kids These Days" Effect
6:50 Sponsor - ExpressVPN
8:09 3 Unique Issues for Gen Alpha
8:30 The Pandemic's Effect on Children's Education
8:59 Why Kids Today Can't Multiply
10:28 Gen Alpha's Excessive Use of Screens
12:17 Generations Are Real, and Why It Matters
13:40 The Best... and Worst Generation

[@bofangchang]

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[@rhodeislandballproductions8781]

would if I wasn't poor lol

[@themineguy1234]

hey, just to let you know. im pretty sure the color you showed was turqoise. its a beautiful greenish blue and it comes from turkey aka my country. also love from turkey❤

[@zakariabozo1027]

Angy yellow cat with a yotue channel it's me again😾

[@jordanphilipperris]

Well, the brains themselves haven't changed during the creation process while in the womb, so, yay for that. Plus, let's look at the positives that are likely to happen. We all know that big Corpo is often stepping all over people and they just fall in line/take it. Now, you have people who have quick tempers, low tolerances and low attention spans to stuff that they do not like in their lives, I think it is safe to say that big Corpo will be in massive trouble within quite a few of our lifetimes...

[@jordanphilipperris]

To the older ones who are talking smack about the younger gens, why don't you share your sage wisdom as opposed to just talking out of your a$$es? :)...

[@luzcalderon7808]

A little fun fact: centuries ago, parents were complaining their kids were too busy reading books and didn't bother to go outside to meet some rich person to marry.

[@chasehedges6775]

Reading books is 🔥

[@chasehedges6775]

I certainly don’t plan on getting married.

[@Blacktwinswords]

John and Abigail Marston bemoaning their son, Jack, in Red Dead Redemption comes to mind.

[@BarkiBeans]

I see this fact and double it. There are actual accounts of romans saying: “oh back in my day we just looked at the sun but now these new kids with their “sundials” cruelly splitting up my day. Society is ruined!”

[@setup2134]

in 1815 parents were complaining about kids using paper in schools instead of writing on a slate with chalk

[@loggerT123]

I really hate how we're blaming the victim (Gen Alpha) and not those who invented the souless corporate social media or the parents who can't be bothered to put up with their child

[@jastahooman]

Yeah that jus' doesn't make sense

[@nobodythenobody9779]

So your blaming the previous generation even tho they are also just a product of their parent’s just like us… maybe instead of blaming try to improve

[@infrences]

Everyone’s at fault, especially since the kids are either oblivious or closed-minded about improvement

[@chasehedges6775]

Everyone’s at fault. 💯💯💯💯💯

[@loggerT123]

@nobodythenobody9779 well yeah. SOMEONE has to stop and take responsibility, once and for all. I just think it's dumb to blame children

[@JazzJackrabbit]

“Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.” -Albus Dumbledore

[@paulchance3766]

💯 👍

[@Penelope_Roseq]

Millennial is doomed, gen z is doomed and gen alpha is doomed. Everywhere is doomed.

[@timmyworld2032]

I guess the dooms eternal

[@rocketdareaperzz179]

@@timmyworld2032 u deserve a fucking award

[@-_J_-]

Hating on the youth has been a thing for LITERAL CENTURIES yet we still hate on kids as if we weren't like that in our own ways 😭😭😭

[@teaandwinewithmira3301]

Exactly. This is how the millennials reacted to the Gen Z. Gosh look at the reaction of the greatest generation to the silent generation. You’re still going outside, not posted cringe because they couldn’t do that in there time. Happens every new generation. I swear some dude. A Gen alpha to be exact. Is gonna make the same video on generation beta.

[@spino-ace]

Millenia is more like it...

[@Goblonium]

I remember when the millenials were supposed to stop this trend, look at them now.

[@ElYu-kn6uf]

It hurts beacuse I'm an gen a and I don't watch skibidi toilet read perfectly and am not addicted

[@floptaxie68]

@@ElYu-kn6ufits not surprising since youre watching an informative video in KZbin instead of scrolling thru tiktok. Dont let them rot your brain. Take advantage over all those who waste their time and succeed over them!

[@HistoryNerd808]

I'm 28 so right at that age where I'm starting to not understand the youth but I feel like I need to defend them. People have been complaining about the younger generation for millennia and even though we've had our bumps, humanity hasn't destroyed itself yet.

[@chasehedges6775]

Humanity hasn’t destroyed itself yet. After watching Threads(1984)…… Oh man

[@icy_orca9348]

American issue :>

[@DMartinos03]

That’s questionable

[@PadlesVR]

Thank you from a gen alpha

[@jordanphilipperris]

I am 45 (Will be on the 27th) and I still find myself defending younger generations... I have my stories to tell about my youth and proudly do so, but nowhere do I say that younger or older generations are crap... They each also have their own problems and that for sure should also be addressed, but not in such a way so as to say that others are garbage... I do get vocal at times about legit problems though, mainly about older generations talking smack about younger ones :)

[@scishowwithmoh7216]

I think the root of the problem with Gen Alpha is severe misuse of technology caused by their millenial parent's obliviousness to the nature of the internet, and also parents not teaching their kids how to use the internet in a good manner. Pretty much every kid ive met who got actual education on internet usage has come out much better than the generic gen alpha kid.

[@darknessinc.5360]

Finally someone pointed out the obvious...

[@BulbaWhat98]

You could argue the same thing for Gen Z, since the Gen X parents of them also misused technology from their obliviousness to the nature of the internet and not knowing how to teach their children to use it in a good manner. I do believe Gen Z has an opportunity to better handle and supervise their children's use of technology since we know firsthand how it works and its effects

[@cadencase5216]

@@BulbaWhat98Millennials are the ones who raised Gen-Z though.🤷‍♂️

[@FireZombie9168]

Ye but What if A Gen A Was raised by gen x? would they still be gen a if they no ipad kids?

[@michaelarnold2728]

Boomer here...I'm only 1% of your viewing audience. Well, the other 99% don't know what they're missing!

[@bofangchang]

Much love to my boomer viewers, thank you so much for watching sir! Hope to see you in the comments on my next video!

[@michaelarnold2728]

@bofangchang You're welcome, my young friend! Much ❤️ to your generation as well. And yes, I'm subscribed and have been watching your wonderful videos since you began...you're awesome!

[@bofangchang]

@@michaelarnold2728 Aw thank you so much friend, you just made my day!

[@menjolno]

you misuesed baye's theorem 😡. there is no 99 percent even if there is a 1 percent

[@QuackersMcCrackers]

One things for sure: We have to break the cycle of crapping on the younger generation. GenAlpha was brought into a world of technology, not by choice, but by force. If that has affected them, they are the last people to point the finger at.

[@chasehedges6775]

True

[@THTB_lol]

so the parents who introduced the technology to them are to blame, and the parents would be, millenials

[@QuackersMcCrackers]

@@THTB_lol Blaming the older generation also will not do us any good. Besides, if we are to unite with the younger generation, it would do us good to unite with the older one too, because in the eyes of the youth, we are the older ones, and so we should lead by example. In the end, we are all a product of our environment, though we need not let it define us.

[@THTB_lol]

@@QuackersMcCrackers so no one raised ipad kids

[@QuackersMcCrackers]

@@THTB_lol Of course someone raised them, but a child is not raised by a collective, but by individuals. If you see a baby whose pacifier has been swapped out for a phone, that's bad parenting, and so the parents then are to blame. But one cannot point the finger at an entire generation. It's just another way to create an unecessary, and in many ways, entirely fabricated divide. I don't act or think the way I am because I am a millennial, but because of the experiences I've had in life and my own, how would you say, internal makeup? Furthermore, this type of logic, I believe, seems like it could be applied to no end. That is, who raised the people who raised the Ipad kids? And who raised the people who raised the people who rasied the Ipad kids, and so on? If we can extend one hand out to the older generation, and the other out to the younger generation, maybe we'll have a chance of crossing this silly divide and unite together as a single species.

[@kaspenau]

As a gen alpha. My anger towards these type of parents who show no discipline nor safety to these kids is unmeasurable considering I've seen really young kids swearing and punching other kids The parents ain't parenting

[@bofangchang]

Very true

[@_soundwaves]

Next time i see a “We’re the best generation” video on tiktok, I’ll tell them to watch this video. It’s a really great summary why everyone is great, and no age is superior. You cant blame people for when they were born.

[@bofangchang]

Well said!

[@luzcalderon7808]

The older we get the more we become like the people we used to complain about. Just remember they are kids, they feel just as helpless and misunderstood as we used to (and still do). It wasn't long ago when we (gen z and millennials) were told we were the worst thing to ever happen, that we were ruining everything and were shamed for liking anything, yet we are starting to do the exact same thing to children. We could be the person we needed when we were younger but we are doing the opposite. Remember, we were in their place once, they've never been in ours.

[@chasehedges6775]

EXACTLY!

[@averagemichael]

But this is completely different unlike those previous generations, this is brainrot most gen a couldn't even read.

[@zekdopa591]

@@averagemichael that's not true lol. only the dumb ones go viral

[@PadlesVR]

@@averagemichaeldude I can, read my whole class can read, there’s only like 3 people in my grade that can’t read. So stop cyber bullying us for something that ain’t even true

[@CharlesRaysen]

​@@averagemichaelbro if they couldn't read than how the hell can they even use a mobile phone It is just that they don't understand

[@ethanreyes9549]

I don't really think the new generation is "doomed". I think they are just gonna have to deal with weirder and more complex stuff then the previous generation, and so will the next one. They are into wierd stuff, but so were we. They like skibidi toilet, while we liked mlg. Honestly i pity them because they are gonna have a way more confusing life then we did.

[@elandbrebner1995]

I'm on the cusp of gen alpha, and I can say with absolute certainty WE'RE COOKED ASF. Bro the shit kids these days have seen because of internet access from a young age is wild. More than a few of my friends have suffered FROM PORN ADDICTION before leaving middle school.

[@menjolno]

why is it called suffered? when 1890s billionaires reformed english spelling to be easier (in order to dumb workers down), it wasn't called suffered. when 1990s internet did something... "oh no, internet bad"

[@elandbrebner1995]

@@menjolno English spelling reform was done by Theodore Roosevelt, and it sure was helpful. Also, half of america barely read, and spelling had always been fluid until the internet age, so it didn't really "dumb workers down" This was an umm actually ahh comment mb bro I see your point

[@oxygendioxide]

You turn 11 to 13 in middle school which is the time when you start puberty, sexually mature and be curious about those stuff. Consuming porn at that age is not something unheard of even in us Gen Z.

[@adelaidekhayon2631]

I'm almost 30 and in middle school we watched as much porn as we wanted and posted it to our pages like it was no big deal. By the way, I always find it weird when people talk bad about the new generation but forget that we were even more fucked up.

[@infrences]

@@oxygendioxide Deleted my previous reply due to misinterpretation. sure, consuming that stuff due to curiosity is 'normal' due to the circumstances, but the problem is when it becomes an addiction

[@chasehedges6775]

As a 2001 Gen Z kid, I think that we are approaching uncertain times.

[@mattthompson6090]

Bro we’ve been in those uncertain times for like the last 5 years

[@chasehedges6775]

Not like these 2020 times. The mid 2000s and Ealry to mid 2010s weren’t bad, imo

[@cadencase5216]

As a 2009 Gen-Z kid (14), I agree, It's impossible to tell how they will develop, they are still kids after. They still have time to mature before they're objectively "doomed".

[@floptaxie68]

Youre not a kid anymore

[@icyelite12]

One thing I don’t understand is how they divide the like for generations like people say it’s 1996-2009. Well I was born in Feb 2010 and I have friend’s in my grade born in late 2009 we had the same things so why do we divide by year it makes more sense to do Aug 1996- Aug 2010. I kinda remember the early 2010’s like in 2013 when cod ghost came out and when whip and na na from 2015 and that’s a gen z thing right.

[@usernamee_1375]

I just feel down a rabbit hole of watching videos like "Gen Z and Alpha will ruin the world" and all that stuff, but this video, this video really changed my perspective. As a person born on the verge of Gen Z I can really say I've felt the influence of both Gen Z and Gen Alpha. I myself sometimes think of my peers and me as braindead and how we're gonna ruin the world. And when I clicked on this video I just thought it's gonna be another rent about us, but when I got the point I couldn't help but smile. I feel like we always put too much presure onto new gens, without looking back at how that influenced us when we were a new gen. And we never consider how almost every gen has had it's problems and things they thought will ruin the world. Now I really have hope in Gen Z parents and I feel like we'll do a great job in balancing "gentle parenting" and "traditional" parenting. Maybe after all, every generation before us felt like they won't do a good job in raising kids or just generally building a functioning society. I'm well aware humanity has to come to an end but this made me feel a bit more sure that it won't be my gen whos gonna ruin the world and allat. PS. Sorry for any gramatical or other mistakes, english isn't my first language.

[@bofangchang]

Wow, thank you for your insightful comment, don't apologize about your grammar, it's better than most people! Hope you can give the video a like so more people can watch it and get a positive perspective on newer generations.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

The thing I don't understand is why most people seem to be blinded by nostalgia and see the past through rose-tinted glasses and why I and so few others are not. I knew the correct answer to the question in the title was a resounding "NO" before I started watching this video.

[@lesknofax]

Every time someone talks about kids these days, I will show them this video. I think your style is perfect for this kind of video, the kind where you have a well-reasoned and slow explanation about a question that most people seem to not really think about. I can see this channel really taking off, and just like how the croissant is now an international breakfast staple, I think this could become an internationally known channel!

[@bofangchang]

Wow, thank you so much for your kind words, you just made my day!

[@loggerT123]

Everyone says how Gen Alpha is glued to their screens. Ok, valid point. Dont use your phone for a week. It's that easy, no?

[@Magnus_maximus]

Well, say that to Facebook user moms

[@TM999]

8:23 "kids can no longer multiply" was so unreasonably funny

[@amuzak9063]

That last section rings so true. It isn't the generation that's screwed, it is the parents that make good or bad choices. We as a society can point at the few bad examples and say that an entire generation is doomed. Or.. we can raise children better, and make the personal choices that improve the futures of our children and our collective younger generation, so that they might pass that on to the next generation, and so on

[@bofangchang]

Well said!

[@georgemiser]

That's the reality of all this shit, fearmongering. 80s and 90s kids complained about the Disney teen stuff from the 00s, their parents complained about Pokemon and Power Rangers and their kids' music and now, the 00s kids that went bad and the Gen X kids that went bad are whinging about wokeness and the "destruction of childhood", claiming how they're gonna give their kids THEIR outdated upbringing. How they're gonna give them "traditional discipline" (child abuse to you and me.), restrict what their kid sees on TV to THEIR shows and movies and teach them marriage through the bible to save their "innocence." It's actually sad.

[@romeorocket341]

EXACTLY THESE FUTURE Gen x "Parents" ARE GONNA BE MONSTERS TO THEIR KIDS

[@bedrock6443]

This is what i was thinking. The pandemic impacting not just the econemy and education speaks to how disease runs history. This proves Jared Dimond's theory in Guns, Germs, and Steel that diseases are a major determinent in history.

[@Ali-bk3gc]

I have noticed that Gen Alphas are becoming years behind due to COVID-19. The only thing it did to me was make me YEARS AHEAD from what I learn now.

[@bofangchang]

Yes, it's quite concerning

[@themineguy1234]

my friends little sister who was born in 2016(i was born in 2009) when she was 1 and a half and my mom went to visit them, she took my moms phone, opened youtube, and started watching videos. my mom didn't allow this because she is against children under the age of 2 having electronics. which is why i came out better even though i was born in 2009. a few months ago, i went to visit my friend. his little sister has a better phone than mine. she has an iphone 11, i have a samsung galaxy note 4(the phone is older than her btw). and something good that happened is that her family doesn't allow her to watch youtube so she doesn't get too much brainrot. but she still sneaks into her room and watches shorts for hours

[@pyroslasher]

Yes youtube rots the brain... Just like the internet did in the 2000s... just like the video games did in the 90s... just like TV did in the 70s... just like radio did in the 50s....

[@cadencase5216]

I was also born in 2009! 14 year olds rise up!

[@themineguy1234]

@@cadencase5216 YEAH!

[@themineguy1234]

@@pyroslasher im not saying youtube rots brains. im saying youtube kids/ shorts for kids rots brains

[@MushroomPlayz4]

the stone agers hating the kids because back in their day they knew how to survive without fire or dogs 💀💀💀

[@bofangchang]

💀so true

[@jl9088]

Aren't we just repeating what other people are thinking? This is a repetion, of negativity after negativity... when does that end? We need to stop it so that everyone can change. Don't just look at the negative but positive as well. Do you agree?

[@foreverdreamwithinadream6871]

I don't know why everyone blames millennials when there are plenty of gen z who have kids now as well. The oldest gen z is around 27 or so. Maybe instead of blaming people based off year they were born in as that is ridiculous, look for what is the actual root causes. Lack of good paying jobs thus lack of parenting, the poor education system, how the pandemic was handled, etc...maybe society as a whole is to blame.

[@Nazrininator]

Thank you for making this video. I am so sick of these Generation Alpha doomer videos, and I'm glad to see a video criticizing those videos.

[@bofangchang]

Thank you for saying this, I felt like it was necessary to have one video out there that goes against the narrative!

[@NiaRiggins]

Same! It’s honestly disgusting how we are hating on KIDS now like just let kids be kids for once

[@Hollowdude15]

So gen alpha is actually not doomed to fail and l'm glad it's not true that gen alpha is going to be doomed in the future and great video Bofang Chang :]

[@bofangchang]

Thank you! Hope you liked and subscribed for more :)

[@Hollowdude15]

@@bofangchang You welcome :]

[@Ezek-di4po]

great video as always. Nice to see how this channel grew so quickly from one video. Really though, the delivery & quality of your channel's videos are better than some larger channels I've seen.

[@bofangchang]

Wow thank you so much for your kind comment, this means a lot!

[@orangewaffle_]

dude your youtube documentaries are super high quality and entertaining to watch, i like to watch 5 of them at the same time on different ipads and then get withdrawl symptoms when my ipads get taken away

[@bofangchang]

Lol thank you!

[@hertsdan]

You grew fast damn, keep cooking the good contents king!!

[@bofangchang]

Thank you sir! Hope you liked and subscribed for more :)

[@misterpepe118]

Today watched all your previous videos, this is so nice, right before going to sleep :)

[@bofangchang]

Wow, thank you so much for watching all of them! :)

[@misterpepe118]

@@bofangchang it's just that your videos are about really interesting topics, i wouldn't have known about Pol Pot if it wasn't because of you or how north Korea keeps existing

[@bofangchang]

@@misterpepe118 I try my best!

[@Noetic3D]

"I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity .The world will only have a Generation of Idiots " -Albert Einstein

[@JakeyFoxy_Z]

Great breakdown on how the same cycle has repeated over and over again and that generation alpha isn’t doing bad necessarily. Personally, I thought the reason generation alpha wasn’t good at all is because of the attention spans and constant watchtime on brainrot content. In my own experience, gen alpha is not bad at learning reading, spelling, or multiplication. I have seen little kids from 6-12 (especially 8-10) be very good at these subjects. I know a kid who is incredibly fluent in reading, and most of the kids in his school are the same. I also know a kid who has gotten only one question wrong on a spelling test in his 2 years of taking a spelling test every week. Guess what the word was, got your answer? “Different”. He got tricked on the double e. The last kid I know is incredibly good at multiplying, he finished 100 0-12x math problems in 1:38 seconds. But, that was on pressure and he only slept a few hours of sleep the night before, so imagine his max time. In conclusion, no generation is bad and this is a great analysis of generation alpha. Thanks for clearing it up for me, I subscribed to your channel for many more educational and research based videos. Greetings from Pakistan! 🇵🇰

[@bofangchang]

Love to Pakistan! Thank you for watching and commenting this thoughtful response :)

[@FirstInstinctBlueLover]

This is actually insane. I love your vids bro!

[@bofangchang]

Thank you so much man, you just made my day!

[@user-iv5ks9lk9x]

I was born in gen alpha, yet I did and still do play outside! I have very good school participation and grades, and I can do math from a grade above me, I watched TV, also I didn't have an Ipad at 5, not all kids from gen alpha watch skibidi toilet, some kids acctually still play outside, and touch grass. My generation gets alot of hate, and i understand it, but I am not one of the skibidi toilet Ipad kids, and most people i know have never watched skibidi toilet. Point is, I consider myself and many others in gen alpha, normal!

[@Lettuce-bd9el]

I agree! I’m gen alpha and I don’t see why generation matters sometimes tbh, we don’t choose our age and environments we were born in, when I was younger I was outside ALL the time, but growing older I’m more isolated to my room, however I started to love reading and know English better than some high schoolers LOL. Sure I scroll through KZbin shorts but my social media is very limited, I just know a lot about what’s going on especially on politics because of the internet, it informs you. Which isn’t always a bad thing!

[@Lettuce-bd9el]

But quarantine did mess a lot of us up quite a bit, I was a internet kid during that time tbh, watched gameplays all the time LOL

[@28Chili_StabFreddies]

Hey! Gen Alpha also here, I also heavily dislike when older generations blame and criticize all of us, sure, in some cases I get their concerns, absolutely, but i don’t think it’s to the point of world-ending stuff, you know ? Every exposure people have to gen alpha is mostly negative but they don’t care to check the other side, I can assure you, there are a lot of gen alphas that are “normal” as said before, we don’t all obsess about skibidi toilet, sure in my zone it’s a joke, but it’s not more than that, even when there is people that I know of that love and watch skibidi toilet a lot, I’m positive other generations have had similar things in their times, you can’t just put a group of people all in just one box or a category just because you only saw one of them act, it’s not that we’re brain rot or something, you just don’t see most of us online or in videos CAUSE WE ARE DOING OTHER THINGS, I can tell you this, right now my younger neighbors are playing outside, are they bratty and spoiled ? Absolutely not. Why am I not outside then? Cause of personal preference, I’m more of an indoors person and that has nothing to do with my generation, and I can read and learn just fine, thank you.

[@MNTMSMiddleSchooler]

@@Lettuce-bd9elAs a ten year old, I agree before i was 8, i used to go outside a lot but yea, recently i’ve been on my ipad more but that is like history stuff cuz i like history. I don’t watch skibidi toilet i watch Pokemon. I collect pokemon cards also!

[@TheSniperMAJOR]

The multiplication is still useful, because if you're at the store and buy 6 products, each costing 3.99 (aka 4 dollars), you first need to get your phone out, unlock and then type it in. Costs 5-10 seconds you waste, and that is actually dangerous, because staring at your phone while moving is a leading cause of accidents.

[@Vagolyk]

It's almost like people grow, learn and stuff.

[@menjolno]

9:35 we should only teach binary multiplication because computers are in binary. 1*1=1 1*0=0 0*0=0 there the whole table memorized 🧠🧠

[@tonyg9775]

Man I still can't believe this guy pulled up and started making banger videos left and right out of nowhere. Good on you!

[@bofangchang]

Thank you so much for saying that! Hope you liked and subscribed for more :)

[@tonyg9775]

@@bofangchang Yep

[@spycheesereal]

as a gen alpha myself maybe but this effect may happen with us with generation beta

[@NiaRiggins]

As a very late gen z I agree

[@sa_kie]

Bro made me tear up at the end, was not expecting that 😅 well done 👏

[@bofangchang]

Haha thank you! Hope you liked and subscribed for more :)

[@emayex74]

I was gonna comment something about how as someone in between gen z and gen a that i spend too much time on screens, but compared to others my age im actually doing better than i thought

[@kosmalaanimations2864]

You can tell it's bad because the generation is agreeing it is bad from the get-go

[@no_username_yet2397]

Really interesting perspective, great video

[@bofangchang]

Thank you so much!

[@RomanInSupremacy]

Great video!

[@bofangchang]

Thank you Roman, always love seeing your comments!

[@zeal9442]

Short Answer: Yes Long Answer: Oh hell yeah

[@mega7979]

every generation has done both terrible, and amazing things no generation has only done one of those things

[@bofangchang]

Facts

[@thatrugreallytiedtheroomto4537]

I miss going to the video store and checking out vhs/dvds 😪 the simple excitement that came with free popcorn at the best spots and getting the last one of whatever newly released movie you were stoked to see is some thing that will never exist again. 13:34 brought bittersweet flashbacks to say the least. what a time ❤️❤️

[@wyndmill]

Great vid as always!!!!!

[@bofangchang]

Thank you so much man! Hope to see you around in future vids too :)

[@sir_mystic4127]

Bro that ending was clean😭my mom needs to see this with how much she talks about us and how good and how different they were

[@bofangchang]

Thank you! Let me know what she thinks too haha. Hope you liked and subscribed for more :)

[@cazaresjulian14]

Let's just say I throw hate on all generations after mine, my own generation, and the generation right before mine 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Fat380]

Love your videos!

[@bofangchang]

Thank you!

[@-_J_-]

This video so goddamn inspiring omg 🔥🔥

[@OGNoraizYT256]

Mad respect for not including “I have more fans than you so everyone listens to my opinion no matter what” bias

[@gustavekuhlman3190]

Bofang Chang dropped a vid!!!!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@bofangchang]

🤩🤩🤩

[@pizzasuits]

Is the planet getting healthier?things becoming more affordable? Nope and nope….. well, that’s why things are going to hell. Too many people, too much inequality, and lastly too much transparency (a good and bad thing).

[@TranslucentGanon]

He’s done it again. Edit I’m in an interesting spot in this debate as a very early gen alpha. This is because I for a lack of a better word identify with gen Z culture and media and beliefs more than gen alpha but I also can’t deny the impact other gen alphas specifically later gen alphas have had on me and the content I watch. Like with the “kids these days can’t live without ai” I agree with that statement bc before that you had to write your own essays and do your own quizzes at school. Im the smart kid so I’m the one people were copying not the one who was copying but my point still stands. I’m sure gen alpha will become better but it’s still weird being in my position here I feel like a gen Z double agent infiltrating gen alpha lines lol. Also I am top of my class in math so I feel like gen alpha is badly behind on math but I’m biased because I’m an 7th grader that can do trigonometry and basic calculus and statistics so seeing 3rd graders who can’t multiply 9 * 7 is bad to me bc of my bias the only reason I’m not ahead is that the US hates pushing kids forwards grade levels for some reason.

[@vincentleclerc2058]

Interesting vid! I still feel like learning how to multiply is important though. I am always amazed by people who have to stop doing whatever they're doing to type in a very basic 7 x 4. Definetly saves up time and makes you look smarter!

[@bofangchang]

Fair enough, it is indeed faster to just know it! I always disliked the education system's excessive reliance on rote memorization as a way to teach children things, including multiplication tables. Math is an incredibly important skill for kids to learn, I just wouldn't shed a tear over the memorization part being gone lol.

[@y-tiplex]

@@bofangchang as a kid I always liked the memorization part and hate the rest. the memorization is easy the comprehension of new skills and math not so much.

[@bofangchang]

@@y-tiplex everyone's different so it's totally cool if you like the memorization part. I personally suck at memorizing haha :)

[@infrences]

I agree with some of your points but personally disagree with one major one: the one you made on the statement “Kids don’t know how to multiply”. Basic arithmetic has always been and will always be more important than cursive writing. Sure, most of us literally have a calculator in our pockets but being able to rely on your brain, especially when you can’t just use your devices, is so much better. It’s also important to understand the fundamentals of mathematics and the purpose and reason behind basic functions as you will be able to them find real world applications of them.

[@bofangchang]

Fair point, I could have clarified that I was criticizing the rote-memorization aspect, not the idea that kids shouldn't learn math anymore. Math is incredibly important and core principles need to be learned, I just don't think memorizing multiplication tables makes any sense anymore. As another commenter above you said, "It's OK not to memorize basic arithmetic answers for simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. You can even still be considered gifted in math, despite never memorizing the basic answers. Google "mathematician Emma King" for proof."

[@kittyw778]

What an amazing video, thanks 🤩

[@bofangchang]

Thank you for watching and commenting! 🤩

[@UnfunnySkeleton]

Former iPad person here: when i was a little kid i was just obsesed with the iPad, now, im a bussinessman, i married an arabic oil man ( people doesnt know we gay ) and i have 250020014 Dollars in my back account, im the reason money inflation exist, and my belly button its getting even bigger oh my god im pregnant.

[@BassRockarchives]

It’s like people just can’t be positive about life anymore even going as far as calling the next generation just doomed or brain dead but let’s be honest by the time we are like 40 we might be wrong…

[@bofangchang]

Very true.

[@ZeroClki]

Love your channel! Just subscribed :)

[@bofangchang]

Thank you so much!

[@ZeroClki]

@@bofangchang No problem!

[@-_J_-]

I like how we were hating on genz just a couple months ago, but then all of the blaming shifted towards gen alpha like nothing 😭

[@bofangchang]

So true lmaoo

[@NiaRiggins]

Erm am I the only one that sees kids outside ALL the time I bit to much actually? There are literally kids always at the park and they aren’t on their iPads screaming skibkidi or rizzler but running and singing some Disney songs like we don’t talk about burno and when it’s time to go inside they cry… as a gen z cusping off of gen A who grew up as an “iPad kids .” Of whatever I think it’s more of a trend of hate on gen alpha and call then ipad kids than the actual truth but idk 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@pyroslasher]

Been saying this ever since people from my generation, millennials, started routinely complaining that they're worried about "kids these days" spending so much time on their tablets. Gave the same explanation so very glad you did a great video on it

[@bofangchang]

Thank you for watching and commenting this!

[@ordinaryrat]

The flaw of the argument; 'all generations say that about the youth', it that what the older generations say is more often than not, true. When the older generations complain about the newer generation, there concerns are often based (at least somewhat) in reality. However, the general culture in the new generation slowly adjusts to be used to there own culture, so weird traits about the generation become normalized. As a gen z, I think the complaints about excessive electronic devices for young kids is very justified. But overtime, as the gen alpha grows up, this will become the new normal. By the time gen beta comes around, any complaints we have about this will probably just seem old fashioned and irrelevant, similiar to how we feel when we are told that TV or video games are bad for us.

[@PremiumToad]

Finnally someone says this. i always here that argument as if it the end all be all and that all critisim is unjustified.

[@ordinaryrat]

My point is that this argument doesn't works if it is simply responding to criticism. If one generation says 'the new generation is objectively worse', then generally this argument would apply because the culture of the new generation would adjust and make it the new normal.

[@ordinaryrat]

@@PremiumToad Damn your fast bro. I didn't even post my secound part yet lol.

[@zakuraiyadesu]

Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!

[@bofangchang]

Thank you man, you just made my day!

[@tsukamotomann]

I think what separates Gen Alpha from every other generation is how they are so tapped into the internet. A Gen Alpha kid has an even more powerful access to the internet than any other generation, and that will have severe consequences. At least with Gen Z we did grow up with fast access to the internet but I don’t know if it was me but I had a limited access early in my childhood. I didn’t get my first phone until I was 13, but kids now are getting phones and top of the line devices at a way younger age. Couple that with the increase of over stimulation in content, and Gen Alpha I believe will suffer massive setbacks. I haven’t even mentioned the pandemic.

[@rimimimimimimimim4170]

crazy, good and informative video instead of just hopping on the trend of blasting a new "generation" for easy views

[@cocoroach_ok]

Yeah I learnt this fenomena from 10 years ago. I'm younger millenial so I remembered very clearly when older generation were made fun of us being lazy, rude etc. I saw this fenomena times and times again, so rn I don't really blame current kids. But I am definitely concern about gen alpha's education, because all my teacher friends said kids rn can't even read on their level

[@madhavgullapalli505]

As someone who cannot survive my current courseload w/o memeorizing rules of algebraic manipulation, let alone something as basic as multiplication, I absolutely disagree with Point 2. Yes, we have calculators to do multiplication, but it far more convenient to be able to multiply 6x6 in a matter of milliseconds by commiting it to memeory, rather than needing to pull out your phone, switch to the calculator app, and type that same function. For most people , memorizing multiplication tables may be useless, but the ~25% of people who go into career requiring quick mathematical thinking will not have the skills to succeed.

[@vmj255]

And committing certain things to memory will come in handy when the grid finally implodes and there is no way to recharge your devices.

[@waywardmagician]

Fun fact: I am a Gen Z-er, but I wasn't introduced to the internet or iPads or phones until I was 12-13 years old. Instead, I was raised by the TV. The Serious Conversation: Honestly, what I think is sadder about this topic is how the older generation is always looking down at the younger one instead of putting themselves in their position. The following generation isn't dooming itself; the older generation is dooming them. The sooner they realize that, the sooner we can fix the issues we are facing today.

[@Kuledud3_fan]

Cavemen: We had it SO good back then, the younger generations don't know what it's like to live without Wheels.

[@bofangchang]

💀

[@sophiebell8941]

My husband and I are Gen Xers raising our daughters aged 14 and 12. They are gen alpha. But they are great kids -- they are cool yet know how to behave. They are confident, yet also know their boundaries. They do things without being asked. They are well-adjusted socially, and excel in academics. They have good moral values, too. We highly recommend the blue book entitled: "Getting It Right with Children" by Madelyn Swift. Great book, gave us parenting skills. It helped us empower our kids to make good decisions.

[@robotface42O]

I think they wont learn self control. I already am an example of that and I am 18. they have it even harder as I had a great child hood with a dad

[@RomanBellic-ez5fh]

One part you’re wrong is the lack of necessity of cursive and multiplication. Is not about knowing that’s stuff, it’s about understanding why the shit you do is the way you do and not just make believe, it’s about practicing your problem solving abilities aka creativity. Not even mentioning that multiplication is very important for algebra and there’s a lot of things that a calculator won’t solve for you. Why would you think if the calculator think for you? that’s why we have the shit we have today, phones, cars, computers, calculators, etc. Because somebody had to think learn the basics from sum to complex calculus. And for the cursive, neurologist are finding out that cursive is one way to better develop a growing brain. That’s why the stereotype that asian tend to be the most intelligent, maybe it’s because their language is so complex from writing to grammar that forces them to develop their brain from a early age. What would be of a pilot if he doesn’t how a engine works, how physics can interact with the car, therefore taking advantage of it. What would be of a alumni if he doesn’t know how basic math works in a calculator.

[@psychedelicspirituality]

My 6th Great Grandfather left his comfy life in Scotland to build a city out of the Canadian forest. I want to go back to those days.

[@AadithyaPrakash-wo7dg]

Letting go of skills is normal almost all of us have forgotten our ancestors primitive skills such as tree climbing and so on.

[@bofangchang]

So true.

[@uu-kq6mn]

But we still have in we just need the find balance between nature and technology. Because that's where we started 1st.

[@IsabellaMathew]

To be honest I don’t think so. mostly because I feel like news and Internet kinda over-exaggerate everything. Then again I am simple farmers girl.

[@Liu-ys2rx]

Tysm for providing a different prospective on this topic, I’m apart of generation alpha, and I’m sick and tired of past generations acting like we’re the worst, and providing the same points over and over again, it’s breath of fresh air to see a content creator finally understanding that each generation has its own problems.

[@bofangchang]

Of course, thank you for watching and commenting this! I'm glad you found the unique perspective refreshing.

[@VTrucker777]

I think of that since third grade Cheap calculator everywhere I rather bring that brick ass calculator everywhere than to memorize math

[@redrox3312]

Lost, greatest, and silent are three different generations that proceed in that order. They aren’t the same

[@bofangchang]

I never said they were the same.

[@thisisa]

Thank you for this video

[@bofangchang]

Thank you for commenting! Hope you liked and subscribed for more :)

[@divyanshjain5693]

Bofang Chang back with another banger!

[@bofangchang]

Thank you lol! Glad to see you again :)

[@divyanshjain5693]

@@bofangchang I am shocked to know you still remember me! Keep on making bangers.

[@AurabaurisSpankydiamond]

Uhmm they're still kids 😕why would you hate them?

[@mishapogurtcev7300]

The problem with replacing skills with technology today is that in previous decades it were physical skills: washing clothes in rivers, growing a field of wheat with basically onl ya a horse, ect. But now technology replaces skills of the mind, like multiplication, that, unlike physical ones not only remove dependency on the technology (than nowadays is not that relevant, everything depends on it), but enhances capabilities of the mind, allowing for faster thinking, faster learning, better memory and much more. Oh, and by the way Alzheimer's is linked to the center of the brain that is used for calculations and the more advanced it is, the lesser the chance of getting Alzheimer's is (My physics teacher told me that, so I am not entirely sure about this information), so if this generation never learns multiplication (and division, because I can't imagine learning it without knowing multiplication) they might be much more vulnerable to that disease, and thatis not good

[@mishapogurtcev7300]

Sorry for a couple mistakes in the text, English is not my first language

[@uu-kq6mn]

Nah your right thanks for your comment. And God bless you.

[@Radioactive-Braincell88]

I'm saving this video so I never questioned reality again.

[@tacticat5041]

new bofang chang video!!!

[@bofangchang]

:)))

[@tghetto5]

Best people to ask are teachers who have taught for generations. I coached for maybe a cohort or two, from 2011 until now. I’d say kids are kids in general and haven’t changed much but if I’m 100% objective they are getting a little worse in some areas. I’m seeing more and more kids who literally don’t know how to run. Kids are fatter. More depressed. Self harm more. I’m seeing more gender confused kids. More tantrums. Kids get sick more often and for longer periods of time. Depending on the area kids literally don’t come outside. Objectively speaking if you talk to educators they are getting worse at math and reading proficiency. So I mean, great video but a lot of the stuff is just true. We are getting fatter and fatter. Sicker and sicker. Spending less time outside. Spending more time with technology etc etc. Just because every generation says it doesn’t mean it’s false.

[@NarlepoaxIII]

Thank you for this. This is a wonderfully hopeful take on things.

[@luzcalderon7808]

5th video and bestie is already being sponsored

[@bofangchang]

🙏 all thanks to you guys for watching!

[@luzcalderon7808]

@@bofangchang You and us were both blessed by the algorithm

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

So why not make a tv documentary about generations?

[@bofangchang]

Haha if I ever get the resources for that, sure! I'm just a one-man team making these for you guys to enjoy :)

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

@@bofangchang STILL it's NOT generations it's the decades! Okay?

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

And STILL the older generations are getting stupid too!

[@chasehedges6775]

Both the young and old, tbh.

[@beatrz3]

i am not from the USA but since when did gen z not learn how to write in cursive? not only did i learn how to write in cursive, i was forced to write in cursive until the 4th grade and it's the same way with everyone i know and it is still happening, so is this a thing from the US only or are other countries doing it too?

[@bofangchang]

We've stopped teaching it for a decade or two. I'm sure there are schools that have not yet updated their curriculum, but it seems that most English-speaking countries have stopped teaching cursive to children at this point.

[@beatrz3]

that's interesting, thanks (i a. not from an english speaking country so that makes sense)​@@bofangchang

[@MastodonMann]

Fun fact: Parents is the medieval time saw books as the problem plaguing the youth