Generation Alpha (And what of it?)

[Nolff]

It is no strange that the generation latching onto tech too much is going a little... What could I say, uhm... Berserk? Yeah, probably.
Back then, they would probably just go to their room or display a sad face whenever their source of entertainment device was taken away from them.
Now? Oh boi, it gets quite wild.

In the West (Along with European countries) we have kids' tantrums happening in nearly every school there.
The worst part is that the teachers of these schools- some of them, specifically - have their disciplinaries stripped away by the schools' rules.
And to top it off, most of the parents who reported their children being quirky are the same parents who gave them a device full of entertainment, positivity, and of course... Degeneracy.
Yup, they somehow forgot to control nor notice the wrongs that their kids are watching.

In the east, however, it's a little controlled gladly. The parents comment harshly about what their children are watching on their phones.

For instance, take a look at Ary (A made-up Alias) my younger brother. I have a total of 4 siblings and lots of cousins, and he happens to be the second child in the family. Born in 2013, he inherited some of my tendencies and likes (along with some brain cells.
This'll be important later). He learns about the internet fast, discerning knowledge fast, and doing anything internet-related REAL FAST.
But well, not as fast as me as I always saw him having difficulties with Chrome's features.
And here we are to the point I'm sure you guys are interested.

Is he a part of the doomed generation?

Well, to me, he is not. Screw it, why not bring my other siblings in? They all are damn good at receiving the contents of the internet.
And just like earlier, they're doing so better than my parents and the entire family. But, they lack the proper sense to differentiate which contents are real and which aren't.
Yeah, they're under the age of 10 and they understand the daily meme culture better than me, I admit.
If you were wondering, I brought my little oldest sibling because he's better than the others. And they too, don't suffer being a gen alpha.

Why?

My parents are very strict on what we can watch and what we cannot. It's not that we're highly prohibited, it's just that we'll consistently be side-eyed and yelled at to change the video we were watching. The most they'll do is take the remote/device away from us and tell us "You're not worth holding this." Or, in the case of a tv remote, "It's my/father's turn on the tv."
That rarely happens though because we kept quickly switching videos whenever what we deemed as 'will be harassed by parents' was playing. We cannot afford to live in the house with those sharp side-eyes.
They do get a little strange, based on the slang they often speak. But, it's in a controllable state.

What about you guys' experiences?

 

[AYM]

What are you asking?

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Bruh.

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

My nephews are 'rabid' when it comes to tablets and phones, and for a good reason. Their parents (the mother is my younger sister) shouldn't have been parents yet. She's too lax when it comes to discipline, having been influenced by Western philosophies when it comes to rearing children. In the end, even the slightest infraction of her kids would result in a 'slap on the wrist' or worse, nothing at all.

Which resulted in such behavior. Those kids would just grab any gadgets they find unattended, even without the permission of the owner. They'd watch shows there unsupervised, and not all of which are 'kid-friendly.'

At the end, when they came to our house (I live with my mother and younger brother; we both have no families of our own yet), those nephews of mine came to strict disciplinary measures. My mother is a teacher, as I am, too, and we will not tolerate such behavior. Much work still needs to be done, but there has been an improvement. And they won't even touch gadgets without permission nowadays.

My nephews still sing the Skibidi shit though...

 

[PancakesWitch]

Bruh indeed

 

[SternenklarenRitter]

You have clearly never heard of a time called the 1970s. Kids today are saints in comparison.

 

[ArbalestDevil]

People have claimed that kids these days are the worst they've ever been since literally pre-history. Within my lifetime I've seen "the doomed generation" move from the millenials to the zoomers to gen alpha. It always happens because people have worse memories than they think and are terrible at self-reflection.

 

[Seaspecter]

I'll just leave this here.

 

[Kenjona]

People have claimed that kids these days are the worst they've ever been since literally pre-history. Within my lifetime I've seen "the doomed generation" move from the millenials to the zoomers to gen alpha. It always happens because people have worse memories than they think and are terrible at self-reflection.

This so much this.
Your typical kid, since the late 90's is probably on the internet.

That kid is probably not going down hill at 50+ mph on a bike along a major throughfare with two of his friends on said bike.
They are not taking their BB guns and going into the woods to shoot each other.

Deadly toys were all the rage.
Lawn Darts, I kid you not, Lawn Darts. Heavy pointy things you threw at a circle that the other team stood next too. Even Adults had issues with these things, cause they were drinking of course.
Did you know you could hang yourself by accident with a slinky? Not now days, because Slinky's are either plastic or lighter aluminum. Nope they were made from steel.
Green machines and Big Wheels, low slung conveyances that drivers could not see coming out of cross streets racing or on turns.
Skateboarding became a rage. Yep a board you balance on with two double wheels, no risk there.
Street Hockey. 50+ mph pucks, sticks and skates. Sometimes some kid wanted to be the goalie had gotten a helmet from somewhere (Football/baseball/Knit cap with wool stuff in it/whatever).
Street anything usually involved a stick or something thrown with accuracy and at a fairly high rate of speed.
American Football, in the street or a yard (cause that was safer). No pads, no flags, and touch was an option that was often ignored.
Baseball, bats and 25-50+mph balls, depending on your age.
White Vans.
Ice Cream Trucks, which were in the wrong neighborhood. IYKYK

 

[Vnator]

What are you asking?

I think he's just saying that gen alpha isn't completely doomed, and that their problems come from parents not doing their jobs to moderate what they watch.
His parents tell their kids to stop watching any off-color or inappropriate videos, and the kids in turn are careful to avoid the kinds of sussy content their parents will not like.
I agree with it. The problem isn't kids with internet and device access. Heck, I was using a PC since I was a toddler in the mid to late 90s! The issue is that they're given full, unfettered access and parents are too scared to take it away lest the kid throws a tantrum.

Tldr: bad, lazy parents who let a tablet babysit their kids nonstop are the reason why gen alpha looks to be in bad straits. Controlling what your kid watches (and not letting it replace all activities) is how to avoid this.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

I've blocked 98% of the stuff on Netflix, and I only offer approved content on YouTube Kids.

 

[Tempokai]

My niece was that IPad glued kid when she was 6 y.o. She is now 13, and when she was a guest in my mother's house, by the looks of things, her phone addiction is lesser than I expecting. Schools are good when they're strict enough. It's case to case phenomenon, but I at least can be sure that low income families that can't afford powerful phones will carry the next generation (unless those kids will succumb to that too lol)

 

[Corty]

Gesundheit.

 

[Nolff]

What are you asking?

Experience with those kinds of people.

My nephews are 'rabid' when it comes to tablets and phones, and for a good reason. Their parents (the mother is my younger sister) shouldn't have been parents yet. She's too lax when it comes to discipline, having been influenced by Western philosophies when it comes to rearing children. In the end, even the slightest infraction of her kids would result in a 'slap on the wrist' or worse, nothing at all.

Which resulted in such behavior. Those kids would just grab any gadgets they find unattended, even without the permission of the owner. They'd watch shows there unsupervised, and not all of which are 'kid-friendly.'

At the end, when they came to our house (I live with my mother and younger brother; we both have no families of our own yet), those nephews of mine came to strict disciplinary measures. My mother is a teacher, as I am, too, and we will not tolerate such behavior. Much work still needs to be done, but there has been an improvement. And they won't even touch gadgets without permission nowadays.

My nephews still sing the Skibidi shit though...

Let me guess, it's terrifying to hear it every time.

You have clearly never heard of a time called the 1970s. Kids today are saints in comparison.

Oh, I heard it alright. But I would like to differ.

I'm on this guy's side.

I'll just leave this here.

People have claimed that kids these days are the worst they've ever been since literally pre-history. Within my lifetime I've seen "the doomed generation" move from the millenials to the zoomers to gen alpha. It always happens because people have worse memories than they think and are terrible at self-reflection.

Hence why half of the problem I pointed out wasn't on the Gen Alpha kids, it was the Millenials/Z parents.

This so much this.
Your typical kid, since the late 90's is probably on the internet.

That kid is probably not going down hill at 50+ mph on a bike along a major throughfare with two of his friends on said bike.
They are not taking their BB guns and going into the woods to shoot each other.

Deadly toys were all the rage.
Lawn Darts, I kid you not, Lawn Darts. Heavy pointy things you threw at a circle that the other team stood next too. Even Adults had issues with these things, cause they were drinking of course.
Did you know you could hang yourself by accident with a slinky? Not now days, because Slinky's are either plastic or lighter aluminum. Nope they were made from steel.
Green machines and Big Wheels, low slung conveyances that drivers could not see coming out of cross streets racing or on turns.
Skateboarding became a rage. Yep a board you balance on with two double wheels, no risk there.
Street Hockey. 50+ mph pucks, sticks and skates. Sometimes some kid wanted to be the goalie had gotten a helmet from somewhere (Football/baseball/Knit cap with wool stuff in it/whatever).
Street anything usually involved a stick or something thrown with accuracy and at a fairly high rate of speed.
American Football, in the street or a yard (cause that was safer). No pads, no flags, and touch was an option that was often ignored.
Baseball, bats and 25-50+mph balls, depending on your age.
White Vans.
Ice Cream Trucks, which were in the wrong neighborhood. IYKYK

Oh my lord, this is one hell definition of the late 90's.

I kid you not, in this southeast country with red & white flag, we got several human rights activists kidnapped and possibly killed. Not to mention the inflation.

 

[BigBadBoi]

That's not skibidi ohio sigma rizz fanum tax of you on god frfr no cap
On a serious note I kinda feel bad for the dude that made skibidi toilet. Dude just made shitposts with gmod and it blew up so much that youtube kids slop channels just kept on making slop nonstop which is the real cause of the brainrot. Animating in gmod actually takes high skill and effort too.

 

[Dark_Phoenix_Zaetyk]

I think this problem will not go anywhere soon,i grew up in the internet era as gen z aheem, even when you restrict everything on what your kid does,watches or whatnot she/him will get influnced by the friends because everywhere you look nowdays it all about tech and social media.If you look closely the alpha gen are more out of control considering most parents of this gen are from gen z or mellinials who at some point got freedom in expressing them self in the internet,and some have fear of missing out (FOMO) if they don't access any platforms.

 

[Nolff]

I've blocked 98% of the stuff on Netflix, and I only offer approved content on YouTube Kids.

But... Don't the Youtube Kids get more cringe than the NetffIix?

That's not skibidi ohio sigma rizz fanum tax of you on god frfr no cap
On a serious note I kinda feel bad for the dude that made skibidi toilet. Dude just made shitposts with gmod and it blew up so much that youtube kids slop channels just kept on making slop nonstop which is the real cause of the brainrot. Animating in gmod actually takes high skill and effort too.

I agree

 

[Nolff]

I think this problem will not go anywhere soon,i grew up in the internet era as gen z aheem, even when you restrict everything on what your kid does,watches or whatnot she/him will get influnced by the friends because everywhere you look nowdays it all about tech and social media.If you look closely the alpha gen are more out of control considering most parents of this gen are from gen z or mellinials who at some point got freedom in expressing them self in the internet,and some have fear of missing out (FOMO) if they don't access any platforms.

Past gens have matured, don't they? So they should do the same. And that includes me, a late Gen Z (I think).

That's not skibidi ohio sigma rizz fanum tax of you on god frfr no cap
On a serious note I kinda feel bad for the dude that made skibidi toilet. Dude just made shitposts with gmod and it blew up so much that youtube kids slop channels just kept on making slop nonstop which is the real cause of the brainrot. Animating in gmod actually takes high skill and effort too.

Oh also, forgot to say this earlier but, don't forget to count in SFM.

*Lazypurple cries in the background*

 

[BouncyCactus]

They'll be fine, if not a little cringe to us, as we are to the previous generation. I mean, most of the millennial and early GenZ grew up on the un-moderated and wildest that was the internet, watching beheading on LiveLeak, and sailing the high sea through more porn than I care to admit for a good 20 min of Bleach and Fairy Tales. And we are not all f up, are we?

I think it all came down to parenting, with the new generation of parents trying a new wave of parenting, and with the explosive ease of access to the internet. One of my nieces preferred paper books to iPads, and it was all thanks to my cousin knowing how to control their use of technology.

 

[Dark_Phoenix_Zaetyk]

They'll be fine, if not a little cringe to us, as we are to the previous generation. I mean, most of the millennial and early GenZ grew up on the un-moderated and wildest that was the internet, watching beheading on LiveLeak, and sailing the high sea through more porn than I care to admit for a good 20 min of Bleach and Fairy Tales. And we are not all f up, are we?

I think it all came down to parenting, with the new generation of parents trying a new wave of parenting, and with the explosive ease of access to the internet. One of my nieces preferred paper books to iPads, and it was all thanks to my cousin knowing how to control their use of technology.

Yikes don't remind me the beheading videos on that site even now am not that unhinged to watch those things again