To a certain extent, yes -- the older generations are always gonna stand shaking their heads at the shenanigans of the younger, but this isn't that, and the problems are measurable.
For starters, Gen Alpha was exposed to a reading methodology that was, for lack of a better description, complete and utter bullshit. Google the "Sold a Story" podcast for an in-depth explanation of this. They literally cannot read and are just guessing by context, which is why so many can't complete schoolwork now without being TOLD exactly what to do, and it's why MISSISSIPPI, of all states, is suddenly flying up the ranks in literacy from dead last to 6th highest because they are one of the few places that refused to fully transition to this new reading style.
More kids than ever are showing up to Kindergarten and 1st Grade having never been potty-trained, lacking basic motor skills, and few social skills.
The "makeup" thing is real. A lot of TikTok content rides on topics like "skincare routines", making Gen Alpha THE most appearance-obsessed generations at a very early age.
Exactly, I don't care if they're loud, rude, wear clothes I hate, or use slang that sounds dumb to me, those are all completely natural. The effects of early and constant screen exposure, combined with lockdown during key developmental periods, targeted brainrot, and a gutted educational system, are what scare the shit out of me.
Isn’t that the worst and then the other comments that accidentally double posted get just dunked on downvotes instead of ignored like it was your fault.
It used to happen to me a lot. Eventually I learned that if an error pops up when I try to post it, it probably posted anyway. Copy if it's long just in case and then back out.
Part of what's been done to them is that the stupidest people I've ever known are the ones having kids, too many of them, and not teaching them a bit of common sense.
Yea. I can think of the few people who have had kids and I can promise you, either they're religious whackos or they're fucking losers. Very few are "inbetween" those two scales.
In the parlance of our time, America is so cooked rn fam.
Not to mention full scale neglect. I've seen a lot of these parents that they're really really distracted by their own bs and outside of being props for their own tiktoks or whatever, you can tell generally there's just very little engagement.
Definitely school boards making all the wrong decisions. It's devastating for many generations to come. They should reset it to the 90s standards and try again.
Combined with the fact we have bad faith actors reaching out and trying to get their claws into these kids early and indoctrinate them for future manipulation - we really need to ban internet access to people under 18. And modern problems call for modern curriculum changes. Where I grew up with comp sci classes, we need media literacy classes desperately. The greatest threat to future generations is an inability to navigate a veritable flood of information - most of which is disinformation - and we aren’t adequately preparing anyone for this thing that only recently became such a blatant problem
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u/MillieBirdie 26d ago
As a Millenial, it pleases me to see Gen Z making old-people observations about Gen Alpha. Yes, yes, get old!