How the Internet Destroyed Generation Alpha

what are all those touch screens doing all those growing little brains all she wants for the holidays is well not toys but skin care products all I wanted this year was skincare and makeup 11-year-old Olivia Clyde is obsessed with beauty products eighth grade kid could not spell a single word correctly on his list eighth grade generation Alpha the supposed Future Leaders and current generation of our society but with the way they're growing up will they actually be the future generation to make an impact or is Gen Alpha as doomed as people say it is who are generation Alpha gen Alpha are people born between 2010 and 2025 is said to become the most populated generation in history with over 2. 8 million kids born every week they follow genen and are the children of the millennial generation although a gen Alpha is populating a large amount of society why do other Generations think there's no hope for this generation with countless cases of kids acting out in public lashing out and behaving erratically many believe the Gen Alpha is already ruined you see babies and toddlers often throwing temper tantrums the second their smart devices are taken away and teachers are begging parents to do something because their kids barely scrape by in school time and time again we hear about just how doomed gen Alpha is but where are these horror stories coming from from and what makes gen Alpha so different from all the generations before them the short answer the internet the rise of iPad kids when you think of a kid in today's day and age how do you picture them most of you probably had an image of a kid with an iPad in their hands right that's because gen Alpha is not only the youngest generation but also the most technologically dependent one generation Alpha was raised by screens whether by TV a computer or the infamous iPad with almost 80% of kids owning an iPad or another version of a tablet you can't deny the nickname that many call this generation iPad kids this is what happens when Mom and Dad take away an iPad from 2-year-old Ashlin Brooks [Music] IP since their creation iPads have been used as a tool for parents who are simply too busy with work technology has proven to be a hassle fore way of keeping kids occupied whether at public places social events or just during the day-to-day with iPads being an evolved version of parenting in the 20th century screens are simply considered the new nanny and although parents May benefit from relaxing after work iPads could be doing more harm than good it's gotten to a point where gen Alpha is entirely relying on their devices growing a digital addiction that they cannot seem to stop in 2012 a 3-year-old boy was kicked off an Alaskan an Airlines flight from Seattle because of the extreme temper tantrum he threw after getting his iPad taken away the kid had been playing with a tablet before takeoff but when planes Ascend all devices were asked to be turned off and this one iPad was no exception but when flight attendants tried to get the kid to turn his tablet off he started to wreak havoc the child began a raging Outburst hitting his head against the roof of the plane and desperately begging for his tablet back his family tried to calm him down and buckle him in so that they could take off but no one was able to control them things got so bad that the pilot had to turn the entire plane around on the runway the boy and his entire family was escorted off the flight causing them to miss their vacation to St Martin island and this was over 10 years ago at the start of the iPad kids generation since then gen Alpha has grown more attached to their devices social media has become a part of their day-to-day routines for Better or For Worse and it's caused kids to become addicted to the internet in the state home crisis that happened in 2020 only made things worse kids were locked in doors and were unable to get any sort of social interaction from other peers or teachers gen Alpha was treating technology like a full-time job devoting 40 hours a week to using it with social media being accessible to anyone internet usage was at an all-time high they couldn't go out to play because of restrictions so the only way they could get any form of contact with the outside world was through their devices gen Alpha was going through a critical development phases during the stay-at-home crisis the online world became their new reality because it was all they knew and considering the sort of horrible stuff that we have access to online this is concerning technology usage on its own isn't necessarily a bad thing it's the content that's being consumed that's the real perpetrator parents may think that they know what their kids are watching online but sometimes things aren't what they seem even in videos supposedly made for kids internet brain rot you might have heard of the term brain rot popularized by social media brain rot is the term that internet users have created to describe those lacking proper socialization and are obsessed with digital content to an unhealthy level God bro gen Alpha content is some of the most incoherent brain dead I've ever seen in my life okay like I can physically feel my brain cells frying every second I spent watching them level 100 guat ice spice r w r guat you've Gat to be rising me in Ohio at 3:00 a. m.

when you think about brain rot gen Alpha tends to be the usual demographic that comes to mind that's because the internet has been their primary means of interaction with the world since they were born brain Rock content can also be identified by the constant usage of internet's slang overly bright colors and attention grabbing content that switches every few seconds a key example is popular kids media like skibbidy toilet that seem to capitalize on gen Alpha's decreasing attention span by overwhelming them with Hyper stimulating content skibby toilet is a web series on YouTube that features a variety of models from games like Gary's mod and Counterstrike as they battle in a raging War the two sides are singing Human headed toilets which are called skibby toilets and humanoids who have human bodies but items as their heads like cameras or TVs the series was created by a man named Alexi gasimov the first premiered on YouTube in February of 2023 since the first episode was released the channel had gained over 40. 6 million subscribers and has over 15 billion views today each episode features the skibby toilets and other characters engaged in fullon conflicts animated in the most obscure and dramatic ways there's never a dull moment in the videos which to gen Alpha is the exciting part on the surface level this might just seem like out of the box wacky content for kids but the harsh reality of it is that skibby toilet could be damaging to children with a constant overstimulating content kids get used to hyperactivity making everything else feel mundane this can cause IR ability a low attention span and a lack of patience since kids are now so used to hypers stimulation parents have long since been concerned with whether or not skibby toilet is appropriate for the kids to watch and it even got to a point where Russian authorities had to get involved to investigate the show a Moscow man concerned over skibbidy toilets detrimental effects on children asked the police to block the videos from the internet to prevent kids from watching it this investigation has gotten mixed opinions so far with some claiming that getting the police involved over a kid series is ridiculous other parents also echoed the same concerns believing that skibbidy toilet may be doing more harm than good while there's still no conclusive answer as to whether or not the series is negatively affecting children this form of hyper stimulating media has become a growing trend for Gen Alpha parents are becoming increasingly worried that their kids are becoming like zombies because of this kind of content another popular kid show is Coco melon which is usually targeted toward babies and younger children Coco melon has become one of the most famous kid shows and has been a go-to entertainment source for parents to show their kids but in recent months the once favorable reputation of Coco melon has completely shifted because now parents are starting to discover a correlation between their kids' behavioral issues and the show on December 26th 2021 Tik Tok User it's Mama Bell posted a video that raised some serious concerns about Coco melon the text on the video said that she had just SW switched from showing her kids Coco melon to a YouTuber called Miss Rachel and the prior to switching her children would just sit in front of the TV like zombies in the comments countless moms agreed with her saying that Miss Rachel who is a YouTuber who focuses on educational content was much more beneficial for their kids more and more parents realized that their kids were becoming addicted to Coco melon to the point where they wouldn't be able to move away from the screen and they weren't learning anything from the show either the show focused solely on keeping the children attention with bright colors repetitive songs and fast jump Cuts all of which are tactics that the show uses to keep kids hooked let's see how many seconds it takes for each one of these scenes to change 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 one this epidemic of over stimulation can be compared to the feeling that you get from substance es hence why Coco melon is so addictive to children and it's not just random ticktockers that have said this actual childhood experts have chimed in agreeing that cocomelon is too overstimulating for kids which can lead to addiction cocomelon Watchers are usually between ages 2 and five which are critical years when it comes to early childhood development this is the time when kids are developing language creativity and social skills and shows like Coco melon have possibly only made these tasks more difficult and not to mention the disturbing influx of elate content that's taken over all of the kid-friendly platforms and I have a whole separate video of that that you can watch all of this inappropriate content not only has caused concern for Gen Alpha parents but also for teachers as well because not only are kids becoming more addicted to screens but they're also doing much worse in school the Dumber generation it's a common theme in social media for people to say that gen Alpha is considered one of the Dumber Generations the more kids kids become addicted to their screens the harder it is for them to live a life away from it that includes during school hours it's as if kids are having a harder time paying attention likely because the internet may be conditioning their brains to Shorter content hence a shorter attention span teachers around the world have been going viral on Tik Tok after sharing just how concerned they are about the educational development of their gen Alpha students theyve said that students are now reading and writing at several grade levels behind with a large majority of kids being unable to understand basic literacy spelling and grammar um this eighth grade kid cannot spell could not spell a single word correctly on his list eighth grade Tik Tok user Q ski is an elementary school teacher from Atlanta Georgia who took to Tik Tok to express his concern for the students in his class he said that although he teaches a seventh grade class many of his students are nowhere near that level of Education I teach seventh grade they are still performing on the fourth grade level a nobody talking about how they just keep moving passing them on I can put as many zeros in this Gradebook as I want to they going to move that child to the eighth grade next year this teacher even stated that some of the students in his class perform at kindergarten first second and third grade levels even though they're just 2 years away from entering high school and he's not the only teacher that feels this way and I teach at one of the more affluent schools when I tell you that these babies cannot read they cannot not right and they cannot comprehend I'm not being funny I'm being dead serious when it comes to high school kids it's not much better because the Creator cool nce AKA n said that her 10th and 11th grade English students were only capable of performing at a sixth or seventh grade reading level despite being in their upper years of high school and other sources continue to claim that gen alpha kids don't only have poor learning skills they have poor Behavior too young students misbehaving in the classroom is become the new norm and when teachers like n try to discipline them properly it doesn't work out my principal told me you can't do that in Georgia they have completely taken discipline out of education at this point especially in Georgia you cannot use the grade book to implement any kind of discipline or any kind of enforcement with students and that is going to be the ruin of our kids but it's not just attention disorders that are of fault here the internet has also given gen Alpha a golden ticket when it comes to cheating their way through school chat GP AI tools like chat GPT can easily help kids finish their homework in seconds the shift has reduced the emphasis on work ethic along with valuable life skills like critical thinking and communication without these skills gen Alpha has become prone to all sorts of influences because since they are so conditioned to only look at the surface level they take most of what they see on social media as the truth without researching for themselves and questioning it everything they see online is immediately taken as a fact which is detrimental to these young impressionable kids and companies are taking advantage of this they're targeting a demographic that they shouldn't be kids the gullible generation anywhere you go on the internet you are destined to run into an advertisement whether on the Tik Tok shop or just casually scrolling on social media marketing has evolved from Billboards and newspapers to scrolling on your phone adults are able to understand what an organic piece of content is versus a paid promotion but young kids are less perceptive of this they use viral Trends as guidelines for what they should or should not like even if it's not meant for them as kids consume more online content including advertising they being influenced to buy products that are just not made for them we see this happening all the time with Gen Alpha especially due to the rising influence of Tik Tok but they aren't alone Millennials and older Generations drive forward these Trends and make them mainstream on social media one product being the infamous Stanley Cup drawing screams of excitement and tears of joy this year's hottest status symbol and most coveted holiday gift I got a Stanley is the Stanley Tumblr this Tumblr cup has become the reason for multiple news headlines and heavy in-person lines as early as 4: a. m.