How the Internet Destroyed Generation Alpha 

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"Parents are becoming increasingly worried..." Then stop giving your kids those devices.

Gen Alpha is genuinely so worrisome. I hate to see a little girl being worried about makeup and if she has the most recent “trends.” Everything’s being micromanaged by social media, and they can’t have their own opinions without being afraid of being shut down. Really heartbreaking.

Gen Z, can we all collectively agree that we aren’t going to give our kids iPads?

As a Gen Z I will not let my kids be raised by screens

Young girls wanting skincare products, boys watching tons of sigma male videos, and kids unable to spell and read properly, it frankly scares me.

In short: Irresponsible parents, like always.

“Gen alpha didnt ruin society, but society ruined gen alpha” -a random comment i found in another video

Growing up without social media was such a blessing.

Everyone seems to be blaming literal children/ babies /toddlers for their problems while the only ones responsible are their PARENTS

reading comprehension is CRUCIAL and its decline is horrifying

That airline captain fr pulled the "dont make me turn this plane around" move

As a Gen Alpha representative, I can confirm that the Gen Alpha stereotype is true for some kids, but not for most. It’s not fair that people bring light to the worst of the worst of Gen Alpha, and not the normal kids in Gen Alpha. I’m in 5th grade. And while me and most of my classmates have been exposed to technology so early, we’re still normal kids. We grew up with the same things everyone else did, we developed the same way. The ‘iPad Kid’ term is only true for a small percentage of Gen Alpha. All of my friends have normal lives. All of my classmates do sports, and most do good in school. And you wanna know something cool? I remember what the old DanTDM lab looked like, including the basement with all the mods from when I was like, 6. I was exposed to technology early, but let me tell you something. I knew how to add and subtract when I was in Pre-K. I get straight A’s in every class. For my most recent reading EOG, I got all the questions right, and for math, only missed 2. Im even writing a 500 page chapter book! Heck, 2 books on my Lexile Reading Level are ‘The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin’ and ‘The Federalist Papers’. And I’m not even the smartest of the smartest in my school! I’m like the 2nd smartest person there. Also, when we use our “slang”, it’s mostly just making fun of words like ‘skibidi’ and ‘gyatt’. Most kids have an actual decent, if not good, sense of humor. What I’m trying to say is, the ‘iPad Kid’ term is a huge stereotype for most Gen Alpha kids. We all grew up normally with no problems. Everyone I know plays sports or some sort of active hobby, no one’s tied to their screens, and Gen Alpha is normal kids! And I promise I’m not a literal loser/nerd, lol. Reminder, I’m a 5th grader. I have a decent sense of humor, never watched ‘Skibidi Toilet’ once, and am a good kid! But I’m not a nerd lol, and I’m not perfect. Nobody is. And nothing against the person who made the video! The video’s actually good! I just needed to say this. (sorry that was so long lol, I got really carried away.)

it is funny that they call it "skincare", when they are doing the opposite. When you are a kid your skin is more sensitive and repeatedly using those products that are not made for them can result in permanent skin damages/problems

Seeing a kid who's like 8 years old wanting to do skincare scares me, when I was her age, I didn't even know skincare existed.

It is so gross. My kids started to seem screen addicted and refused to go outside, so we just got rid of all the screens. What happened? Toys came out, books came out, kids WANTED to go outside.

When I was a kid, I watched some of the best cartoons of my time, played with a train set, and had a big imagination when I was younger. If I could go back to the times of being a kid again and playing with what I loved, I would do it in a heartbeat.

the internet made me hate that i'm part of gen alpha

I’m an Asia kid, and I swear if I ever acted like this I would have been in the grave

the gullible generation part is so real tho 😭I saw my 3 year old cousin playing games on his phone, everytime a game ad came up, he would click it and download the game, play it until a new ad came up and download another game, over and over and over again

I am a 12 year old kid and I am just shocked I am honestly scared for the future of the world with gen alphas running the world

It’s not the kids fault tho so don’t hate on them, it’s the fault of the PARENTS not knowing how good parenting works

It’s insane how so much of this could be avoided if parents just spent time with their kids. It’s so sad to me that parents will miss whole chunks of their kids development because they’d rather be on their phone

It scares me to think that young girls are sooooo obsessed with "looking pretty" to the social standards and being popular and young boys craving "curvy pretty" girls and being a "alpha sigma male who has rizz" and only cares about what they look like, not personality at all and caring about popularity is absolutely horrible. the behavior issues is the absolute worst.

I’m a “Gen Alpha” but I try to regulate myself the best I can and I’m performing well in school and I’m even in honors roll! I set screen times for myself and I have great parents who help discipline me in the right ways.

Talked to my parents about how they are raising my baby brothers and they agree that the phones and video games have turned them into addicts but they don't do anything to get them off of it, it is so heart breaking to see my parent seemingly give up on my siblings

Giving your kid an iPad as a substitute to spending time with them is abuse.

This why adult toy collectors feel weird about themselves more than ever, because less kids are buying products made for them.

Hello. I was born in 2013, and I'm of Gen Alpha. Because of this, most people don't even treat me like a human being, and the internet agrees I should be stupid. I was lucky to be raised the way I was, as in I wasn't handed an iPad at the age of two. That has helped my mental growth a lot, I'd say. It really shows it's not the kids' fault for being 'stupid', but rather the parents. If they don't actually _parent_ their children, they'll be dumb.

I'm a father of 2. My daughter is 3 and my son 5. They have never used an electronic device before. They are limited to 45-50 mins of TV per day. As a result, both are very sociable and creative. My son is currently looking forward to going to elementary school and studying!

I am from Russia and my sis is teacher for 7- year olds and 9-10 year olds, and she said that 7 year olds were swearing being rude bullying, and 9 year olds were like normal kids

I've had interactions, as a dietitian, with iPad kids. It's IMPOSSIBLE to communicate with them. They are absolutely insufferable.

Thank you Visual Venture for posting this video. Hello everyone, I'm Anna, and I am thirteen, one of the oldest of the gen alpha. I am different from the rest, as I study hard in school to go to college for business management. Every time I go to school, everyone is always on their phones, even when the school says they shouldn't. Everywhere around me, people are saying things like "Last rizzmas, I gave you my gyatt" and "Skibidi toilet" and it is driving me to the point where even the things they're saying is giving me brain rot. I was originally going to start my business off by creating some social media or device company, however, I realized that it was a bad influence on people themselves. I never ask for makeup; I don't even wear makeup. Even If I wanted to wear makeup, it would just to be how I looked. I usually don't follow trends, and some can be dangerous, like taking as many Bena drills as you can, and putting on 100 layers of foundation. And honestly, following the herd is a waste of time, and 97% of creators don't make it to famous. I believe that makeup is bad for the skin, and unnatural. Honestly, I don't understand why my generation freaks out when devices are taken away, because you're just tapping a holographic piece of glass. Most of the time, I go outside, you know, swim in a river. And the screen time, in my opinion, is making it to where it's hallucinating the brain for more videos, which become a nonstop desire. I recommend to all the gen alphas that are reading this to set a timer/limit to screen time, and go outside more. Because the only thing that's realer than something that makes your eyes go bad on a piece of glass, is reality. And I tell you, once you go outside, it will be worth it. And if you don't study in school, then where are you going to go? you can't flip burgers for the rest of your life because that's almost minimum wage. If you get a diploma, you know, then eventually go to college, you're going to realize that spending time behind a screen all day would not be worth it. So, to all of the gen alphas reading this please, , study hard and don't be a couch potato. - Anna R.

The part of gen-z that I am in is literally the youngest a gen-z child can be. I have to endure with them yelling words that I don’t even know the meaning of during school. They probably don’t know what the words mean either because when I ask them, they just reply with the word itself.

what scared me most is how quick Coco Melon cuts their scenes.. talk about breeding a short attention span.. WOW 🤯

My parents gave me a kindle fire tablet, cheap, locked down af, and no social media. Just angry birds, jet pack joyride, minecraft, etc... The good 'ol days

The internet is messing with Gen Alpha's minds, man... my little bro and niece were obsessed with that 'Skibidi Toilet' video and I'm like, what is this even?! 🤯I've blocked those weird cartoons, but not the good stuff, because I don't want them soaking up all that weirdness. And it's not just that - social media, online drama, and weird trends... it's like, can't they just be kids anymore? The internet's destroyed their childhood, and I'm worried about what they'll become. Anyone else feel like we're losing a generation to screens?

When I was younger my mom would tell me I had to be bored, I'm now 16, I get paid for art and I'm starting an internship with birds. I developed multiple passions when I was younger. I really hope parents change their habits of raising their kids on the internet, and let their children be bored.

i can confirm that gen alpha is doomed i know a few 8th graders in some of my classes who genuinely can’t read words longer than 6 letters

As an elementary school teacher the addiction to electronics is off the charts. Add to that the incredible dysfunction of modern families who promote and enhance the dysfunction this generation is lost. Thank the parents who don't know how to parent who were raised by parents who were the same way. Its generational at this point. When I ask first graders what they want to do when they grow up I often get the reply "I want to be a RU-vidr influencer." What can you say?

I can confidently say that Covid heavily accelerated the impact mobile devices had on the kids. There was a clear cut difference in attitude between the new younger kids compared to the older kids in my school. Younger kids had short tempers, constantly argued and didn’t have any respect to practically anyone. It was said that bullying cases had significantly risen that year. The kids acted without having any understanding on how to behave in public

This is why I am so grateful my parents didn't just chuck a screen in front of me as a form of keeping me busy when I was younger, what happened to parents actually engaging with their children? Even though Im a gen z and Im not a well educated adult just yet, I think its common sense that children need parents communication in order to grow and function as kids, things an Ipad cant do.

Honestly, blame the parents for shoving this technology in their children’s faces to shut them up instead of teaching them how to cope through their emotions, problem solve and heck , look at the world around them and be in the moment!

Greetings from Greece. I am a substitute music teacher in elementary schools. It's my 4th year teaching. You can't even imagine the horrors... Plus, in Greece, parents are against us, they speak poorly of us to their kids and that makes it even harder to do our jobs. It's more like we are nannies... and extremely underpaid ones.

If technology keeps evolving like this our world will turn into the Call of Duty Black Ops 3 Campaign.

I’m 14, gen z. When I was 6, I BEGGED my parents to get me an iPad. My parents said no. By the time I was 7, I had saved up 100 dollars to buy an Amazon FreeTime. I asked my parents if I could buy it and they said I could, but I had to follow rules. I agreed and bought it. When I got my tablet, my parents told me no RU-vid, no Roblox, and I have to ask before I get games. I also could only play for 1 hour a day. At the time, I was PISSED. I wanted to play my tablet ALL DAY but my parents said no. Instead, I would play outside or with my toys. At the time, I wasn’t very happy, I was very mad. But now, I’m very thankful that they set those limits and restricted me. If I HAD gotten RU-vid, I would have been in real trouble. I got an iPad at 12 and I still had an hour a day and had to ask to install games, but now I could also watch RU-vid and play Roblox. If I had the ability to do these at 7, I could have been just as bad as Gen Alpha. Moral of the story: In the moment if you are mad at your parents for setting rules that may seem stupid, don’t fight it. Instead, thank them later, as they aren’t trying to mess with you. They want to help you.

5:45 Fun fact: Skibidi Toilet was not intended to be kids media, it's just that kids became too obsessed with it. The creator of skibidi toilet used to post mature types content a lot. (containing sex jokes and violence, sometimes racist jokes) P.S. I used to like this guy a lot. He would make many funny animations based on videogames in the past. I have known him ever since he started his career, now he's just not the same.

I’m Gen Z and I remember a few years ago when we were the “doomed generation”. It will be the same for Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on. If the world hasn’t ended first.

5:19 the 100 gyat w rizz spooked me out

I'm born in 2010, I'm 14 and it's pretty weird seeing kids my age going crazy over skincare, Stanley's and not being that smart. My parents never allowed me to have electronics devices until I was 11. I only have my phone to contact my parents when I'm away from them. My parents made me go outside, read books, and learn how to play instruments instead of being on a device all day long. Me and my friends are like the only kids at school who behave properly, we're smart, and we don't like the 'cool trends' that everyone around us is concerned with.

**10 yr old applies youth serum** 10 yr old: **evapourates**

Literally phones are ruining kids life like it's possessed

I used to be an iPad kid with skibidi toilet but now these actual useful videos have made me find out how bad I could’ve been if I kept on going so I went back to ships and sharks. My whole personality

Absolutely crazy how people hate on the kids instead of the society that gives their parents very little time to raise them, the tech and content creators that exploit them, and the adults who would rather leave their kids alone with the internet than talk to them.

As a kid i was upset by my parents for having kids locks on my pc, restricting internet usage to half an hour a day and not letting me watch tv at any day except one movie a weekend. Thinking about it now, over 20 years later, i cant thank them enough. I have literally missed out on nothing.

When i was younger i thought the words "Its all because of that damn phone" were just a lie, now they are a sad truth.

Gen z - old gen alphas honestly was the last time kids were kids.

As a gen z I didn't realize how hooked I was on screens until I went to join the army and go through basic. 2 months without screens really shows you just how many good effects can come from letting yourself be bored. I wish more people knew that being bored is okay and it's actually good for you to reflect on your life experiences. Rather than having time fly by and life feel like a faded dream.

I was born in 2006. I'm so happy that I had no gadgets before going to school. Now I'm 18. I've graduated from school and I had an amazing childhood.

You’re one of the best RU-vidrs : straight to the point : explains topics clearly : straight fax

This tag line should be "how parents and older generations are failing generation alpha"

I always laughed at the title influencer. The fact these people are now actually influencing people is terrifying

As a romanian 12 year old, I can say that romania was no technologicli advanced, so we just had old nokia's and im glad we had them

Another thing… I’ve heard that bullying has increased because kids with real Stanleys think that they are better than kids without ones. Some schools have went so far as banning them.

My sister is a gen z mom and I got to say she’s killing it. She allows at least 30 mins on the iPad (usually at the beginning when eating breakfast) then she sends brings them to pre school, brings them home, they do there homework, they go to swim practice while the other has gymnastics, come back home, eat dinner and maybe just a bit of TV before bed. Rinse and repeat. Weekends they go out to the park and hang out with there other friends. She’s awesome and the kids are doing well

The reason why I think this generation is ruined is because the parents are enablers and they are heavily influenced by the internet by a young age. For those who don’t know what enabler means is, (the art of enabling kids to do negative and cruel behaviors of their kind.)

To be honest, I'm glad I'm a Gen-Z teen. I used to go outside in elementary and middle school times, doing shenanigans with my friends and relatives, and not caring about the world. It was so much better out there, but now it's no longer the same. Whenever I write a script for a big project that I'ma release to YT when the time is right, I think about the old times so much that I wanted to relive them, but I can't anymore. I'm now an animator and do sports. Gen-Z's unfortunately the last generation where kids were... kids.

I’m seeing this at a gen alpha when studying and seeing what could have happened to me if I didn’t stick to my parents and school

The stanley cup thing brought to my mind again the fact that at one point kids got bullied at schools for not having the newest fortnite skins. Crazy and super scary to think about..

As a 2003 kid, I'm greatful I didn't even have a phone until high school... And I grew up with Little Big Planet and even I can say "Wait, I think giving toddlers tablets is a HORRIBLE idea!"

I’m a Gen Alpha person and I stopped being on my phone and stuff,and I play now more with my dogs and do sports.

'too busy with work' 'too lazy to parent' i spellcorrected for you

Im 15 years old. Gen z. I swear to god, ALL through middle school and high school, people have always said that I’m SMART for how much words I know. I know how to spell, read, and write perfectly , which I thought was the bare minimum. That is incredibly concerning. People have to be dumb on purpose. (For all the grammar police out there commenting on my use of words, I’d like to remind you that this is the internet. Im not writing an essay. My grammar on the INTERNET does not have to be professional 24/7! 🥰)

As a high school student, I see this everyday, students being unable to get off of their phone and spending the entirety of classes on their phones, even during quizzes. Students consistently, asked to go to the restroom to go stare at their phones for 20-30 minutes before coming back. They also grew up with little time learning to be respectful and honest, as many students in my high school ignore the teacher and use Chat GPT for all their assignments, then complain when they get lower scores. I think the solution to this is to have this proclaimed as a national health crisis and put pressure on companies to make the apps less addictive.

As a gen alpha myself, I couldn’t thank you more for making this video. It hurts me more than anything to see my 9 year old little brother obsessed with his iPad, and not knowing how to spell or read simply words, and what hurts me more is that I told my parents about it and they did nothing to help. The chat gpt is also so relatable, it’s so unfair how some kids are just cheating off chat gpt and getting all the attention for ´doing their homework and putting extra effort’

At this point, there should come a law where kids shouldn't be on their devices until they have reached a reasonable age tbh

You know everything is bad when a grown man has to in detail explain skibidi toilet

The moment where the sentence "Touching Grass" is no longer a joke

The excitement over a damn $45 cup slayed me. When I was a kid, that would have been the most disappointing gift ever. Legos and hot wheels please! Even as an adult. Ffs. 😂

my lil sister also a gen alpha,but my mom and dad still teach and treat her like me(gen z) in the past,which like : limited time to use gadget,tell to go outside with her friends,doing homework, watching tv together,and cooking together i think my parent more best than parent who just give they daughter/son a ipad

Let's not blame the kids, but blame the poor parenting that led to this.

My bf's brother has a 4 year old and they keep doing this by giving her tablet to watch yt kids and then being surprised when she pulls tantrums. They don't listen to us and it's so annoying to see them making her daughter's life more difficult with doing what they're doing.

I was born in 2010 and I don't have Tiktok, Insta, Snapchat but seeing this generation go under is killing me

Bruh, if i was born in 2012, when gen z ended, but also started gen alpha, what gen am I??

I have a friend that had whatched soo many shorts that his screen started to burn a thum on the side

As a 2010 kid, at a very young age(4-5) my parents gave me an IPad. I became completely addicted to it and it caused my parents to lock it away for the next few years. When they decided I was mature enough to use it again I refused because I didn’t want my life ruined, and that seemingly worked, now I gotta convince my parents to do the same for my younger brother, whom I am genuinely concerned for…

I think bordom was one of the most positive things for me as a kid. Being bored and having to come up with something to do was such a great driver of creativity, with a tablet you don't have to be bored because there is an endless sea of overstimulating content to watch. So glad my parents were so strict on my tech usage, I got to play xbox for an hour a day, and eventually got a phone at age 14, which I wasnt allowed on youtube or any social media.

having lived in the east side of the world, all of this issues and problems are new to my ears.

I am a 22 y old, so this makes me a gen z kid, as i grew up i realized how much more integrated with technology we became, i had always played games or watched tv and experienced the early days of youtube, I lived this transition to the modern internet in my childhood but i was still a kid that did kid stuff, playing peak a boo, going to playgrounds and getting my ass full of sand and all that. When i began to realize that 3 year old kids were having ipads it was mind blowing. It’s so sad to see kids nowadays just locked up watching youtube or tiktok, barely interacting with others and learning more through parasocial relationships, since they grow affection towards content creators and online personas instead of their actual parents and other children, honestly it’s pretty hurtful to watch.

Hello, I'm a Gen Z Brazilian. I have a younger sister who is addicted to the Internet and electronic devices. She can barely have a simple conversation with her grandfather. This genuinely scares me. I encourage her to do other things, like read books, play and stimulate her imagination, things that a child should really do, and little by little, it's working. The best tip I can give is: Don't abruptly take iPads out of your children's hands. This will only stress them out. Try to encourage them to play, pay attention to them. This is what Gen Alpha needs. And please keep an eye on what your children are seeing. Take care of yourselves and take care of your children too.

Kids need to play outside. They see the world more, their immune system becomes stronger, they spend more time with friends and family, their imagination gets explored, and they get their exercise through play. Some TV time can be fine but not all the time, and parents must be present to see what they are watching.

I hate how gen alpha makes every older person thinking I’m a iPad kid (I have never gotten an iPad)

As a Turkish 12 year old. I have experienced some of these in school but just ignored them. As I have a lot of technological devices, I use them minimal and mostly work on my work for school. I am currently doing really well in school. My parents always dont let me use my devices unless work. Im glad Turkey does not have too much technology

Best thing I’ve ever done was deleting social media (aside from RU-vid lol) I made it a focus to start reading books more and focus on health and since Dec 30th I’m down 70 lbs and have read 22 books this year. I have a kid on the way next month and will be sure to raise them away from being dependent or addicted to technology

I did not grow up for the internet. My first phone was when I was in 7th grade. But growing up with youtube and now a degree holder, I can definitely say that social media affected my ability to "lock in" and focus, and experienced brain rot symptoms myself during pandemic. Now I have a job and am trying to bring back my book loving self back from 5th grade

Limited my kid to 1 hour on the ipad when I noticed his behaviour change. He understands why we limit him, we have discussed it openly. This shit is pure brain rot.

Each time i see what my 5-year-old sister is watching i feel my neurons frying

The US president of 2080 is probably watching skibidi toilet in his Ipad right now💀

As a former meth addict and sober for 3 years now. I want to say, these are all the signs of addiction. The materialism, the attention spans, the zombification, everything. These kids will grow up treating their friends and family like things instead of human beings. They'll leech off of people to get what they want and take advantage. As long as you have the stuff, they'll stick around. If you don't, then its goodbye. The zombification is the high feeling. You're either super energetic and wild, or so mellow you have no idea what else is going on around you. Addicted to material things is like meth, you're excited and you can't stop, you're relaxed though it gets you doing things 24/7 for an entire week with no sleep to a point where it effects your life negatively. The ipads is like hero!n, you're entranced and asleep. The attention spans and even can lead to short term memory and forgetfulness, is the outcome of doing too much. It's the exact same, and when you throw these kids out on the street, they'll be very easy consumer targets for drug cartels and dealers, because they already have the mentality. You would need to restrict the entire internet until the person is like 16-21. That's only way you get kids to stop. Maybe even more parenting classes made for people, and maybe even government funded which then we'll definitely be getting closer to how Japan is with their whole government funded social events just to get people to frikin breed. Btw, its a real thing. I seen two customers today at work with kids and ipads. It had like a literal purple handle on top, and purple frame, fit for a kid. And one kid looked like she was dressed like a literal w*re. A pound of makeup, and was ordering food for her mom. And of course her pink ipad. She looked like a Patrice Wilson victim. Oh and btw, F* Apple..

As a member of gen alpha I just am scared of my generation and if my generation is this bad how is the next generation going to be????