The Tragedy Of Gen Alpha.
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People around the world are starting to realize that Generation Alpha is encountering a lot of hardship, and are seemingly heavily effected by the content they consume. These kids are struggling with school, socializing, and attention spans, and its only getting worse. Is it thanks to Skibidi Toilet? Or is there something more at play... Well in this video, I set out to discover and discuss the Tragedy of Generation Alpha.
00:00 - intro
00:30 - Elsagate
01:50 - Skibidi Toilet Syndrome
05:14 - Content Farms
07:30 - We're The Same
10:51 - They may be doomed.
12:00 - Cocomelon
14:32 - Sponsor
16:08 - No Normal Childhood
18:05 - School
22:55 - Boycott Brainrot - Zábava
Parents will do anything but blame themselves for not controlling what their kids watch
Yeah, parents are trash now at their job that they basically signed up for. I mean if you plan on having kids or doing the nasty learn how to parent stg
@slidersides yeah. I did get a phone very young but we didn't have internet yet nor did I know what WiFi was so what I did was just take pictures, it didn't last long because I just played with my toys and watched TV (mostly disney) and I'm glad we didn't get internet early on cuz I would've been a completely different person if we did
@@slidersides pretty much.
Tale as old as time
@@internettrash5120 yeah, and the shows now aren’t as good as they used to be imo. I kinda wish I went out more as a kid when I was still being an IPad kid ngl
As a parent, the idea of sticking a tablet in a 2 year old's face and then saying "Why does little Timmy have such an issue concentrating? Why is he so upset all the time?" genuinely concerns me for the kinds of kids my children are gonna have to grow up with.
Not to mention what types of content theses kids they're exposed to will effect them mentally
-I left this reply on someone else's comment, so I just copied it all to save myself half an hour, either way, all of this still applies here-
Absolutely! Nothing beats reading a new book from your favorite series, or listening to counting Stars by OneRepublic on the way home from school on the radio. I think the problem is that there's no delay or effort needed before getting what they want. If they were to work for it, they would earn the satisfaction of having earned it, and understand that what they're getting is special. Otherwise, you have to learn to enjoy what you have. Parents these days should really consider things like taking their kids fishing. Heck, fishing is a perfect example of an ideal childhood. At first, it seems really slow, but with enough patience and effort, eventually you'll receive a huge reward, And it'll be worth it... Fuck, I wasted fifteen minutes typing this up, but I guess I just needed to let out all of my thoughts... If parents see this, please, just take your kids fishing, hiking, I don't give a shit. This new generation needs to experience the real world. Have them listen to some early 2000's music while you're at it... I'm Henry, a 15 year old boy, and I have seen some of the things my niece and nephew normally watch. Please, for the love of god, help save the next generation... Fuck, there goes another ten minutes...
-With love and hope,
Henry
Yeah…I’ve kinda understand that I’ve thought the same thing. 😂
What is it with parents these days complaining about problems in their children that they themselves caused? It boggles my mind, genuinely.
I live in China and we are feeling the effects of the internet in moderation, I can’t imagine the west.
One of the most amazing yet heartbreaking memories I have is when a really young family friend was having a meltdown during a power outage, and I got him to calm down by just sitting down and singing to him. It's heartbreaking because I think that was the first and only time anyone had ever tried to sing him a lullaby, one of the most basic parent/child interactions.
damn
That’s heartbreaking. The musical bond of a parent singing a lullaby to their child is such a strong connection of caring and comfort. When will parents realize that a computer cannot provide that warmth and comfort that only you can provide.
This is very sad and scary.
For at least the first 5 years of life (When most of the brains development takes place) I would say, do not expose them to any tech (Not even TV) whenever possible. Oh, and to watch good ol' "Jo Frost" from "SuperNanny" :)
@@gumbly4174 I am assuming that being that clueless, to not even sing to a child is rare, even now...
How to stop letting your child watch skidibi toilet
1. Tell a younger child to stop watching CZcams
2. If he refuses, turn off the Wi-Fi
3. If he has a SIM card, use a SIM card opener to take out the SIM card.
4. Take away his iPad and tell him to go outside.
5. If he enjoys outside, congratulations you made him take a break😊
It's such a shame really, 'cause it started out as fun, harmless and quite entertaining (Take the very first/original short from the first season) before it took a dark/violet turn... Yes the part of the head coming at you with that creepy look could be argued as bad, but still, all in all I saw no problems with it :)
@@jordanphilipperrisI thoght it was a really good show it was really popular i was a fan for only several weeks after hearing everything i just hate it now
@@Japanese_empire_cb Yup. When I came across the first Gen Alpha vid in regards to good ol' Skibidi it started by showing that very first clip and I was confused as to why it was a problem and found it to be quite catchy and amusing, but then when it went deeper into the series, I saw why... I am glad that there are plenty of people who are not trash talking the younger generations but instead just bringing awareness to the problems that are being caused.
As for the school system, I think it is mostly it’s fault for people falling behind. They have not changed most of their structure for over a hundred years and are behind the times. Even when I was a kid back in the 1980s there was a big increase of kids just simply not wanting to go to school when it became more boring, where as lots of kids loved it back in Kindergarten and for at least grades 1-3.
If schools would have catchy jingles and take notes from the successful tactics of popular videos, they would probably have a chance at getting peoples attention. The school system is like an old fashioned horse a buggy that does not want to even become a car, and as we well know cars keep getting better/more improved overtime.
Times are changing and people need to keep up/change with them instead of passing blame onto the next generations who are just simply thrown into a mess of stubborn people (Who are in charge) where too many of them refuse to change…
@@Japanese_empire_cb yeah i have a friend who previously watched the early episodes of skibidi toilet and he is not corrupted by it
The kid (we even saw it in the video) : "I HATE NATURE!!! I only like Skibidi Toilet! 😡"
Moral of the story: Don't let the internet raise your kid.
who would've known
@@rafaelgabrielgarlinidal-bo9496 Nobody! (Hint: EVERYONE)
Precisely, when you allow the Internet to raise your kid, you are allowing everyone online to raise your kid. This results in the child being influenced by not only good influence but more so of negative influence, and false information. This is also something we must be aware of as teens and even adults
Unless it's Cat Lynn (@clawedbeauty_101) or Melanie Martinez
well the internet raised me and i turned out half okay, sorta. idk i think im just in denial about my way of being raised
When will parents realize that technology is not a substitute for a babysitter? I grew up in the 2000s without a phone. I had my cartoons and my video games, yes, but they didn't consume my life. I went outside, I rode my bike, I played with toys, I made new friends. It breaks my heart that less and less kids are growing up with these crucial things.
Edit: It's worth clarifying that I don't believe all technology is bad for children. I think it's ok for kids to be introduced to things like phones and computers gradually as they become old enough to be trusted with them.
It's also important to remember that moderation is key. CZcams and video games are fine, as long as they're age appropriate and the kid isn't glued to their screen 24 hours a day. Social media though? Yeah. Keep them far, far away from that hot mess.
Also, my username is a joke. I just thought it was funny.
Taking the iPad away from one of these kids is like taking the vape away from a nicotine addict, shits scary
this makes me feel normal i am a 2000s kid
@@bananasXR i was born 2008
@@RadishShifu same.
The bike part hit hard as a cyclist 🚲🚲🚲
I'm not a parent; but this video made me so grateful for how my parents raised me; how they cared about me; this video changed my mind completely. Thank you.
Changed your mind about what
This is horrific! No child should ever watch this, I can't enjoy being trapped in a screen watching the same thing over and over again as a 9 Yr old
I'm literaly 13 and am terrified of what the future is going to be like...
same
I'm 12
I was born in gen alpha but I'm still horrified- like tf?! Skibidi toliet?! Lankeybox?!
@@nikoloijames-jarrett6613 11 for me!
Strap in dude, or lock in, I guess.
Remember guys, don't mindlessly hate the Alpha kids. It's not their fault this has happened to them.
They deserve better. We all deserve better.
Their parent did this to them. So it’s not the childrens' fault.
is this a fax generator?TELL ME MORE FAX PLEASE
it’s never the children’s fault, it’s always about who raised them
you can’t hate a kid
Just blame the ineptitude of previous generations.
Moral of the story, as always, PARENTS NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEIR CHILDREN WATCH.
And set restrictions
For obv reasons... yes
Nonsense! We just need to demand SusanTube to crack down harder and implement greater censorship! We just need to demand that the government punish businesses and outlaw the things that we don't like! What could possibly go wrong?
They need to definitely watch what their kids watch nowadays. Everything is more worse than the past :/
moral of the story is also, Parent's need to stop using tablet's, phones, and stuff like that to babysit their children. Disconnect that internet and give them an NES or SNES it's how we grew up in the day.
I’m 34 and had a flip phone in high school. I can’t fathom giving tiny children an iPad.
I can understand incentivizing internet time (bring home a good report card, eat right, do your chores, etc etc) because that’s what my parents did, but man things are getting weird. I don’t want to develop a midlife crisis in my 30's, but all this ontop of covid breaking out mere weeks after my marriage . . . man what weird times.
As an older Gen Alpha watching this, I can defintely relate. I was never really captivated by moving and active, heavily edited videos, however I was alloted a pretty crazy amount of screen time every day. If you met me, you would probably never even know I was a big gadget user. I usually mostly use my time playing games and watching videos like these. It's a reminder that my little computer is so small compared to the big world out there. Although I do thing I have learned a lot of things from devices, It maybe wasn't the wisest choice.
This is exactly my situation
dude get off and go play outside. please
@@Broc_Obamabe nice
@dcdares I'm trying to save this kid's childhood. They're way too young to be on social media. My sister was like this too.
@@Broc_Obama As long as they spend some time outside, that's what matters, but please be nice about this matter. #boycottbrainrot
24 year old male here, and as someone who plans on having children 10 years from now I must thank Gen Alpha and their parents for giving people like me guidelines on how to raise children:
Just do the opposite of what they're doing!
reinstate God into the family, that is the key
Which god hm? Many religions have a one true god...@@IrishNationalist1916
@@IrishNationalist1916 Would you be bothered if it's not your god that's in someone's household, but a different god?
@@rafaelmartinez9259 yes
@@IrishNationalist1916uh no, that's YOUR opinion and it should be the parent's beliefs. morals is what matters.
Life lesson: Be a parent, don’t give a newborn an iPad, make sure it’s actually kid friendly, and don’t blame others
When I’m a parent I’m not letting my kids have phones or iPads until they’re 11
No, until they're 13@@justadudeinterestedintitan3569
@IAmAnAwesomeGamer I’m not saying that skibidi toilet is inappropriate I’m saying it shouldn’t be watched by kids under 8 because they’re gonna become addicted to it
That's true, but I still question the creators decision to make things like this, being that they are targeting kids directly with inappropriate thumbnails and scripts.
@@justadudeinterestedintitan3569 it’s ok to give kids consoles like Xbox or Nintendo because I turned out fine with a Wii U and Switch and tell them games are fake/raise them right to make sure they don’t kill people while playing GTA
They say yelling and spanking is abusive to children but hows sticking devices in a childs face and ignoring them practically neglecting them not considered abuse?
Agreed, its pretty fucked up. Yelling and hitting is a more obvious show of abuse (even then you'll find plenty of idiots who think otherwise), but the more nuanced forms of abuse like neglecting your child by shoving a screen in their face isn't as obvious or direct, so most people are gonna be oblivious to its negative affects till its too late. Very sad stuff.
Math teacher of gen a: What’s 2-1?
Gen Alpha kids: COCOMELON
I remember when my sister and I used to hold court sessions with our stuffed animals. We didn’t have enough to form a full courtroom so we just had to make do with a two person jury. I made a hammer out of this
soft foam stuff. Two kids making stuffed animals sentence each other to capital punishment is what childhood is all about.
Funny enough, my sister and I, with a large collection of blankets and stuffed animals, had an entire set of games we would play. Sometimes it would be a set of stores that the other animals, other times it was a massive Captain America:Civil War superhero fight, we even had a wedding at one point, over all it was a lot of fun, and way better of a use of time than most kids content
dude, when i was small, i had an army of fillies. I probably had 30-40 of them. we regularly used to commit genocide with them or make wars happen. also a looot of horse family drama happened in those years
Now that you've mentioned it, a serious court show with stuffed animals as characters will be fucking hilarious
Who had the better lawyer?
@@britneybij3997lol
Let’s stop blaming Gen Alpha. They aren’t the problem, and never were. Being dismissive or hateful towards them only pushes them further down the rabbit hole. They need compassion and patience to help them. No more cringe comps, no more anti internet gotcha takes with no real consequences, just genuine love and support.
12 and in gen alpha. I'm tired of COPPA and general hate. Thank you for being the only one at least respects my generation.
@@barbieslegos8885 Of course man. I grew up looking up to the millennials and their war against their parents. They then swiftly turned on me and the rest of my generation for things out of our control. Everyone always forgets what it was like to be a kid, with little to no control over your situation and environment. I don’t want to do that to you guys. You deserve the right to fail and be stupid and make mistakes without adults bullying you. You’re a kid, we all do stupid stuff as kids. Don’t let anyone treat you like you’ve already lost. You’ll grow and you’ll learn and you’ll get through this, I promise.
@@crystalcrusader8832 In my opinion, COPPA and KOSA are just for control; not what they say. COPPA got my google account deleted once; it was so fucking stupid. In my eyes, the government should stop trying to push the internet away; and just make it better. The internet has always been bad, but if they (the government) wanted to fix it they could. COPPA/KOSA may look like it's fixing the problem, but it's really not.
As Gen Z myself, IMO what made us so cynical and nihilistic is the previous generations hating on us for similar technological interests as Gen Alpha (Millenials also got a lot of hate as well but Gen Z is way more extreme than them)
If ur twelve, ur gen z btw just so you know@@barbieslegos8885
This reminds me of when flappy bird was all the talk in the past, but when the game was removed, everyone forgot it. Soon, people will forget about skibidi toilet and move on like how everyone forgot about flappy bird or many other events like the elsagate controversy
Idk about that. The series will still be preserved, and on youtube and like alot of sfm animations it will age well
And we would die before it even happene
6:46 BLUE'S CLUES! :D
The clip is from one of my favorite episodes: "Inventions". Love the 2nd clue on the Thinking Chair.
It's actually scary imagining how they'll even function as an adult years down the line
The sad truth is they'll need a fundamental change to even let them function, these parents are artificially handicapping their kids.
Right- I mean so many of them can’t read or spell simple words and it’s so concerning. Something seriously needs to be done
@@ash4302_ i get asked a lot by my classmates (13, 8th grade) on how to spell certain words, i dont remember specifically what they ask, but its always very simple words. and also, a lot of people in my school read very slowly.
there’s actually no way. at this point I’m scared that I’m more mature then these kids/teenagers. (I’m NINE)
same @@julienhungnguyen5459
I really wanted generation alpha to try something new like the shows we grew up with, the stuff that can be explored by the world. Please let kids stop asking for an iPad
Real
Stop giving them ipads
@@nocaptainmatt3771 instead I will make them watch shows that everyone grew up with
It’s the parents that are failing. Giving in to their children’s demands. It’s pathetic.
My daughter loves the original Teen Titans cartoon. Parents today are to blame, I hate my generation for the potential of ruining the next...
how do you just say shit like "skibidi toilet syndrome" with such a serious toned voice bro i love you 😭😭😭
2010: cartoons for kids
2024: Skibidi toilets for kids
2045: 18+ for kids
2070: ##### for kids
#stopbrainrot
Fr💀
Today I saw three kids sitting in a triangle (the oldest was about 9, the youngest about 3) all on their phones watching CZcams shorts. Watching Millenial parents not realize that giving their children access to the internet while they can barely form a sentence is bad makes me feel very ill.
Take the phone and give them a ball. They can learn the rolling game.
I was at an airport on the 31st to go back home after vacation, and at a restaurant inside the airport, there were 5 children under the age of 10 at the very least who were all on their iPads, silent, just staring at it, not talking to eachother either.
@@amigoRBLXreally sad to see what society has become
@@amigoRBLX I'll be honest, I was born in 2005, I saw that when I was a kid. Fortunately I was never one of them, sometimes I would ask my mum for her phone but otherwise I liked to just do my own thing. it's not brand new. it's been happening for at least 10 years. Doesn't make it any less sad
My gen Z friend who's a father does the same. Its a problem...
Man, I'm only 21 and I'm already feeling like an old person worrying about the newest generation and how they'll turn out 😭
I’m with you there 😓
just dont worry about other people and their lifes
I'm 19. My little brother is a 7 year old tablet kid. This shit keeps me awake at night.
I'm 18 and I be feeling like a 63 year old worrying about today's generation.
hey. I am only 18 and I feel exactly the same...
Based off of the disgusting anime game ads I’ve been seeing recently on this very platform, gen alpha is about to face WAY worse things than just that skibidi toilet degeneracy
I sent this video to my mom when it originally released to try and convince her that my youngest sibling, my sister who is a gen alpha, shouldn't have her own phone. She just told me and my younger brother to pay attention to what my sister watches because she's too busy with her retail job, thought it's hard for us to take care of her when we have our own lifes with school and for me, preparing for graduation and my future after school
I find it funny how most of us who were born in Gen Z find these stuff that Gen Alpha watches are considered cringe, when literally most people who were born before us would also find the stuff we used to watch as “cringe”
The cycle would most likely continue, I can’t lie
Actually, as a Gen Z from 2009 to 2015 I watched videos that were played by the generation before Gen Z. (Millennials probably) and I wasn't considered cringe because adults that were gaming could relate. They definitely relate to me saying what gen alpha is watching is cringe and everyone from Gen X, millennials and gen Z can agree that gen alpha are the ones that are doomed. gen z can be saved if they weren't tiktokers.
Very late millennial here (1994), when you guys started calling us cringe, I started low-key waiting for the day you'd turn boomer on gen a. Saw it happening from a mile away. 😂
I'm a Gen Z (2001). Seeing everything change from my little siblings life, I feel everything such a social media content and influence has a negative impact on all of us. However, I'm of the belief that it has greatly impacted the social skills and thought patterns of Gen Alpha significantly more.
@@Kalahridudex I never thought y'all were cringe unless you did tiktoks all millennials on CZcams were the goats
Gen Z (2005) here
@@kamiskenaw4340 gen Alpha is doomed imagine the next generation
Being Gen Z who grew up (mostly unsupervised) on the Internet, it's so weird seeing people of my own generation try to call kids "doomed" and "failed" over things like this. It's not the children's fault they have to grow up with things like this. The only failures here are us, we have failed to pay attention to what our children are watching, and Every "cringe comp" and "kids are ruining society" fails these kids even more. It's like we never learn
W man for this comment, i was born in 2011 so im am gen alpha, we get steamed just for year we are born older gen alpha is just goated I don’t give 2 sh*ts about what gen z says about me in fact i am a almost 13 and I have never owned an iPad YOUNGER gen younger alpha is the real talk, 2010 to 2012 grew up just like gen z my first console was a Wii I played with ds games and I never got internet till I was EIGHT YEARS OLD. This whole debate should definitely be noticed but it is kinda goofy I don’t think there is enough people that point out what I just said at least the guy who made this video noticed that👍🏾.
Also parents not educating their children about the dangers of the internet. First thing I was told about was to be weary of links since you don't know where they lead and they carry "bugs"
Then stop watching fucking skibidi toilet and singing it irl
@@thegreatgamer4292 king
It just feels like parents who talk about "video games cause violence" just because they mindlessly bought an M-rated game for their child without checking the rating and then being shocked that a mature game has mature content.
imagine 20 years old boys are playing skibidi toilet and this kind of games..
I realy want to die if this will be our future💀
POV: you realize your child’s iPad is so crusty and the top things that he’s been searching is I don’t even want to say
Watching this is so heartbreaking. My little sister is glued to her tablet, she doesn’t touch ANY toys despite having so many. She only talks to her friends at school. She doesn’t have interest in sleepovers or playing at all. I keep trying to tell my parents how harmful this is to her development and childhood but they just won’t listen. It breaks my heart watching my sister grow up GLUED to her tablet. She can’t even watch a single movie anymore without getting bored and needing her tablet. She can’t spend time with family without begging for her tablet. It’s just depressing…
What does she watch?.
@TeamCrabRAVE
In my experience with a sister that fits this exact description, generally content farms and nothing else
@@AllMyDreamsAreLucid those lankybox guys (sorry if I got the name wrong) and all the channels that resemble and post the exact same stuff. She’s expanded onto watching silly Fnaf SFM content recently which imo is better. She also plays roblox a lot
@@thisnameisbad3609 exactly this yeah
this is the exact problem my brorther is facing right now. Luckily for me though we got him to watch some actual real TV shows, and so he became interested in playing with the toys. I think it would be really helpful to your sister if she got to watch an actual TV show because they don't tend to be as highly edited as those youtube videos, and since theres merch she'll be able to play with the toys and use her imagination. I recommend bluey cause my siblings watch it and I watch it with them sometimes and from what I can tell it's really great. A warning though, a lot of kids shows have weird internet fandoms (my brother for example watches thomas, and now draws this creepy Thomas.exe thing everytime he gets a pencil and paper). I hope this helps
Parents need to say “No” more to their kids
Real.
Exactly
Agree
fr
Absolutely. Not saying no is harmful. It’s always okay to say no to a child. Yes, there’s other ways to say no rather than just no, but people won’t always be so nice with them.
I'm a 2013 Gen Alpha kid and none of these really affected me, but it did affect me when I was 4-8 yrs old where I had a tablet. It broke and when I was 9 my parents bought me a phone which I got addicted to, but then time passed and my online friends starting ignoring me so I put down technology and started reading books frequently rather than staring at the screen like the younger me would do. I'm struggling with some mental health issues because of technology, I feel excluded and all. My studies are alright, my English is the beet subject I have currently. I'm working on Math and Science, Chinese too. It really makes me sad to see all these Gen Alpha kids (excluding some people like me) to be brain rot by skibidi toilet and rizzler stuff, I don't know alot of slangs because I never got Tiktok during the lockdown and I'm happy I didn't. I wish all the kids to break out of the technology mind control...
Im so glad one of my younger cousins didn’t get infected by skibidi toliet, he was born in 2018 and he always walks around with a phone but i haven’t seen him watch skibidi toilet (at least hopefully not)
A while back in a store, I saw a mom dragging her son who looked hypnotized, only staring at her phone holding it in one hand, it's sad how parents give kids limitless internet access and then get mad at their kids not being able to do anything else but rapidly consume the short form videos
I can imagine that kid having strain eyes with all the screen time , ouch
@@eye_parasite And a stiff neck too, kid was slouching
That was a exact problem with us, Gen Z, and the Millenials with the PC's, kids didnt want to go out to play videogames or get basically hypnotized in the old CZcams
Now our labour is not to complain, yet it is to protect the children from the harmful content that many corporations secretly make, It's our labour to protect gen alpha, just as the millenials did with our generation.
Whenever I find myself on YT shorts, I have to snap myself out of it and remind me that it’s no better than TikTok and that I have better things I could be doing.
@@drewholmes7356 If you want to nip the problem in the bud, there's scripts and extensions that outright hide Shorts from you but it's much harder to do on mobile which doesn't have such tools. I do this myself on my PC setup because I hate the things and they always get included in the search results so blocking them cleans that up.
As a Gen Z who wasn't allowed access to the internet until I got old enough and responsible enough, I agree with you, people shouldn't be hating the current gen.
It's not Gen Alpha's fault, it's the parents' fault. Gen Alpha are only kids at the moment.
It's not Skibidi Toilet (the actual series), The Amazing Digital Circus, Poppy Playtime, etc's fault, it's the content farms.
Screw the overstimulating and soulless content.
#BoycottBrainrot
@deadchannel7895 I agree with her, content farms suck!
Dude you're irish!?
@@redsentry9785 Yep.
I really want to say it's a generational thing and we're just old, but it really is soulless overstimulating content.
Yeah couldn't agree more, everyone let's start spreading awareness sharing stories that involve children's first contact with this shady web's business and Boycott the Brainrot Internet Content Farms, or B.B.R.I.C.F. if you wanna call it that way.
First off: Thank you so much for making this video. I am SO glad i found it. Second off: Your opinion on this changed EVERYTHING about my view on gen z or gen alpha or whichever the crisis is about. I get more information every day, and this is just what i needed today. Thank you.
Third off: Im 14 when im writing this. I need to watch this video again if i have kids.
Bro I have a little bro who's five and if he loses a game or his tablet dies he WILL have a tantrum💀
I work at a toy shop. A mother literally came in around the Christmas period, feeling lost over what to get her kids for Christmas as they mostly spend time online and never go out with friends, or play with toys.
It’s a very real issue, unfortunately
Yeah. I was entirely lost on what to get my youngest sibling this year for christmas. Shes turning 8 this year and she genuinely has no interest in stuff that isnt playing roblox or watchibg youtube. I wanted to get her a crafting kit to make a hobby horse, since i have seen a lot of them pop up and be very popular where i live, and i LOVED all types of crafting kits as a kid, and when i told my mom she told me to not even bother with crafting kits because my sister wouldnt use them. Hearing that genuinely made me entirely lost and kind of made my heart break, because at least in my experience from when i was a kid, crafting kits were all over the place and most kids loved them. I ended up making a knotted bracelet for her because i couldnt think of anything else to give her, since she doesnt play with most toys either. Its so sad to see.
@@Bonkpunktexei brought my 5 year old son so play doh so he can mold shapes and he enjoy drawing shapes
He still reach for my and my mom phone but i realized that he is spending less and less time on it and he now just want to eat and run and play. He is the only child and there isnt any other kids in the house so i be playing with him sometiems when i can.
With that being said though my child is a non verbal autistic so he is obsessed over shapes. So that is why it was easy for me to buy something for him
Genuinely so sad omg :(
Are they autistic? My son has Autism and was diagnosed at the age of 3. He's never had any interest in toys except very recently (he's turning 11 so its taken this long for him to develop that interest). If they are neurotypical though, that is very concerning.
@@Bonkpunktexethis just made me realize its similar with my little bro. Christmas and his birthday came around recently. Loads of awesome toys! I would have loved them at his age… but there either just layed out somewhere, in the trash, or not opened. He even left a majority of it for days after Christmas, in the same spot where he opened it. I don’t even think he’s touched his Christmas stuff. It’s all been roblox!
As someone who was born in the late 2000s, it’s no wonder that my parents were so strict when it came to the internet when I was 6 years old.
at least skibidi toilet or content farms like this didn't exist at the time
@@shoebill208 True. The days without skibidi toilet were the good days.
Almost 20 in a few months. All I had at the age of 7 up until 11 was a blackberry phone my dad let me borrow for like an hour or two at the most every evening. And these kids are having tablets shoved in their faces as soon as they are out the womb clearly.
I don't blame the skibidi toilet, it's the fault of the stupid parents who don't even care about their kids and just let them fry their brains all day
I guess I'm lucky that I went to the decent path despite having a tablet in my face and doing a bunch of useless things for a decade. but as a 16-year-old, I don't think all of 'em can be compared to whatever the hell's rottin' the gen alpha these days. a few even shaped the dream I'm aiming for now.
As a part of Generation Alpha myself, I feel so thankful for this 8th grade educational channel called Kids Learning Tube.
Here's my story:
I was only 5 years old, and I was falling in a trance of brainrot content and Elsagate content. This is until I found Kids Learning Tube. They made 8th grade educational videos and songs. I have been recovering from this trance since then, and I even memorized the entire periodic table just from this one youtube channel. They helped me become a better person overall. I saved myself.
Now I am 13 years old and I can confirm that if Kids Learning Tube didn't exist, I would have had the IQ of a 6 year old today.
i watched kids learning tube actually
@@RyderGaming1234 thats very good
13 is still Gen Z, 10 and under is Gen Alpha because it started in 2013.
I watched KLT in the pandemic and when brainrot boomed I didn't go into the pit although I went into the other stuff that had quality and effort
I am now in middle school (6th grade) and ended up fine, not in the best state but alright and I know how to do English, Science, and play Bassoon, Which is a hard instrument to play. But there are 8th graders in band that are so close to Gen Alpha's level of brainrot. I hope that they can hold up in High School next year.
Im a gen alpha and every point ray made was accurate, the pandemic and harmful content makes people at my school awful.great video and points
Proof gen alpha can be sane
Bro is 1 in 100 chance
Finally a gen alpha criticism video that doesn’t just call everyone stupid and actually makes talk about the actual reasons these things are happening and even provides solutions.
Yipee
Finally that someone was self aware enough to realize the "In My generation it was so much better"
@@Bibyte"in my generation!"🤓
Jk
He addresses the horrible economic condition forcing parents to work 24/7 instead of raising their kid. He didn't call them stupid parents which is incredibly rare
This is from a middleschooler - holy shit 'skibidi toilet' is the worst thing i have to listen to at school from all the guys. Also, my same-grade peers and even upper classmen have horrible spelling, reading and grammar skills, and it geniunely pains me that im one of THE FEW intellectual people at my fucking school.
@@XxcharstarzxX-li4gv
Same but i dont hate em
This literally breaks my heart....im a mother to a 3 year old and I will die defending my choice to NEVER buy her an IPad or give her a phone. I cant imagine ignoring your child and pushing this crap on them. The furthest ill venture is Bluey on the Living room tv and that is more than enough for her....
Good job, many parents now can't seem to fathom interacting with their children and give them a screen to busy themselves.
We need more parents like you!!
You most certainly should get her a phone when she is at least 7 though. As soon as their going to school regularly they need one. Considering all the creeps these days.
It’s up to us Gen Z parents to make sure our kids never go through the same traumatic internet childhood we were exposed to
7 is too young, I was 12 when I got my first phone. I advise getting a device at 11 to prepare for middle school, anything younger shouldn’t have a phone, at most an iPad maybe.@@pillowswithcats
Tbh I completely agree with your opinion about gen alpha.
Kids just play pretending skibidi toilet is just that play pretend.
And gen z also isn’t very different and I find it very nice that you acknowledged that.
Even though some brain rot is still an issue I’m glad you didn’t just blame things wrongly, but instead with reason.
Tbh I’d be more worried of the eight year olds watching *p0rn hub* , but I guess people prefer getting angry at toilet heads.
I was insanely close to being a gen alpha birth-wise, and with very few restrictions on the internet, I feel liked I dodged a bullet - even with as fucked as I am, I feel like I could've been so much worse off mentally. Being able to see all this is something that just... breaks me a little. I'm not wishing I was blissfully unaware or anything, but the feeling of not being able to change anything is brutal. My little sister was also way too close to the dodgier side of the internet, but luckily me and my uncle managed to talk some sense into my mum, who keeps a close eye on her now.
Then there's my young cousins.
Seeing them, seeing that they just... aren't as well kept as me and my sister, because of the size and state of their families, makes me feel so... small. I can't see them often enough, nor do I feel close enough to them to tell them everything I know.
I just wish I could help.
As a member of Gen Z, it's admittedly funny to clown on Gen A and how doomed they seem nowadays with Cocomelon-type garbage, but in some ways we weren't that different as kids like you said. This whole Gen Alpha stuff kinda reminds me of a quote I once heard “Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” by George Orwell
That quote alone makes Orwell a fucking genius.
Yes but its proven that the latest generation is 70 years behind in intelligence and 3 years behind in school.
Well I'm a gen alpha who grew up doing gen z stuff so people like me will be trying to keep society from falling apart
please 🙏😭@@JacksonAguirre-uk3lk
Absolutely true. Every time people start trashing on Gen Alpha I cringe at how ignorant and hypocritical they are
As a gen z kid who watched Tom And Jerry as a kid, this is terrifying to see in gen alpha
same
Also being a gen Z kid... same.
Tom and Jerry was actually the sh!t
same
I was born in 2009 now even though I am really close to gen alpha I act more gen z but I definitely see the gen alpha in kids my grade. But I am technically gen z. But I agree Tom and Jerry was amazing
Kid: *watches Skibidi toilet*
Me: WE NEED TO GO THE MENTAL ASYLUM NOW!
Does that mean that if someone watches weird sfm animation like a team fabulous, that a ton of us watched as kids should go to a mental asylum
me: "shotgun reload sound effect"
That’s a little harsh of you, don’t you think? Please don’t joke about hurting a child or institutionalizing them :(
I remember I had a good childhood watching channels like Venturian, DanTDM, CoryXKenshin, etc, and playing a buncha single player Nintendo Gamecube and Wii games. But before that I grew up watchin stuff on PBS Kids like Sesame Street, Arthur, Wild Krats, etc.
I think what bothers me is that Skibbidy Toilet wasn't made for kids and has a very deep message on big media and the small content creators going up against such as the series progresses. The problem is, parents don't pay attention to what their kids watch, which means that videos like this lose their meaning and become kids' clickbait due to their virality, turning said videos unfairly into the villain. It's actually really sad.
What struck me is how quick toys based on recent properties will be churned out. It only took mere days for people to "come up" with merch of poppy playtime, skibidi toilet and stuff like that
Just like squid game is a commentary on capitalsm but somehow a certain side of the internet made it for kids
@@amagicalbeing7427 That's true
I’m still surprised that people are so stunned that children mimic characters in their shows (ex skidibi toilet) and that some young kids will inevitably get bratty when told no. If your kid actually gets that bent out of shape over being told not to watch something, then you need to step up as a parent to get them to better manage their disappointment at being told no or see a medical professional if they really can’t be taught to better regulate their emotions. It’s sad to see people blame literal children for this stuff.
@trashcan2748 dude, same. Not too relates to what you said but I was bullied iver not liking minecraft by these kids at my old school. The sane kids would just randomly scream "MINECRAFT WIDA BOSS 🗣😤🔥‼️" like bro what.
The issue with Gen Alpha isn't their goofy songs or silly videos (albeit cringyworthy), it's how Ipads replace parents as the figure to go to. Since a developing kid LOVES the stimulation provided by their device, when it's taken away it makes them have tantrums. This leads to them having short attention spans and a crippling addiction that worsens their chances of making it in a social society that isn't anywhere as close to the stimulation of a brainrotting device.
Something else alarming however, is the amount of horrible idols these kids find on the internet. With the absense of parental figures in their life, they look up to streamers like Speed which teach them feel like it's okay to do really stupid things, while also exposing kids to innapropiate topics. No kid should be talking about a "gyatt". Many s*xual innuendos are present in streams that is a real big issue by itself
tl;dr
Don't let the internet raise your kids. It's not their fault that they've been raised by brainrot, and you can't blame people for making fun of them for that.
I agree. Kids should have monitored screen time maybe have them watching shows like Big city greens, amphibia, Molly McGee, bluey, haileys on it, kiff, on ghee happy, the story bots, trash truck and Ridley jones. Not the trash CZcams overstimulation content and while the story bots and ghee happy are CZcams shows they are high quality shows. Hell even something like TTG is mindless silliness but high quality. By that I mean the people making actually want to make something good for the audience and not just cashing in on overstimulation. Stay away from CZcams influencers and elsagate content. Preferribly stick to Disney plus and quality tv shows. Ghee happy and storybots are good shows too because they are high quality.
Litteraly though, people get pissed when they see gen alpha kids watching shows they enjoy, or playing with dolls that they like n crap on their interest as if we didnt watch cringry stuff as well? Let the kid pretend they're a cat for like 5 minutes, oml
wow we totally didnt grew up with the same thing
@@noahbossier1131Idk how many people actually know this show but it’s based off these books it’s called Charlie & Lola and I’m watching it rn even tho I’m a young adult lmao but I grew up with that as my show and it teaches real and valuable lessons for siblings, basic skills, etc but without it feeling like it’s dumbing down it’s audience and it’s adorable. I’m so glad that I grew up in the 2000s tbh such great times I still find myself longing for every time I feel that heavy and almost painful feel of nostalgia; longing for those simpler times…
@@noahbossier1131 Make sure to screen what your children see on Disney+ as a lot of that stuff is full of LBGT, racist, and outright bigoted things. Disney is pushing that heavily these days because of ESG and the message is what matters to them. As long it's something older and not heavily censored or full of propaganda, there's an endless amount of stuff on there for children.
the fact that the creator of skibidy toilet is a good creator and had really good videos of sfm and gmod stuff in it (DaFuqBoom the creator) did really really cool and nice videos and iv been subbed to that man for more then 4 years
I'd also really like to see you make a ranking video for kid shows. Rank old and new kid shows. It can be a fun way of also informing parents which shows to avoid and which are the best, not just for their kids but that parents will like too, so that they can actually enjoy watching these shows with their kids instead of leaving them alone on a screen.
Ye, I know it's probably a different style of video from your channel, but I personally would love to see it
I’m an older sibling, I’m 2005 and my sister is 2013. Just in that time between us, our relationships with the internet are VERY different. Of course I consumed my own flavour of harmful content but I had access to it later in life and already knew how to regulate my decision making. My sister, however, has had a screen in her face since EARLY on.
She can’t write, she can barely read, her vocab is below the average for when I was her age. She endlessly watches utter drivel and has zero imagination, beginning and ending with “what if I could fly?”.
And all of her school friends and age group are like this, dopamine deficient, unimaginative zombies.
WE NEED TO LET KIDS BE BORED!!
Agreed. We need to let kids be bored and play with toys or something
Yeah, I've met a iPad kid who yells at his mom and have several tantrums and the content he watches is concerning he's literally 9. He can barely read, write or do math. He also is very inappropriate and swears
As a 2013 kid as well, I hope she ends up getting better slowly because if she can't read or write at the age of 10 on 11.. that is certainly concerning
I'm born in 2012 and this is horrifying to hear. I love reading so, so much. Even while using my tab I do watch youtube, but i also read a lot.
i was born in 2010 and it's crazy how much a difference a few years can make
I remember my dad saying that buying me an iPad 2 was “the worst mistake he had ever made”
Looking back now, I couldn’t agree more. I won’t make the same mistake
Do not ever let your kids watch brainrot, it will be worse than your father giving you dat ipad 2, am on ipad 5 but i do not watch this stuff
I never got an Ipad as a child and I won't make that mistake either because I don't want any kids
@@goplayoutside3599 I got the first ipad when it released when I was younger, thank god I didn't get internet access. I mostly played GTA on it, lol.
now I grew up with devices but I’m extremely glad I realized what that was doing to me and when I have kids I don’t think I’ll give my children access to devices
what did you even do on the iPad?
I wanna say I got my phone in the pandemic, yet I still learn using it with this smart content, but I've fixed my life so ty for spreading the knowledge
As a gen alpha, I've always watched things like cartoon network
I work at a daycare with preschool aged children. Previously, I was a high school English teacher. Ive worked with every age group in between and I plan to start a family in the coming months. Needless to say, I have a huge heart for kids and it's wonderful to hear others sharing that sentiment in an increasingly antinatalist world. I have seen it all first hand. The horrific behavior, the blatant disrespect towards authority, the screen addiction, and worst of all, the sexualization of children. It has bled through all ages of gen alpha. I'm genuinely heartbroken for these children who have such desperate and/or braindead parents
gen alpha makes me sad to what the world will come to.
@@Ghostassassin390 It's scarier because I don't think we can do that much about it.
@@Ghostassassin390 Gen Z was the final generation. Gen A is where humanity resets.
Gen Z (my generation), has been the experiment... they knew it all along, I knew how bad it was gonna get.
But I didn't know it would be this worst.
Disaster level : ipad kid
My father, a 40yrs experience pediatrician, has been running an awareness campaign about screentime exposure. Just sent him this video because I can relate in so many ways and learned a lot of important stuff. Thanks and cheers from Brazil
They shouldnt be warned, think of it as survival of the fittest
what are you on about this isnt some fortnite match its real life@@EgoFeederz
@@EgoFeederz social security is a pyramid scheme and these kids will one day be the labor force paying taxes to retire yo ahh
This is not about screentime exposure. You're dead wrong. This is about abandoning your kids and using a technological distraction to abandon them more.
I'm glad to have been born right at the end of Gen Z, so I can technically say "Kid's these days"
my mom once called nickelodeon crappy. She was in her 40s and i was 16
If you’re a parent and you want a tip about raising kids to prevent possible screen addiction, what my mom did for me to regulate time watching CZcams was to have one hour per each book/chapter I read of a book and have a full conversation of what I thought about of what I read with. It really helped me not only not stay on screens all the time, but encouraged me to read and also helped me understand what I was reading and how to talk about the themes. I don’t know if this helps, but I think my mom doing this for me really helped me. So if you have time to do this with your kid, I really encourage trying it. Start with shorter books, and get to chapter books.
ur mom is a genius
My mum used play money where 5 dollar notes were 5 mins on the computer, 50 was 50 mins etc, and I'd earn the play money by doing chores, having good manners and being courteous, doing homework unasked etc.
I have limitless screen time but for some reason can read entire chapter books in under 2 days.... Can anyone please explain how I'm still doing this? (Idk which generation I'm in but I might be Gen Z.)
@@reetusbeetus If it's something you enjoy, then you can spend hours doing it. Playing video games, reading, going on your phone for hours on end; it's the same thing. Loads of people have the same experience as you
also Gen Z classes from people born 1997 - 2010 I think?@@reetusbeetus
Times like these, I reflect on how lucky I was to have two loving parents in a stable home, who sat me down with real physical games, real physical toys, and most importantly, real physical books. I didn't even know what a Nintendo was until I went to school, and only got to play one or watch TV if my behaviour and grades were kept to a high standard.
At the time, I thought I had arbitrarily strict, stuffy, boring parents. Nowadays, I can only imagine what a hassle it was to maintain those boundaries and put up with my resentfulness so I didn't turn into some kind of emotionally and mentally stunted goblin.
I had a mixed experience. I was given a mix of physical toys and a PSP at an early age. Had it not been for those toys I don't think I would grow to love Lego and actually play with toy cars, but at the same time the inclination to PSP nearly had been a mistake. I had access to the internet at an early age, not even a decade old yet. I must've been lucky not to grow up into a shut-in (i was still shy & timid generally but i didn't shut myself fully). I still regret not being able to experience and play street games that a Filipino kid got used to (I'm middle-gen z so I'm right in the middle of the ever-changing culture scape) but found comfort in building blocks (amongst all toys, building blocks always stuck out with me)
Now here I am, older. Wanting to learn more new things, got a hobby, made new friends. I feel like my familiarity with technology, I can use to record or show my talents if I ever fully develop one. I still have much to catch up on, if anything Gen Z should make use of their tech-based environment to help spread and teach multiple things to their "younger sibling" Gen Alphas.
Being "middle" Gen Z gets you the best of the mid-2000s and early- 2010s world.
I mean one of my earliest memories was of a sega genesis and I think I turned out fairly okay in most regards
Also sitting down at the dinner table eating dinner without a TV, tablet, or smartphone is another key factor.
Yea I don’t think having a video game console or a phone equates to having issues with concentration but managing the amount of time a kid stays on it obviously will
Same but I also had an ps 2 and a old laptop where I was playing games with my dad and sometimes mom
this made me cry ;)
thank you bro
I'm Gen Alpha and this video is just relatable, not for me, but for some of my friends. I'm not listing names here but here's how the story goes, after watching skibidi toilet, he identifies as one. And at recess, he would usually dance around singing their theme song, he did it so much that the school has to ban the word skibidi so people don't get effected by this awful series of poorly animated garbage
As a gen z, it's not the kids fault. It's the parents fault for not monitoring what they watch. Gen z has a way better childhood than gen alphas will ever have.
Agreed but try to get out of gen Z
I'm a millennial and I think we had healthier childhoods than Gen Z. I didn't have a phone until I was 12, and it was a Nokia brick. Social media didn't exist until I was well into my teens. I didn't have a smartphone until I was 20. As a kid, I played outside with other kids. I did some dumb shit and got into trouble, but on the whole it was a pretty "normal" childhood.
I definitely saw some shit I shouldn't have on the 00s internet... I don't think I permanently screwed up my brain but you never know 😅
I'm not trying to flex and say I'm better than you, I just think things really _were_ better for kids in the past. I think Gen X had more-or-less normal childhoods growing up in a relatively high-trust society without the dangers of modern technology... my generation was the start of things going wrong, but they hadn't gone _that_ wrong yet.
Gen Z
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@@maricorgatus-mamaril7605Gen z and alpha are both rubbish
@@Dominikuuuif you think about it...
The world currently as a whole is rubbish
I feel like Gen Z has also been affected by this as well. I’m a 20 year old Gen Z college student who still struggles with CZcams addiction that affects my daily life. The addiction started back when I was in elementary school around the mid to late 2000s and would watch what are now considered internet classics like jumpscare compilations, old gameplays, CZcams poops, and brony content. By the time elsagate videos started popping up, I was fortunately old enough to recognize how garbage they were and avoided them.
I’m on the autism spectrum and suffer from depression/anxiety caused by past trauma of failure, which makes it very hard for me to try new things and maintain interest in hobbies, so watching CZcams gives me an easy dopamine rush that I can never get out of anything else. I recognize this is a problem and am currently taking meditation/yoga classes and seeing a mental health trainer to better tend to my mental health and overcome my addiction.
I don’t speak for all of Gen Z but I truly envy the past generations for not having to deal with these harmful addictions brought on by the internet. I can only hope things get better for both myself and others going through the same thing.
Holy shit that's a total mood for me. I think I can definitely relate to you as someone else with autism in struggling to grow up quite a bit and succumbing to an internet addiction, wanting to spend a lot of time on Discord to compensate for issues with social anxiety and awkwardness. That whole meme about "eating without CZcams" sure as hell had some truth to it at this point, and even if I'm doing quite a bit better with college and expect to graduate soon, I fear I'd not fully remember important things I've learned afterwards.
It's for the best I start taking up something that doesn't require my PC more often, like perhaps dabbling in traditional drawing given I'm already learning digital art.
You just described my childhood and teen years, my friend.
Same and I think what made gen z what they are isn't only the internet but 2020 after people stayed inside they got used to watching on the internet
1997 born and while maybe I wasn’t really affected as a young kid I still think as social media and mobile devices have become normalized, we have ALL been negatively affected. But gen alpha growing up not knowing anything else is greatly concerning.
@@ArbitraryOutcome I’m glad you’re thinking of getting into traditional drawing and already have an interest in digital art. I hope I can find a hobby/skill to be passionate about someday, though I’ve lately been thinking of getting back into learning how to play guitar. It all depends on how long I can stay invested in it 😅
as the oldest and somehow mature gen alpha myself, i should definitely say that the world rlly changed, i was born before the pandemic and i have the normal childhood and when pandemic came, i had changed so much, even my friends and classmates. i started to be less social and stared at the screen all day and avoid being active. my wellbeing was pretty bad but now that i am better, i rlly want to change more about myself. im trying to have a normal childhood just like back then. i also have 2 sisters the middle child is still having a good chilhood unlike most other kids but im worried about my youngest sister…she watches shorts and yk mostly brainrot. currently im trying to persuade my classmates who literally likes the skibidi toilet whatever brainrot that is to be more ‘mature’ and take things more seriously. im rlly worried about the future and my generation and i hope it changes
Didn't every generation say that the other is worse?
As someone who *DOES NOT* plan on having kids (unless it is adoption, but that's a whole different beast), but has friends and siblings who do, I'm sharing this with them so they know what to do and what THE FUCK NOT to do.
i forgot what but i saw something then one that ine thing decided im never having kids
well being gen a, i approve ur message, also im not braindead
i grew up with the good stuff my siblings watched
@@ThisISaOfficalBruhmomentwell if you’re on youtube you’re most likely an older gen alpha, so you had more of the stuff gen z had as kids before things changed so much online, so like yeah, you wouldn’t have been exposed to as much mind-numbing garbage as the younger gen alphas are getting now.
@@jace4914 no im not 13+
I am planning to adopt children in the future with my gf, but I am aware of many potential dangers out there such as this elsagate/skibidi toilet cocomelon type crap. I feel like only adults or older teens should be watching this.
Man this video is an incredible wake up call. As an older brother, I wish I had done more to keep my baby sister away from technology. Her having her first phone BEFORE 5 is beyond insane, and I should have done something sooner. Nothing breaks my heart more than telling her "I love you," only to be met by silence because she was too focused on watching youtube rot. I'll be speaking with my parents about this and I hope it's not too late to help her. This video is amazing. Thank you so much for this.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849631/ its some really scary stuff. I hope your sister is ok.
Tell your parents that the internet is not a playground
Im saying this as a only child who always wanted a younger siblings, Please save your sister before it’s too late, i have a younger cusin who is about six and victim to this as well, he lives in different country so i can’t help him, but you can still help her, please do it, good Luck
All my friends are like this, when I want to talk to them, they ignore me as they are watching shorts or playing Roblox. I know that I am disturbing them but they just disconnect every break
As a part of gen Alpha myself, i feel like we had the worst set up we could possibly have had. While i'm not in the age where i'd watch something like skibiddy toilet or lanky box, i still feel like i've been affected by the internet more than someone my age should, same for my friends. Something that especially affected me and other kids my age that i know irl, was the pandemic. I myself, used to be a giant nerd and i loved going outside and playing all day, but after two years of being inside, i just- don't know how to be social anymore, atleast not as much as i used to. And in school not only me but a lot of my classmates are behind where we should be, most of my class is already failing this first bimester and it worries me about how the rest of the year will play out. And something i don't see a lot of people talking about is how all of this has and is affecting us not only academically, or socially, but mentally. And i don't mean mentally as in our attention spams either, i mean emotionally. A lot of people i know that are around my age are very emotionally unstable, and from personal experience i feel like that's probably because of how much of the real world we discovered so early. I know that kids might always snuggle their way into information they should not know, and that everyone's experiences are different online, but having access to the internet so early just exposed so much of the world that i wish i didn't discover at my age, like hearing about murder cases, predators, gore, p0rnogr4phy, wars, etc etc. I trully hope that gen alpha, when we grow up, manage to create a safer enviroment for the next kids.
This the first video I watched from you ever but it gives a sad vibe
If there’s one thing to learn from them, it’s that just because something is popular does not always mean it’s child-friendly.
Haha yes, that's easy to be misthaken. That doesn't mean it AT ALL!
Example: The Amazing Digital Circus. I've been following it's development since Glitch Productions first announced it, certainly before the pilot came out. The one episode that has been released so far is, but the creator has stated MANY times it's just going to get worse as the series goes on. And seeing how Glitch was happy to pick up Murder Drones (no shade. Murder Drones was how I found Glitch in the first place) and the creator seems like the kind of person to enjoy creating eldritch horrors too I can only imagine what's in store. And yet the goddamn content farms chose it as the next bIg trend to focus on. made even worse with all the videos with sexual themes. Some kids are eventually going to get curious and look for the original source material and it just has me worried. BRIGHT COLORS AND CUTE CHARACTERS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S FOR KIDS EITHER!! I've never looked but I'm not sure if Glitch at least put an age rating in the description which would be nice in the FEW cases where parents actually look at what their kids are watching
That is from SMG4, and on the Internet they state that their content is made for people of the age of 13 or older, which I think is acceptable. @@nikki4803
the hub is popular.
way to young people consume that stuff... everybody is too "young", as you are better off not starting@@tedbasher3000 .
As a 12-year-old person, I really feel bad for all the teachers, parents and other kids that have to deal with the "skbidi toilet" kind of things. I am thankful that my parents guided me to a better future, unlike Gen Alpha kids who are glued to their IPads 24/7.
fr bro our gen is doomed
Your profile picture reminds me of a game I’ve played before do you know what it’s from
@@LovelyDrone-ui1uwOmg fr, like I remember back in 6th grade a girl didn’t even know what a noun was but she talked like 24/7 and won’t stfu
As a 17 year old, y'all's doomed..
@@Idontknowhattonamethislol an unsettling amount of people in 1st year in secondary school didnt know what adverbs, nouns, etc were 😭
The fact that parents give i-pads to their six month year old children as their birthday gift😭😭😭
Bro the music you used for explaining about cocomelon got me of gaurd it made me remember about FNAF or the Walten files or harmony and horror by a theory of matpat I miss him😢💀
No, our videos were not as bad as gen alpha videos. The videos we watched were made and targeted for older audiences. SFM videos were for teens. Even if some of us weren’t old enough to watch them they weren’t for us. The content today was manufactured to addict children, the content we watched was just goofy for the fun of it, and way more creative then modern stuff.
FunVideoTV and 3lame studios disprove us watching slop. Not to mention the fact that some of us have become openly horny more than what is acceptable in public, and that isn't good either.
May I remind you of Minecraft School?
have you watched the video? What is the point of this comment? You didn't add anything to what has already been said
@@FakestLoogi elaborate on why being "openly horny" is unacceptable, without saying it isn't acceptable in society
@@smortv9629old minecraft school or new one? While I agree that the newer videos (or atleast the videos that use minecraft school in their titel) are brainrot, the older, more original videos were gold
gotta love how parents now straight up give their children unrestricted internet access
i was given a phone at 5. I actually have no idea how i ended up not getting into those brainrot channels . luck ? whatever u call it ? i guess
@@Ophangea I think it’s because you weren’t searching for trends and stuff. When I was a kid there were 3-4 people I watched. I seriously wouldn’t give any other content that I wasn’t used to a chance. This was when I was 10 back in 2015. I also don’t think there was as much of this content or talk about this content on a regular basis. Plus when everyone tries to outdo each other the content is just stupid stuff for views. I guess if you get content stuck in peoples head they will crave more (At least the younger generation). Please correct me if I’m wrong.
@@RaBlazers i think you got it right. When i was younger i didn't give a shit about anything other than cookie swirl c
I’m 13 right now when I was younger all I cared about was playing games like Legos plushies online games like real steel wrb,angry birds,jetpack joyride,turbo dismount,old Roblox,nerf guns,
I am an 11 year-old child and just watching a younger generation than me going through This really makes me sad, but I’m lucky that my young sister doesn’t have the same thing.
The CZcams community is repeating what happened in the Elsagate scandal with extremely harmful content and I'm really fed up with kids bullying people online and saying they're sigma and gigachad
i’m currently substitute teaching for an elementary school and the children’s attention spans genuinely worry me. that along with the things they choose to talk about. getting through a lesson is nearly impossible due to them being constantly distracted.
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What things are they talking about? It's an elementary school so I can't think it's anything too terrible... but this generation...? Maybe? What is it that's going on?
I think it's just like an addict , like when someone is addicted about something they are always distracted cause they want short term happiness.
I just want to say, I’m a 13 yr old gen alpha - gen z student who is forced to stare at computers and be around other dumb children in my classes. I’m an intelligent student who strives for perfection which in itself is bad, but I don’t care. I’m tired of stupid kids and their dumb “brain rot” fodder that they self watch. The best device I personally own is a IPad. I’m not idiotic enough to watch brain rot and useless junk that will ruin my life. I’m lonely with no friends becuase my humor is out of touch I tell myself. My family seriously hates swearing or dirty jokes becuase we come from private schools were I was probably the most popular kid ever. The education system and my peers screwed me over completely. It’s so freaking disgusting. I think the world will be over soon though. So I’ll keep trying, and when I become one of the smartest, I will simply laugh.
TL:DR I hate gen alpha and life world is ending.
A few months ago, I stayed with my mom and twin brother at a second women’s shelter after we were nearly evicted from our home, considering my dad’s emotional abuse towards us. While we remained there until moving into an apartment in early November, I was mortified that the kids who ended up down in the living room, kept consuming mindless Elsagate content. There was a time where some kid nearly stole my mom and twin brother’s phone whilst hyperactive. Parents raising their kids on iPads was a mistake. And I can’t stop them from letting the child they raised lose them, only some. You’re such an oracle to this age of technology. More people need to hear your wise words!
Hey there. Sorry to hear that. I hope you're doing better without that scumbag of your dad. Have a nicr day
What is elsagate? I am a gen alpha and idk whats that
@@ImOutsideYourHouse You better don't
@@VexxThePrecursor07 ok ig
@@ImOutsideYourHousein what year were u born?
I grew up with a KINDLE as a kid
But all I really watched was Kipper the dog and cried internally about how amazing the sweets looked
Those were good times
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Thank you for spreading this message. I work in childcare and I have 2-3 yr olds playing Siren Head, Choo Choo Charles and skibiti toilets vs cameramen. No matter how many times I talk to the parents to monitor what they're watching. It doesn't help.
Or worse, they start playing games like Changed, which seem innocent and are some what reminiscent of Undertale, but are in reality sexual fetish games.
It's kind of a shame that Siren Head got so big with gen alpha, because Siren Head is originally created by a small artist (Trevor Henderson / SlimySwampGhost) and barely got recognition for it- people thought it was an SCP even though they made it clear that it's not.
Anyway, a lot of Trevor's work is pretty awesome and scary; he definitely deserves more credit and appreciation towards his other art
@@Cowboycomando54I’ve known it since I was 14 I’m now 18
This is actually shocking
Sounds like torture. stay strong man
to all future gen Z people who will have children, promise me that we won’t raise our children like gen alpha
promise
If i ever have kids, I will never raise them like this. Taking actual care of them instead of leaving them with a device.
As a gen z who was mostly raised by the internet I want to get a job that gives me time at home just so that if I get kids one day I'll take good care of them and teach them how read and write the languages I know
@@novreetosdoritos I think Im very lucky because I am an old gen alpha kid. But I was raised right, so Im not on my device 24/7.
Listen I’m mostly on my
Phone bc I’m a teenager but when does younger I was always with my
Friends
CZcams kids is ironically inappropriate for kids
Facts
as a malaysian teenager , i can confirm that i saw trillions of trillions of skibidi toilet news
my 6 year old cousin is already diagnosed with skibidi toilet syndrome.
i wonder , can my aunt's new baby get diagnised with this sh*t?
It’s not real.
i know. but my cousin kept saying ‘skibidi’ and other gen alpha stuff when we visit him
As a 12 year old, the internet taught me way too many things I shouldn't know, has completely ruined me, I have serious mental health issues and I'm extremely burnt out all of the time . I hope these issues can be fixed and for parents that actually care DO NOT LET YOUR KIDS CZcams KIDS IT IS WAY WORSE THAN CZcams
i’m so sorry you’re facing all of this at such a young age. i’m sure its difficult bc a lot of entertainment/socialization is online, but make sure you give yourself breaks. you’re already going through a pivotal challenging time in your life, and you do NOT need the internet’s filth complicating it any further. i’m so sorry for anything you may have seen, and i pray that you stay safe and find happiness!
We can only feel sorry for your problematic upbringing. That's what makes the older generations sad. Nowadays there is this easy shortcut to not have to put up with their own children. It's disgusting behavior, it's neglect.
It is possible for you to recover, you still have much more to live and evolve. Seek mindfulness and connect with your natural senses. Things get better. Cheers.
Same age here, I was never allowed tiktok and I think that was what saved me from huge amounts of brainrot. Unfortunately I have CZcams and because I am surrounded by all the brainrot kids that grew up with tiktok I agree with having more mental issues from the internet. When I take a break from the Internet I do feel more calm. But oh well... This is what everyone else in my generation is dealing with so I guess I should be use to it.
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Even though I haven't stumbled upon "eyebleach" worthy content my classmates have and definitely enjoy sharing and joking about it. I don't need/want to know half the things I do. I wish my classmates could have a filter.
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I agree with the person below me when it comes to fitting in. I'm not allowed a phone (yeah I'm a crusty iPad kid) and I feel like I'm always missing out on whatever new meme everyone is talking about at school. Like if I don't have social media I'm not "normal"
i’m 11 and its stressful to fit into school and society aswell. everyone in my school has insta, snapchat, discord, tiktok, etc. and i have none of them and i always get guilt tripped and felt bad for because of that. i still watch my comfort shows that my dead uncle watched before he died like ed, edd, and eddy, dexters laboratory, blues clues, and invader zim. i always find skibidi toilet, cocomelon, and multiple things out there to hurt my brain, and it feels so icky to the point i feel sick. the internet might be a good place, but being exposed to gore at the ripe young age of 6 is just horrible. i take breaks every now and then, go to places, get smoothies, etc. im trying to balance my life and my internet life.
As a Gen Z born in 2005, I can say that I'm glad I grew up with my Nintendo Wii, Wii U, DS/3DS, going to the park everytime after school, visiting a few fairgrounds throughout the year, playing with legos, my old computer to watch a little YT and some movies on DVD, and watching the classic cartoons on Disney Channel, Disney Jr, Disney XD, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang to.
Dont forget playing with legos.
i was born in 1998 and had the gameboy and playstation 2
the wii u and 3DS was overhated as hell lol, I miss the days of getting home from school and playing NSMBU or wii party u or something like that, now we just have skibidi toilet adventure
I got a Wii, a Wii U and a 3DS!
3DS was never hated. Also NSMBU was just NSMBW with a HD filter, and a lame squarrel power up.
I'm a early gen alpha that grew up with the internet and toys, the internet just expanded my creativity, I found out about Godzilla, wich is now one of my favs of all time, I was able to find my best friend in 2nd grade (we are still besties) and a lot of more things
Me too. I found out about everskies!
I remember when youtube used to be a good place to find tutorials or information. seeing how youtube has ended up as a "dumpster fire" honestly makes me sad, as a gen Z. I saw this coming.
Honestly being a Gen Z doesn't seem as bad anymore. Im honestly glad I grew up with minecraft videos and still enjoyed my time outside.
its like a cycle (this doesn't relate to ur comment) millennial complain about gen z, gen z complains about gen alpha and then gen alpha complains about gen beta or whatever it is and its just a repeating endless cycle
@@valcron4774 I know. It's like when the generation before Gen X got on Gen X for TV dinners, and now Gen X is literally getting on us for being on our phones 24/7 lol.
@@BlueThunderboltsiren and now gen z and some menenials (idk how to really spell that) are attacking my generation (this video is saying facts though)
@@BlueThunderboltsiren also funny thing is that people are mad at us gen alphas even though gen z made the words (gyatt from cenat i think and skibidi by dafa)
Minecraft videos were basically all I watched, that and a lot of cable cartoons. I played outside a bunch, but then basically every kid in my town up and left. Now it’s just me and some younger kids.
I feel so bad for TADC like it’s genuinely a good series but now I just- I feel so bad for the creator I bet they never intended for it to become the way it is now
It's unfortunate. Really, it truly sucks to see their own original series get milked, made-up drama and etc by the sick individuals on the internet. Those people just don't fucking know when to quit it don't they?
eh, it is what it is.
It really sucks how if you make something that isn’t totally sexual and inappropriate, And it becomes popular, It will immediately get picked up by content farms to ruin. I’m scared for any future kids movies that will get the TADC treatment.
I seriously wonder what causes that type of content to be made off of stuff like TADC. I know it's been happening for a while and to many other things being made that became popular, but I didn't start to notice it until Poppy Playtime. What the heck is happening?!
@@Itz_MothiiI just hope they don't touch godzilla, the amount of kaiju debate servers with "nswf" art is crazy like wtf, I join their discord server and boom weird shit
Me and a 5 y/o kid stay at a salon for around 8-10 hours when we don't have school to attend.
Our parents are barbers who simply can't pay any attention to us, and when they can, they are usually trying to rest as much as possible, thus leaving them too tired to pay attention to us or what we're doing.
This leaves us to laze around and use what little we have to stay entertained and not bored out of our minds.
In my case, I was at a salon since 4 years old, and any technology for two years, then I got an iPad at 6, I then installed CZcams.
Later, I was introduced to undertale, and baldi.
I then found minecraft, roblox, fnaf, vines, and funny videos on my own to pass the time and entertain myself.
By this point, I could differentiate what was bad or good, and stayed away from the non-appealing content, from my experience, there was no brainrot at all, and mostly a lot of unappealing videos.
From there, I grew as a person, and life was looking great, the stuff I watched weren't good for me, but they did not affect my cognitive abilities in any way.
In the other kid's case -- we'll call him "andy" -- he's introduced to CZcams for 4 months now.
He appears to have an incredibly low attention span, averaging 20-40 seconds on things he doesn't immediately like, and 1-4 minutres
on things he does.
Most content depicted in the video are things they enjoy, such as Skibidi toilet (fanmade videos), Garten of banban (fanmade videos), sonic (fanmade), siren head (fanmade), and MANY idiotic fanmade minecraft videos. Everything stated is fanmade, and the CZcamsrs are clearly the culprits behind the clickbait, suggestive thumbnails, appealing titles, and visciously overstimulating content, that many gen alpha kids are currently being subjected to.
Other than occasionally mimicking the actions of characters depicted -- which after watching this video, we know it's fine -- he's otherwise pretty normal.
Nonetheless, I turned off search & watch history, cleared all history, unsubscribed from every harmful youtuber, dislike the videos of all brainrot youtubers/content from their device, then replaced those subscriptions with music composers, morally good people, and some content I grew up with.
With all that work done, it barely affected one crucial aspect of youtube -- CZcams Shorts: The Baron of Brainrot and Wasting Time.
The best way I could hide that mind-numbing content was to dislike all of the garbage shorts, hide video types and hide the youtubers who made that content altogether.
So, there is definitely hope to fix the situation these kids are in, and it begins with getting rid of the content they watch, or CZcams itself, and replacing that with games or outdoor activities.
As an I Indonesian I am very sad about this new generation my cousins always stares at his tablet watching brainrot and has been very cranky every time I wanna play with him
As a Gen Z kid born in 2001, I'm proud to say "I had a good childhood." Your documentary is the most emotionally riveting I ever watched, and you shouldn't be ashamed of yourself for making these types of videos. Please continue to enlighten communities!
I was born in 2009 so I’m gen z too I think.
I’m glad I had a normal childhood as well
@@pea-c09 is the last year for gen z
@@Equalizer2922 it’s actually 2012
@@toad981 oh shoot my numbers were way off
i agree! i was born in 2003 and i was the weirdo kid (thankfully) who didn’t get a phone till i was 13 and honestly i wish i’d gone for longer without. it was so much fun playing outside with friends and playing with dolls and coming up with stories. i’m trying to make better habits for me now using my phone because there is so much more to life. this video has been both worrying and nostalgic.