@ Generation Alpha

[neverfstop]

The big picture: Seen as a landmark generation, Gen Alpha — those born between 2010 and 2024 — is expected to be the largest in history, with more than 2 billion people, per Mark McCrindle, a social researcher who coined "Generation Alpha" and determined its bounds. 

HIGHLIGHTS: Growing up online, Defining event: COVID-19 pandemic, Developing consumer habits and purchasing power, Born during the hottest years on record, 

www.axios.com/2024/01/01/gen-alpha-charactertistics-technology-school-climate 

[ellipses84]

My kids are Gen Alpha and the other day my BFF and I were talking about what Gen Alpha’s adult trauma is going to be.

There’s so many things Millennial parents (who are 30s-early 40s) are doing right that’s way different than our mostly boomer parents did, like having open, honest conversations, saying we’re sorry when we do something wrong and expressing more love / gentle parenting rather than corporal punishment. We are more overprotective which means kids might not be exposed to as much danger but helicopter parenting can also have a negative impact.

I think their biggest traumas will be related to technology. Some of this we are already seeing with GenZ adults:
- Parents not interacting with kids enough because we are distracted by phones
- Kids getting exposed to too much screen time at young ages and being exposed to dangerous things on the internet at too young of an age (grooming predators, unrealistic porn, fake images that impact self body image, conspiracy/ red pill type content)
- “Influencer” kids feeling exploited or even regular kids having such huge digital footprint from the day they are born

As far as AI and education we really need to teach kids how to think critically and how to use the tools we have

[wawa]

hey ellipses84 , are your kids gen alpha?
LOL.


eta: you know, eventually pixy is going to come in here and clean up those repeats and I'm just going to look like a damn weirdo for posting this.

[ellipses84]

Jan 4, 2024 13:28:16 GMT -5 wawa said:

hey ellipses84 , are your kids gen alpha?
LOL.


eta: you know, eventually pixy is going to come in here and clean up those repeats and I'm just going to look like a damn weirdo for posting this.

Omg, it’s probably because I have the old Tapatalk app but it sometimes posts a duplicate. That’s never happened 9x before though!

[pixy0stix]

Jan 4, 2024 13:28:16 GMT -5 wawa said:

hey ellipses84 , are your kids gen alpha?
LOL.


eta: you know, eventually pixy is going to come in here and clean up those repeats and I'm just going to look like a damn weirdo for posting this.

MUAH HAHAHHAHAA!

[pixy0stix]

My heart hurts for Gen Alpha. They're going to be dealing with a lot of system collapses as they reach maturity.

It's interesting that they're the largest generation, but locally we're seeing a pretty significant decrease in school enrollment.

I hate that the article already frames them as "saviors" like Gen Z was/is supposed to be. Or Millennials. Gen X got off lucky with that in that no one expected much from us, lol!

Finally, I hate the format of Axios articles, but that is neither here nor there.

[rubytue]

Jan 4, 2024 16:27:08 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I hate that the article already frames them as "saviors" like Gen Z was/is supposed to be. Or Millennials. Gen X got off lucky with that in that no one expected much from us, lol!

Finally, I hate the format of Axios articles, but that is neither here nor there.

Once, and always slackers!

[ssmjlm]

Jan 4, 2024 16:27:08 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

My heart hurts for Gen Alpha. They're going to be dealing with a lot of system collapses as they reach maturity.

It's interesting that they're the largest generation, but locally we're seeing a pretty significant decrease in school enrollment.

I hate that the article already frames them as "saviors" like Gen Z was/is supposed to be. Or Millennials. Gen X got off lucky with that in that no one expected much from us, lol!

Finally, I hate the format of Axios articles, but that is neither here nor there.

We are seeing a huge push to virtual/homeschool options. We went from enrollment in our elementary school of 700 in fall of 2019 to just over 600 (I think 625?) this fall. We have some fluctuations being in a huge military area with also coast guard.

But the Virtual Virginia has had immense growth in recent years, although those that I've talked to aren't impressed. They aren't full homeschool though, more like trying to get the IB diploma and no local schools offer X class (which is a whole OTHER problem IMO).

[meganew]

The article seems to be gone, or at least won’t open for me, but I teach these babies and I’m having a hard time getting my concerns into words. Every year since Covid has been harder and harder.