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Teachers aren't free babysitters and parents need to be actual parents

The worst part of it is if you are gen Alpha and trying to behave good and study… You will be called nerd, bullied, etc.

"Im now the ALPHA" I dont know what to feel if I hear that in public one day.

im a gen alpha and i get called a nerd js for respecting elders. this is getting worse

The lack of basic understanding and social skills isn't nearly as scary as the complete lack of empathy of Gen Alpha.

Parents are to blame. A childs 1st education is at home.

As a 14 year old I am now determined to set an example for next gen and help set better expectations for them through my children.

Kids need to be disciplined at home no matter from what generation they belong to 🤷🏻‍♂️

The absence of remorse, guilt and empathy from these kids is very disturbing. Their behavior comes off as soulless.

I think it comes down to who's raising gen alpha and that would be the parents

I'm a 14 year old, and seeing my classmates, specially the boys, casually disrespecting the teacher hurts me. Did they not learn how to respect others?

Seeing this unfold is like watching a conflict on the street from outside your window. You want to intervene. But you have zero idea how, or if, that will have any effect.

And then there are parents who blame the internet for all this 💀LIKE IT'S UR CHILD TAKE AWAY THEIR DEVICES THATS ALL IT TAKES WTH

Kids under 13 should be 100% banned from the internet EDIT: I mean kids should be leagily monitored by parents

My daughter was in an American school while we were living in the UAE. This was her 1st year of primary. I noticed they were not learning phonics like in the UK. But I was reassured they were on track. We came back to the UK following year, and I was informed by her teacher that she is really behind on her reading/ writing and phonics. I was so angry because I felt I failed her by putting her in an American curriculum. My daughters school has been amazing in providing her extra support so she can get back on track. She had worked so hard this year. I'm so proud of her for not letting this defeat her. After also teaching a year in an America school. I have new and renound respect for our British curriculum. 🇬🇧

The second that kid said "take my ipad. I dare you" bruh that kid would learn real fast

Many parents don’t want to be parents and would rather have their kids be on their iPad and phones. They don’t want to teach their kids but allow social media influence them.

My math teacher in eighth grade was fired because her son passed away in a car crash and one of the students was mocking him and she had enough apparently and threw his phone across the room and broke it, and instead of the kid getting disciplined for awful behavior an awesome teacher was fired. Like who would mock somebody’s death? Sure that does not take back the fact that she destroyed somebody’s things, but the things that the kid said were not ok. I heard this by rumor so it may not be exact, but I do know that she was fired for it and she loved her job and the fact that the thing that she loved doing was taken away by the things that she loved doing it for is just cruel.

It’s because the parents aren’t parenting, or they are kids themselves.

"I am now the alpha" Bro is not Toothless

A lot of these kids completely lack empathy. I mean, messing with teachers is something kids have done to some extent in all generations, but to have a grown adult in front of you literally crying & an entire classroom is either laughing or just totally complicit is outrageous.

As a 2006 Gen Z adult, I find it very disappointing that Younger Gen Z and Gen Alpha kids are only becoming worse. Honestly, I feel like my generation is the one that should rebuild society. Let's go back to times where kids weren't addicted to ipads and liked having real friends.

Why do they let students who's clearly having problems in learning or have low grades graduate? In my country when they get bad grades at the end of the day, they wont get to graduate, instead they will have to repeat the same grade over and over again until you get the grades you need to be able to pass.

If you’re going to let a tablet raise your kid, don’t have kids

And this why I educate my 6 years-old when he is at home. He is a kindergartener. He learned how to read at the age of 4. We are still working on improving math. Education starts at home.

To solve gen alpha problem you just need some Asian parenting, Trust me it really works. In Asia we don’t have such problems like this.

As a young woman planning to have my first child, I’m deeply concerned about the lack of parental involvement in children’s lives, largely due to work demands. I’ve suffered two miscarriages, and I believe the stress and expectations placed on me in the workforce played a significant role. Society often shames women for wanting to be mothers, pushing the narrative that being a ‘boss girl’ is superior. I’m frustrated and heartbroken. I want to be a mother, but the financial necessity of both me and my partner working makes it seem impossible. Society’s disdain for stay-at-home mothers contributes to a cycle where parents can’t properly raise their children, leaving many kids to struggle. At times, I feel like giving up on my dream of having a child because I fear I won’t be able to provide the care and attention they deserve. I just wish there was more understanding and support for those of us who value motherhood and want to be present in our children’s lives.

i was once harassed by my classmates for reporting assault because it’s 'cool' i’m so done with my generation

"MY STUDENTS ARE ALL MORONSSS🤬🍅" is becoming more and more true...

Children aren't getting enough unstructured outdoor playtime (away from phones and computers).

As part of gen alpha I can say that the apocalypse is among us. Also I went to school, we did a fill in the word, and three people said your mom on the cob (because it was a question where it said “my favorite summer food is.”) I lost every braincell I have in my brain from that.

I’m a swim teacher and the amount of disrespect I get from kids because of the lack of discipline at home is absurd. I quit my old work space because a mother got furious that I put her son in time out after spitting on me and making other kids uncomfortable. I don’t believe it’s the teachers fault.

I'm an older gen alpha and I believe this behavior is unacceptable. Especially to strangers. Some parents need to discipline their children or just not have children.

I was shocked to find out from my 17 year old and 8 year old that schools stopped teaching phonics for whole word reading and sight words. I never paid much attention to how they taught reading in school, because I taught both my kids how to read before kindergarten… using PHONICS. I still read with my 8 year old. We’ll lay on the bed and alternate reading a page at a time to each other, so I can hear how she’s pronouncing words and how she works it out when she encounters a words she doesn’t know. Even when I’m reading, if I get to a word I think she might not know, I stop, check with her, and show her how I would sound it out until she can read it. They’ve both told me sad stories of listening to their classmates struggling to read out loud.

It's a combination of parents, teachers and the system. But hands down the worst thing that has happened to society and has had the biggest impact on kids is phones/ipads and social media. The constant access to brain numbing nonsense "entertainment" and un censored graphic violence and sexualality has absolutely ruined youth at an alarming rate and equally alarming young age.

I always find it funny when I see parents complaining about their kids being obsessive with their Ipads while litteraly FILMING it instead of trying to educate them properly...

"My kid scares me" bruh you're the one who raised them like that

As a Gen Z - Gen Alpha Cusper (2011) Every single one of my Schoolmates is exactly like this. Mate, these teachers must have a really good endurance that they did not quit their jobs 1 year ago. That is the main reason i respect them so much.

I'm friend with a kid that used similar issue, he didn't get to the next grade for one year and you know what, he worked his a$$ off to get better and now he's preparing for college entrance exam.

The movie "Idiocracy" is becoming realistic, what's worse is that we don't need to wait for 500 years.

Even the younger GenZ are so scared of GenAlpha and its future. We are falling into an abyss and it is almost impossible to stop it..

I legit feel bad for the older teachers who loved their jobs and the genuinely good gen-alpha kids. This is just not okay.

why are kids not getting held back anymore? i knew so many kids that were held back in kindergarten or first grade.

As a gen alpha, i dont act like that. I know teachers are people to I honestly thought that was quite obvious. And I dont disrepect anyone, especially teachers. I know how to spell and read and people that are anywhere above preschool that cant do that have problems. And the kid saying he was "the alpha" was actually sad like who in the world well heck who in the universe would say that!? And McDonald's doesn't hire anyone if your gonna be the cashier at McDonald's then you have to know how to count money and im betting a penny that those kids dont even KNOW how to count money. And about these kids being glued to screens? Im pretty sure im not like that.. Sure, I have a phone but I have it for safety reasons like if I were to get kidnapped if I brought my phone I could call the police and get help! I honestly barely use my phone and when I do its usally when I'm super bored so yeah im really bored right now haha! But anyways, I want you all to remember that we arent all like that, im a kid and i act like it. I have common sense and basic respect for people. Please have hope for us guys we arent all terrible!

I went to a school for kids with behavioral issues in 2000. Even the worst kids would never attack a teacher! Most of the students were surprisingly respectful. I guess now all schools need to be treated like special ed

Man this is so sad, I remember when I was in school the whole student body literally planned an after school protest because we felt the teachers were underpaid. Now kids throw chairs at their teachers? Wild.

Thats why we need laws, because all we hear is, "Jane has one"! Please as a parent who faced this please laws for them to be 17 to own a phone.

My child won't even have a phone or ipad till he is 12.

_"Imagine studying, who read these days and your religion is a fairy tale."_ Yes I heard this from teens last month who refuse to pay for drinks they stole.

I'm a gen Z, i don't even know 90% of the slangs nowadays, what the heck is "Mewing"

As a local student. I can't help but notice a concerning trend among my cousins and past family members. It shows us that kids (ik ima kid too) don’t even go outside anymore? Which is concerning if your just stuck on your tablet staring at it having no hobbies, no sort of remorse, or anything it will and is going to reflect the minds of the gen alpha. Parents should be able to control their child instead of saying “alright sorry take it” and stuff. Parents are being wayyy too lenient which is messed up. So, my opinion is get these tablets away or maybe to a screen time or something. Reflecting to the past, wish times were way simpler, we could also have fun(going outside etc) and playing on our tablets

As an older brother and a Gen Z, I have a little sister of mine who loves school and used to be fun to be with but when she started to use electronics more often, she started to be short-tempered and disrespectful to the point she always got mad at us. I am 13 but I educate her right from what I learned from my parents who works half of the day. Now, she is still like this so I am planning to stop her from using electronics more often. I still hope she can still do her education right and better this new school year. (I have to autocorrect some of the sentences)

There used to be a time where parents were ashamed of their kids when people told him how bad their kids have been and now parents dont seem to care

Can't tell you how many times we've had to clear the class out of the room because a child was knocking over bookcases or literally beating other children with chairs. The parents always blamed it on us... but then admitted later that they have a padded room at home for this very reason. A. Padded. Room. For tantrums. Let that sink in. It's so messed up, I can't even fathom it. Instead of actually guiding their child through their emotions or god forbid some sort of discipline, they just put him in a room that they had designated was safe enough for him to destroy. Absolutely mind-blowing.

these kids were born in the pandemic, they were forced to stay inside and do absolutely nothing no social interaction or learning other than through the internet, in the formative years of their lives, and that should be accomidated for them and them only, we do not let this carry to their kids or we will collapse. i don’t think people understand how fragile humans in general are, let alone little kids trying to grow getting stunted by a government co opt

This made me feel horrible that I’m apart of Generation alpha😢

That skill issue on the parents' side. Discipline doesn't exist in their being.

I’m a 3rd grade teacher. I can confirm that students are indeed struggling with lesser grade activities. And I’ve had many students that don’t know their birthday (not even the month or day), they write their names wrong and in one case, the child even forgot what their last name was.

As long as phones are allowed in the classrooms, the teachers will not be respected...get the phones out!!...this was NOT a thing at the beginning...in the beginning, phones were NOT allowed...smart.

Society as a whole has canceled the concept of respect. How can we expect kids to behave when parents are rude in public.

Watching the teachers quit while the kids laugh is absolutely heartbreaking..

Back when I was their age, and I'm not much older than them, we had ONE kid that threw a chair at a teacher. The cops tackled him, dragged him out and we all thought he was crazy. How did things change for the worst so fast?!

It’s so disheartening, as a gen z kid sitting in my one gen ed classes with kids who don’t even try to learn. They just sit there, on their phones, the teacher has given up and only teaches the kids who listen. My art teacher had to scream at some kids and the rest of the class just laughed. It’s actually so sickening

In the 90s when i was in elementary school some kids did throw desks and shoes and whatever they had, and screamed. Not everyone but... there were a few. The solution at the time was to put a corrugated cardboard fridge box over their desk with like a small window facing the whiteboard. Box kids sometimes also were in a box for just talking too much and being a general distraction. There was usually one box kid in a class. My boss at work said he used to be a box kid in elementary. Anyone else have this experience?

I’m almost 17 years old, and do you have any idea what my parents would do to me if I ever behaved like one of these kids?

As a gen z, if you are a parent, teach your children as much as you can. Don’t allow them much internet access or tv time. Make sure they have someone to play with so they develop social skills unlike me… I have massive issues with social cues because I didn’t have any interactions with anyone except my parents. Give them plenty of toys and MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A STABLE HOUSEHOLD. If you don’t agree with how the other parent acts and think they may be harmful, they don’t need to ruin the child. Divorce or break up. It’s worth it.

Im a gen alpha kid and I’m very aware of all of these dangers and I must be honest, I think I’m falling into using my iPad for too long but the violence I find it unacceptable and I’m sure if nobody does something about this and keep letting the kids do what they want to get rid of them, this generation will not improve anything on this world more than making the other generations worse. I hope this changes soon since this is getting out of hand and honestly it actually scares me and worries me about the future genearations. Let’s all pray so this can change someday and may god listen your petitions have a great day.

I always felt really separate and disconnected from my peers in school (as a young gen z myself) but now I realized my parents actually did me a huge favor by restricting my screen time use and forcing us to read and study. We need more parents to be like that.

"Every generation thinks the next is completely unhinged" I graduated hightschool 3 years ago, and while i was in school, NOBODY behaved like kids do these days. Its downright horrifying how just.... insane gen alpha is.

the child saying they could be hired at mcdonalds made me sick like, do they even know how f-in hard it is to work at mcdonalds? And btw, NO, they DO NOT hire anybody

As a Gen z/gen alpha this makes me so sad. I literally started crying watching this. I feel SO bad for these teachers, they don’t deserve to be yelled and be disrespected, and most importantly they aren’t supposed to be babysitting these kids. It’s even sadder to see the kids in these videos laughing at the teachers for leaving. I just hope parents wake up and take a better care with their kids.

As someone who was born in Gen Alpha, I noticed I have been addicted to my I pad. I am becoming worried about my future and other gen alpha people’s future, so I am starting to take breaks from my I pad. I hope gen alpha gets better- (I often go outside more, I practice drawing more, and it’s getting better for me luckily.)

The lady saying “I don’t care … I’m not ever coming back.” was so sad.

They are laughing. They are laughing as these teachers are being disrespected and are leaving their classrooms. What is actually wrong with gen alpha?

As a gen A (the oldest) I feel bad for the younger gen A’s. School now is already a MASSIVE bulling zone, fighting zone, and gossip zone. It’s already hard enough to deal with it all. And it’s just going to get worse. I’m glad to have an amazing mother and stepfather who treat me very well and care for me. My cousins on the other hand.. get things thrown at them. iPads, treats and much more. Though my parents are amazing being Gen A has its problems. For example, body issues, bulling, not feeling like you can fit in, etc. not only that but I’m around yelling a lot and do go to therapy. Though some kids who go through the same things handle this differently. Bulling is getting worse as it is and the kids get worse too. I can’t go one full day without something ignorant being said to me. Gen A (including older and younger) are doomed. I’m doomed, this WHOLE generation is doomed. Even though teachers are always being assaulted, disrespected, undermined, underpaid, ect, I still wanna be a teacher. I wanna change these kids, and help them.

Water is wet, and it's place by place... but... teachers that I know that have been teachers for decades, are saying plainly that: the kids are just different now, and it's unlike anything they've seen before.

That old lady walking out like that... Broke my heart...

Im a gen z and...Is it wrong to say that I have developed a fear for them and their future's comming ahead? I mean sure, some kids nowadays are being raised by better parents standards like actual affection, a fair amount of discipline, and such. But how many spoiled brats are gonna raid society during adulthood?

Completely unrelated, but the school system here has been on a decline for decades, yet these greedy politicians refuse to do anything.

This video genuinely disturbed me because as a 14 year old in a wonderful school system, our teachers and staff are respected and loved! Knowing that the world is not treating teachers the way they should be really was a loss of innocence moment for me

Fellow gen alpha here. I can’t even make friends at public areas because all the kids just watch brainrot and use the annoying slang terms. Man, it feels like I’m the only one who is sane.

The younger generation where i live is crazy The security in elementary school has gotten very tight because apparently vaping is becoming a very very common occurrence from what ive heard. Thats like 11 year olds and lower which is insane.

I cannot accept being Gen Alpha if this is their true behavior. I would much rather be called 'Gen Zalpha' if this is how my generation is behaving. It is certainly not an understatement to be saying that these kids need mental help A.S.A.P. They say words they don't understand, and the INCREDIBLE gap and lack of respect in these children is actually horrifying. I'm terrified if this is how other kids in MY generation are acting. I sincerely hope they fix their attitude and whatever is wrong with their brain. My sincerest condolences to the teachers dealing with this issue🙏

I grew up with parents who took reading seriously. The only technology I was allowed back then was those old toys where you move the stylus across words and it reads to you, although I was allowed a 3DS afterwards as long as I did the brain training games for a few minutes any day I use it. Then, I was always encouraged to go play educational games anytime I used the computer. I wasn't allowed social media at all until I was 16 (15 for things like Animal Jam and DeviantArt). What parents need to do is sit down and help their kids with their reading outside of school and instead of just giving them a screen to occupy themselves, try giving them something that's fun, but educational. Leapfrog is still a thing, right?

I am a gen alpha myself, and most of my classmates are saying the most random words such as “skibidi” “big back” “rizz” “gyatt” “womp womp.” It started last year in august. It’s not funny anymore, i just wish they could shut their mouthes, as like a ziploc bag. They’re brainwashed. I believe it. And i’m not their friend anymore. I can’t control my anger anymore, therefore I don’t talk to anyone, making me an introvert. Also you all better not “womp womp” me

I’m in. Seventh grade currently, and I feel like the “I’m surrounded by idiots” meme very part of my day. I remember back when students respected teachers, now, they just say “no” and then the teacher just skips them, I mean like, no, you can’t just say that you don’t want to to make something stop. You can’t tell the police “I don’t want to go to jail.” My fellow students are going to have a hard wake up call when they turn 18.

Thanks for the captions!

It’s 100% the parents. I dated a couple single moms and their kids are always on ipads and phones to play on. We had tv but you never had access to them 24/7 and we didn’t have tvs in our rooms to watch in bed.

My little sister studies in grade 3 and she has problems answering 8+8 but when it comes to stuff like pop it or other brain rot, she magically becomes a genius Update : she doesn't know how to spell twenty and zero

In my country if any if these happened, those students are toast. They got expelled, literally... And there's strict banning to bring or even use gadgets during class. Those caught using it, faced detention and got their parents involved. Thankfully, the parents are in the teacher's side.

Listen up, everyone! I want to emphasize that there is always hope. Take for example my younger sister, who is part of Gen Alpha and currently 10 years old. She is in an advanced class and her teacher recently informed my parents that she writes with the proficiency of a university student, despite being in 5th grade. Her entire class demonstrates exceptional intelligence, consistently achieving perfect scores on their FAST exams. Notably, my sister achieved the highest score in her class on the reading FAST. This just proves that there is indeed hope for the future!

Now that I finished the video, I am surprised you didn't link your sources, would have been nice to read closer at what you've researched

As a middle schooler, this is absolutely depressing and embarrassing... I also did not know what "GYAT" meant until this video

My sister gets really violent when I ask to show her something funny on one of her devices to the point of scratching and hitting me. Something has to be done. This is insane.

I live in Southeast Asia, and in schools here no one would even dare do that.

Thanks for putting it all in subtitles, I couldn't understand what she was repeatedly saying

No, this isn't a phase. This is neglect. And it's not going to get better without a massive societal shift demanding parents take responsibility. Very few kids will succeed in anything from this generation without this.

My boyfriend quit being a teacher 2 years ago. He never blames the students as much as the education system not allowing the teachers to take disciplinary action. It’s abusive for teachers!!!

my teachers first year of teaching high school she had told a kid to stop disrespecting them and too keep their feet off of the desks and that student threw his chair, desk, other students desks and chairs at her. got it was awful hearing her tell us that.