Your eight-year-old just spent twenty minutes explaining why someone was “griefing” their Minecraft house, announced they need Robux or they’ll look like a “noob,” and described their math homework as “harder than a parkour obby.” If you nodded along while having absolutely no idea what any of those words meant, congratulations. You’re raising a Gen … Read more
Your child just spent three hours watching YouTube Shorts, consuming hundreds of videos in rapid succession, and now they can barely focus on homework for more than thirty seconds. They describe themselves as having “brain rot” with surprising self-awareness, admit they’re “cooked” from too much screen time, and seem unable to process anything that doesn’t … Read more
Your ten-year-old just muttered “chat, is this real?” to absolutely nobody while staring at their homework. Your middle schooler described dinner as “absolutely cinema” and keeps saying “let’s go” to themselves about minor victories. You’ve caught your child addressing an imaginary audience called “chat” more times than you can count, and you’re starting to wonder … Read more
Walk into any elementary or middle school classroom during passing period and you’ll hear your child’s generation speaking what sounds like a completely different language. Students whisper about someone “losing aura,” declare that today’s lunch is “bussin,” announce they’re “cooked” for the upcoming test, and describe classmates as “NPCs” for reasons you can’t begin to … Read more
Your child came home from school today upset because someone called them an “NPC” and they “lost aura” in front of their friends. At recess, someone accused them of having “bot behavior” and the insult stung more than you expected. Meanwhile, your kid describes their own academic performance as “cooked” with genuine distress, and you’re … Read more