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0:00A couple days ago, CBS News ran a story
0:02about a 13-year-old boy who's about to
0:05graduate from university and pursue his
0:07masters at NYU. And then someone else
0:10responded to the story and got almost as
0:12many likes, saying, "These child
0:15prodigies almost always end up as
0:17regular people. They just get ahead much
0:19earlier. They plateau in their teens and
0:22become ordinary people almost every
0:24single time. So, good luck, kid. But
0:26it's almost certainly not an exponential
0:28growth thing. You'll slow down when
0:30you're 15 and everyone else will catch
0:32up while you had no childhood.
0:34Obviously, not every Gen Alpha is as
0:36smart as this kid is, but I honestly
0:39think they have a similar experience.
0:41From a very early age, everything a Gen
0:44Alpha kid does in school is regarded
0:46very highly. Standards are so low that
0:49if you can spell your name at like age
0:5010, you'll become validictorian. School
0:53comes easy to these kids because they're
0:55all using chat GBT for assignments. And
0:57just like school is easy for a child
0:59prodigy, school is easy if you use AI
1:01for all your work. So since this prodigy
1:03and all of Jan Alpha are equally
1:05unchallenged in the public school
1:07system, the difference is this prodigy
1:10is leaving the public school system to
1:12go to college. So he might end up all
1:14right. But when school is so easy and
1:16there is nothing difficult for any of
1:18these kids and they just get passed
1:19along to the next grade no matter how
1:20much they fail. They basically have the
1:22same experience as a prodigy trapped in
1:24school. Not because they're too smart
1:25for the material, but because they don't
1:27have to do any of the material. So
1:28imagine now if you had all these child
1:30prodigies throughout history and you
1:32forced them to go through like regular
1:33first grade, like they wouldn't learn
1:35anything. They wouldn't develop. And
1:36that's what we're having with these kids
1:37now. They're not learning anything
1:38because we don't make them. So Jan Alpha
1:40doesn't know why they're in school.
1:41Well, they just show up for a few hours
1:42and they go to the next grade. That's
1:44what they're told to do. So, I've made a
1:46lot of videos explaining that Gen Alpha
1:48can't read. But, I think there's
1:49something even more fundamental that we
1:51need to talk about. Jen Alpha doesn't
1:53want to read because Gen Alpha doesn't
1:55want to do anything. Jen Alpha doesn't
1:57care about anything. So, if we're
2:00talking about Gen Alpha not being able
2:02to read, we're already way too
2:03downstream of the real problem.
2:05complaining that Jana alpha can't read
2:07is like complaining someone in
2:08chemotherapy can't grow a mohawk. Yeah,
2:11that's definitely a problem, but it's
2:13fundamentally caused by their cancer.
2:15And in the same way, Jana alpha isn't
2:16malnourished. They're not genetically
2:18inferior to previous generations.
2:20They're capable of reading. They just
2:22don't want to. Because what is reading?
2:24In the case of non-fiction, it's a way
2:26for you to deeply understand the world.
2:28And in the case of fiction, it's a way
2:29for you to deeply get inside the heads
2:31of other people. But if the world has
2:33always been laid out for you, if adults
2:35have always intervened to make sure
2:36nothing is ever hard for you, then doing
2:38something really hard like learning how
2:39to read for the reward of deep knowledge
2:41about the world doesn't seem as
2:43rewarding as scrolling on YouTube reels.
2:45Doing anything doesn't sound as
2:47rewarding as YouTube shorts. I used to
2:49lament how anyone successful at
2:51something that I really liked would get
2:52criticism while people who didn't do
2:54anything didn't get criticism and that
2:56was so unfair. We should be encouraging
2:57the people who make art or things that
2:59we really like. But then I realized I
3:01have it completely backwards. Criticism,
3:04getting resistance is what helps you
3:06become even better. And I actually
3:07realized this because of Gen Alpha. I
3:09realized, wait, Jen Alpha has faced less
3:11resistance than any other generation in
3:13history. And they're doing worse than
3:15any generation in history. Facing
3:17obstacles forces you to become crafty.
3:19It forces you to be resourceful. Think
3:20about the early Marvel movies with
3:22limited budgets. They had to prove
3:24themselves, and they became some of the
3:25greatest superhero movies ever made. Now
3:28think about the modern Marvel movies
3:29with these huge budgets and brand
3:31recognition. They can't even break even
3:34because they have no resistance that
3:35forces them to be better. I mean this is
3:36also the story of Star Wars, right?
3:38Everyone loves the original trilogy
3:39which had a much smaller budget than the
3:41later movies. And then when George Lucas
3:43got hundreds of millions of dollars to
3:44make movies exactly the way he wanted,
3:46they were received much more coldly. In
3:49fact, we all know when someone is
3:51subject to no criticism, like a
3:52celebrity or someone who isolates
3:54themselves like Howard Hughes, that's
3:56when they go insane. In the words of
3:58Will Durant, for every hundred new ideas
4:00you come up with, 99 of them are going
4:02to be wrong. So, we need to have friends
4:04and critics to help us realize where we
4:06go wrong. Like, this is a funny example,
4:08but I'm grateful to you guys because
4:10someone pointed out I misused a word. I
4:12said, "My friend got really angry, so he
4:13became sultry." When I meant he became
4:16sullen. If he became sultry, we would
4:19have started dating. I'm [laughter]
4:20reading the comments. You guys did not
4:23spare me. Someone said, "Really? Sultry
4:26is wild. Is English your first
4:28language?" I think you meant soul.
4:30Sultry means they tried to seduce you. I
4:33[laughter] think you meant sullen.
4:34Although the idea of your friend
4:36becoming sultry when [laughter] you ask
4:38him to pick him up at the airport, is a
4:40funny image. Yeah. Someone commented,
4:43"This makes me think Casey used AI." And
4:46someone responded, "THIS MAKES ME THINK
4:47CASEY didn't use AI." [laughter] Guys,
4:50the next time I try to use like a
4:51multi-elabic word, the stakes are high
4:53because if I misuse it, LIKE YOU GUYS
4:55ARE READY. You guys are ready. So, I
4:59want you for one moment to pretend you
5:02have no connotations about Gen Alpha.
5:04And imagine I just tell you, I'm going
5:06to raise the next generation with no
5:08responsibilities and I'll guarantee that
5:09they graduate every grade no matter how
5:11badly they perform in school. I'll give
5:13them this incredible device to do all
5:14their schoolwork for them and they won't
5:16feel like they're cheating because all
5:17their classmates are using that same
5:19device. And then I'll also take away all
5:20the time that they spend with friends
5:22and replace it with doom scrolling and
5:24maybe roadblocks if they're really
5:25sophisticated. And then I'm also going
5:27to make sure they grow up in a time of
5:28relative prosperity where there's no war
5:31for them to fight against or no cause to
5:33stand behind all while they're reading
5:34that the world is getting worse in a
5:36million different ways because they're
5:37keeping up with the news every morning.
5:38I'll also make sure the most famous
5:40people in their generation are vapid.
5:42They're not going to look up to
5:44philosophers or thinkers. They're going
5:45to look up to influencers. Influencers
5:48so stupid. I bet they don't even know
5:50what sultry means. And then I ask you,
5:53how do you think that generation will
5:54turn out? Well, if [snorts] how we raise
5:56kids means anything, then we should have
5:59no surprise at Gen Alpha's state today.
6:02This is exactly what we orchestrated.
6:04So, we're all wondering, why can't Jen
6:05Alpha read? Well, why can't our cancer
6:08patients grow hair? The disease goes
6:11much deeper. And I really think I
6:13actually am excited about this. People
6:14are starting to catch on because while I
6:17used to see so many videos of teachers
6:18lamenting that none of their students
6:20can read, now I'm seeing teachers
6:21realize the deeper problem that these
6:23kids just don't care. They don't want to
6:25learn to read. They don't want to watch
6:26a movie. They don't want to make friends
6:27if they can doom scroll instead. They
6:29just don't care about life.
6:30>> When I asked her what has been changing
6:32for her, she said it's student apathy. I
6:34have seen teacher after teacher after
6:37teacher after teacher come on to Tik Tok
6:40and vent their grievances about how
6:43their students are just not working the
6:46way that students used to work. And as a
6:49teacher,
6:50I fully understand. I fully get it.
6:54These kids don't want to do work
6:55anymore. They just don't want to learn.
6:57They don't want to put in the work. They
6:58don't want to do their assignments. They
6:59don't want to do their homework.
7:02Have you stopped to ask why the adults
7:06in the room
7:09put the country into a global pandemic
7:11and told the kids deal with it? The
7:13adults in the room created the internet
7:15and social media and now these kids have
7:17to live with it from the moment they are
7:20born. They see in full color HD every
7:22single day how the adults are screwing
7:24up the world and not making it a better
7:26place and all the bad things that are
7:28going on across the world. You expect
7:31them to care about algebra and English
7:34when they are constantly depressed and
7:37worried. Give them a break. We are
7:40trying to apply educational standards
7:43from 10 years ago onto kids that are of
7:48a different generation of a COMPLETELY
7:50THEY'RE ON ANOTHER PLANET in terms of
7:53education and we are the ones that need
7:55to adapt not them. Right? These kids
7:58were never taught why they should care
7:59about literature or history in the first
8:01place, but they are told all the time,
8:04listen to how bad things are in the
8:05world. Listen to this new global crisis.
8:07This is really urgent. This is
8:08important. So, we're simultaneously
8:10telling them, you should care about
8:11global politics, but you shouldn't care
8:13about the causes of World War I because
8:15we never gave them a reason to. So, all
8:17these kids are doing is they're
8:18listening to us. They're bored when we
8:20teach them about Gavlo Princip, but they
8:22think every new global headline is an
8:24urgent crisis because we're telling them
8:25that, right? We're saying like,
8:26"Breaking news, this is happening." But
8:28we're teaching them history in a very
8:29stodgy and boring way. And Gen Alpha's
8:31apathy has gotten so bad that teachers
8:34are rewarding students for just
8:36completing assignments. Like, if you get
8:39an assignment and you do it, you will
8:42get three pieces of candy and a standing
8:44ovation from the school cuz the rest of
8:47the class doesn't do what they're
8:49assigned.
8:50>> So, I sent home a math practice. Okay?
8:52It was not a lot. It was a few pages of
8:55multiplication facts. So, I have
8:56teammates coming up to me and saying,
8:57"My mom threw it away. It's not your
9:00mom's responsibility." I have people
9:01saying um that they forgot it. So, out
9:05of 30 teammates,
9:09two people finished it. Those two
9:10teammates get a 3second clap because
9:13they're amazing. And then you can come
9:14pick out two of these candy bars cuz
9:18that is how proud I am OF YOU. YAY.
9:22SO NOW I want to ask you something. If
9:23you could only guarantee that your kid
9:25would have one of the following three
9:26traits, what would you choose? That
9:28they're successful, that they're
9:29intelligent, or that they are
9:31passionate, or just the opposite of
9:33apathetic? I think a lot of people would
9:35choose successful. I think a lot more
9:36would choose intelligent, but for me,
9:39there's no question that it would be
9:41passionate. I know a lot of unhappy,
9:42successful people, and the same with
9:44intelligence. But if you're passionate,
9:46you care about life. That's like the
9:48point of life. And from that, you're
9:49likely to want to learn how to read and
9:51to want to become successful because
9:53you're actually because life actually
9:55means something to you. And that's what
9:56we've robbed of a whole generation. I
9:58think we've sort of gone through the
9:59whole cycle for the last half century.
10:01In the '60s, students were very
10:03passionate. There were so many protests
10:05and free love and new ways of thinking.
10:07Timothy Liry said, "Turn on, tune in,
10:09and drop out." Then fast forward to the
10:1180s, people are very successful, even if
10:13they're not as passionate. And then you
10:14fast forward to today and you don't have
10:15the intelligence. You don't have the
10:16success because you don't have that root
10:19of passion. If you don't care about
10:21anything, why would you care about being
10:23intelligent or successful? So in the
10:2560s, you had intelligence and passion
10:26but not success. In the 80s, you had
10:28success and intelligence but no passion.
10:31Then Gen Z was the first generation with
10:33no child left behind, the first
10:34generation with really lacks educational
10:36standards, and consequently the first
10:37generation in modern history where IQ's
10:39went down. So we suddenly lost
10:41intelligence, too. And that brings us to
10:42Gen Alpha, which as a whole lacks the
10:44drive for success or intelligence
10:47because they don't have any passion.
10:49When the root of passion is severed, the
10:51other two things don't become important.
10:52If you don't, if you're apathetic
10:53towards life, you're going to be
10:54apathetic to becoming intelligent or
10:56successful. And it's on us adults for
10:58taking away any chances these kids had
11:00to become passionate or have fun in
11:01life, including economically. I was
11:03asking my sixth graders today what they
11:04do for fun and pretty much they were
11:06telling me that they just sit at home
11:07and play on their iPads or play video
11:10games like Roblox and I was like why
11:13don't you like go out and do things like
11:15why don't you go to the movies and it
11:18led me to an awful horrible terrible
11:20realization which is that they were like
11:22well that's too expensive and I looked
11:23it up and I saw that the average price
11:25of a movie ticket in the United States
11:27today is $16.35
11:31whereas when I was as a kid it was
11:33$6.55.
11:36That $6.55 adjusted for inflation would
11:39be $10.85 today. Which means the price
11:43of a movie ticket has been artificially
11:45inflated by over 50%. These kids who
11:48grew up exactly the same way that I grew
11:50up have fewer opportunities than I had.
11:53The only people that benefit from that
11:54kind of thing are super rich people
11:56because now they get to go to these
11:57things and they don't have to be around
11:58poor people anymore. Everybody's always
12:00like, "Oh, but the kids, but the kids."
12:01We have priced kids out of doing
12:03anything for fun and caused them
12:07to become addicted to their screens.
12:09>> Someone said, "Don't get me started on
12:11bowling." I'm not going to lie. I
12:13haven't checked bowling prices in a
12:15while. I paid $140
12:17for four people for two rounds. What?
12:21That used to be a year's salary in this
12:23country. Okay, MAYBE IN LIKE 1900, BUT
12:26STILL. And a recent study examined what
12:28actually happens in your brain when you
12:30doom scroll. And if this is what happens
12:32in an adult's brain, imagine what
12:34happens when you're four.
12:36>> A recent study from Harvard just came
12:37out explaining why doom scrolling is
12:39slowly killing our brains. The behavior
12:40of doom scrolling is rooted in our
12:42brain's lyic system, which is dominated
12:44by the amygdala. The amydala deals with
12:47memory, emotion, and also receives
12:49dopamine hits, which is why you feel
12:51addicted to scrolling or like you always
12:52have to reach for your phone. This is
12:54super harmful though and produces what a
12:56Harvard doctor calls popcorn brain which
12:58makes the world slow and boring and
13:00depressing because we're used to the
13:01over stimulation and popping of social
13:03media. [laughter]
13:04>> Someone commented, "Sorry, I doom
13:06scrolled past this. My iPhone is like a
13:08cigarette." And that analogy is spot on
13:10because the younger generation knows how
13:12bad your phone is for you just like the
13:14younger generation of 50 years ago knew
13:15how bad cigarettes were for you. All
13:17while in both cases, the older
13:19generation said, "Don't worry, they're
13:21fine. It's [music] just a cigarette and
13:24it cannot be that bad.
13:27>> Oh, for sake.
13:30Go away.
13:32off. But that's really a
13:33double-edged sword because if you know
13:35your phone is bad for you and you do it
13:36anyway, it becomes even worse for you.
13:39If you know your iPhone is killing your
13:41brain and you say you want to stop, but
13:43you do it anyway, you're reinforcing to
13:46yourself that you're not someone who
13:47does what you say you'll do. And that
13:49slowly seeps into every part of who you
13:52are. Eventually, you'll feel like you're
13:53incapable of success. You're incapable
13:55of doing something hard because every
13:57single day you do something that you say
14:00you won't. And that erodess all of your
14:03self-respect. And if you don't respect
14:05yourself, then no one else will respect
14:07you either. And when you look around and
14:08see no one else respects you, you'll
14:10respect yourself even less. And when you
14:12have no self-respect, you'll have no
14:14reason to do anything but doom scroll.
14:15And the cycle repeats. And a lot of
14:17people are caught in that cycle. and
14:18living lives of spiritual desolation
14:21when they could have had glorious
14:24careers and families and friends in the
14:27real world. But we robbed that from
14:29them. So thankfully some good parents on
14:31TikTok are deciding I'm not going to let
14:33this happen anymore. I'm going to give
14:34my kids agency and responsibility young
14:41>> scoop
14:43at um strawberry ice. What's the options
14:46that you um you had?
14:48>> Gummy bears, sprinkles.
14:50>> I do gummy bears.
14:51>> You said chocolate chip ice cream.
14:53>> No, I said strawberry.
14:55>> Strawberry.
14:58>> Have a spoon, too, please.
15:02>> [screaming]
15:08>> There you go.
15:09>> Instead of what we have now, which is
15:10kids like doing one assignment ever and
15:13then being like, I graduated and George
15:15W. Bush being like, yeah, you did. Oh,
15:17sorry. Let me add a little Texas.
15:19Congratulations to uh Jen Alpha on uh
15:23learning absolutely nothing. You're
15:25welcome.
15:28>> I did it.
15:32Yes, you did. [screaming]
15:36>> And so teachers have become superfluous.
15:38Are you guys impressed that I said
15:39superfluous and not sultry? [laughter]
15:42Guys, teachers have become sultry. I'm
15:44I'm telling you, if school is just
15:45babysitting and it doesn't matter how
15:47bad a kid does, they'll just pass him
15:49along to the next grade. Well, then if a
15:50teacher actually tries to teach, they
15:53become an obstacle to the system. So,
15:55every time a teacher tries to take
15:56initiative to make learning fun for
15:58their kids, it ends like this.
16:00>> I have only been teaching for 2 years
16:02and it feels like it's been 30. I feel
16:04like a retired detective in a crime
16:06movie. Like, I'm getting way too old for
16:08this.
16:09>> Look at the statistics of teachers who
16:10have left. And it's not just new
16:12teachers. So, you can't just blame it on
16:13my generation. It is teachers who have
16:15been there for 20 years and they leave
16:17before they actually get their
16:18retirement because it's so crazy. You
16:21hear teachers talking about teaching and
16:23they sound like they've lived through a
16:24war. Like, yeah, back in 2023, we lost a
16:27lot of good teachers. And it's like, is
16:30the classroom really that bad? Yes. You
16:32can watch a kid's brain buffering in
16:352026. It's like, all right, I want you
16:36to write on your paper. What paper? The
16:40paper that you're literally holding in
16:41your hand that I just gave you. Oh, you
16:44you ripped it up. Okay.
16:45>> And so, it's on parents to make sure
16:47kids aren't apathetic when they arrive
16:49in the classroom. And so if we're
16:51serious about giving kids a little more
16:52responsibility, a little more autonomy
16:54younger, we should all be okay with
16:55seeing kids in real life. I mean, as
16:57long as they're, you know, somewhat well
16:59behaved. To the mom who rolled her eyes
17:00at me because I wasn't making my kid sit
17:02still in a chair. Do you realize your
17:045-year-old was on her phone watching
17:06YouTube the entire time? And so I'm
17:08happy to deal with a kid, you know,
17:10walking around a little bit as long as
17:11he's generally respectful. if that helps
17:13retain hero devivve.
17:20[music]
17:22Thought that video advocating kids can
17:23be bored is a good thing, but you'll
17:25always have people critiquing you, which
17:26I mentioned at the beginning of this
17:28video is a good thing. Someone said, "My
17:30parents did this. Let me be bored." And
17:32I developed maladaptive daydreaming and
17:35mental issues. Well, okay. But I'm more
17:38with this comment who said, "That's
17:39where imagination is born. That's where
17:41creativity forms. What is maladaptive
17:44daydreaming? Like your daydreams are
17:46bad. A genpha just goes, "Oh, I had the
17:49worst daydream. I was getting shot by
17:51Gabrielo Princip." If a Gen Alpha said
17:52that, I'd be like, "You know what? I'm
17:54glad you're learning a little bit of
17:55history."
18:02[music]
18:03Very odd, but at least these kids are
18:05having fun. Someone commented AD and HD
18:09Tom and foolery. But this is even
18:11better.
18:12>> Did you guys build this?
18:14>> Yeah.
18:17>> Wow.
18:17>> That is awesome. Mom, Phineas and Fur
18:20are building a playground in our
18:21backyard. And giving your kids autonomy
18:24to build, you know, seesaws makes your
18:27life as a parent much easier, too.
18:29>> In case you're wondering, this is what
18:30having an independent baby looks like.
18:35I'm here in the kitchen
18:38all by myself.
18:40No one in the living room.
18:42[clears throat]
18:42I just emptied the dishwasher,
18:45did the dishes, hand wash some of her
18:48clean sippies,
18:51and I'll show you where my independent
18:53baby is.
19:02>> Hi, sweetie.
19:05You having a good time in your playroom?
19:09>> You want to tell mama what you're doing?
19:13>> Let's see. We have some Libros. We have
19:15some books.
19:17Mhm.
19:24I guess I'll just interrupt her play
19:26session.
19:26>> Initially, kids will always ask for
19:28help, even with the simplest tasks,
19:30because it's easier in the short term.
19:32But in the long term, teach a man to
19:34fish.
19:35>> Parenting 101. Don't do it for them.
19:38Make them figure it out.
19:39>> Get in there.
19:41>> I climbed over the fish.
19:43>> So climb out.
19:44>> I can't.
19:46>> Why not?
19:47>> Because
19:48>> Cuz why?
19:49>> Because
19:50>> Because And an answer. Why can't you
19:51climb out?
19:52>> I don't know.
19:55>> Climb.
19:56>> No.
19:56>> Just like you did when you got in there.
19:58Climb over it.
19:59>> No.
20:00Well, then I guess you're stuck.
20:02>> Am I going to be here for 2 years?
20:04>> That depends on if you have if you climb
20:06out. You climbed in there. So, climb
20:09out.
20:14>> Come on. You got it. That fence ain't
20:16going nowhere.
20:21>> Nope. Keep going.
20:24>> I'm stuck.
20:25>> What are you stuck on? The final
20:27attempt.
20:29This one's a little shaky.
20:31>> It's not going anywhere, though. Just
20:33because it's shaky.
20:36You got it. Keep going. Get your foot.
20:39Get your foot where you need it. There
20:41you go.
20:44There you go. That leg over. See? Was
20:47that so hard? I didn't think so.
20:50>> Someone commented, "You can tell the mom
20:51is a completely different parenting
20:53style." And someone added, "This is
20:55gentle parenting. No beating, no
20:57insults. He was patient and supportive
20:59of his little boy. Good job. But it was
21:01funny when he was like, "Am I going to
21:02be here for 2 years?" But sadly, in some
21:06corners of this country, I'm sure that
21:08dad could be arrested. There are some
21:10crazy news stories of parents just like
21:13letting their kid walk home from school
21:15or like buying a yam and getting the
21:17police called on them.
21:18>> We really need to figure out why kids
21:20are so incapable these days. Did you see
21:22that news article of the mom that they
21:24just arrested because her kids were
21:26walking to the park by themselves
21:27without an adult? Yeah, there's crazy
21:29people out here. She should spend her
21:31life in jail. And you don't see the
21:32correlation here? That's so true. People
21:34will like support arresting parents who
21:36give their kids the slightest autonomy
21:39and then wonder why kids are so
21:40helpless. That's like building your
21:42house next to a volcano and then
21:44wondering why there's lava in the living
21:46room. Kids have become so cynical that
21:49they get mad whenever their teachers
21:51aren't. I went, "Hey everybody, I'm so
21:53glad you're here. Happy Tuesday. Um,
21:55read the board. Please get started. I'm
21:57so happy to see you. I've really missed
21:59you." And I'm I'm peppy. I'm happy. I'm
22:02I've got like the full cheerleader like
22:07these are my kids. Miss P, you're doing
22:09too much. Yeah, because you're not doing
22:12enough. And then this is me hooping and
22:15hollering. I'm like, "All right,
22:16everybody. We're struggling. I can tell
22:17we we need some extra help. Why don't
22:19everybody stand up right now? We're
22:21going to walk around, talk to each
22:22other, brainstorm ideas so that if you
22:26are having a hard time writing the story
22:28on your head and you're like stuck on a
22:30part, you can ask somebody else to help
22:32you. You know,
22:35I ain't doing that.
22:39Okay. Well, I really appreciate how so
22:41and so is doing it. So, let's let's keep
22:43going. Would you like some assistance
22:44over here anyway?
22:48No. Where's my snack at?
22:51Well, actually, you're not going to get
22:52your snag until you do what you're
22:53supposed to. Um, and that that's
22:57basically every day. I I I mean, I can
22:59come in here in a bad mood and snippy
23:00and say, "Sit down. Get up. We're
23:02walking around. This is what we're
23:03doing. This is how we're doing it." And
23:05I get the same outcome. And they'll be
23:07like, "Miss Payne, why are you doing too
23:09much? You're always in a bad mood."
23:10>> Can I tell you the worst feeling as a
23:12teacher? This, to me, stands above the
23:14low teacher pay. It stands above the low
23:18bathroom breaks. I think it even stands
23:20above state testing and it happened
23:22today in my classes. It's absolutely
23:25busting your butt for an assignment
23:27thinking that it's going to kill for the
23:29students and the students ruin it. I'm
23:32not talking about like a worksheet and
23:33the kids didn't enjoy the worksheet. I'm
23:35talking about like an activity, a whole
23:38lesson where all they got to do is
23:40participate and try their best and they
23:44can't do that. Like I don't think these
23:46kids realize how discouraging it is.
23:49Like I could easily go to AI. I could go
23:51to AI and say, "Hey, type up a
23:54three-page packet with all written
23:56response questions for my students." And
23:58AI would give me that. No. No. But when
24:01a teacher, god forbid, tries his best
24:04and makes an assignment that, you know
24:06what, I would have enjoyed when I was a
24:07kid and I try my best and then kids just
24:11I bet if it was a YouTube video, they'd
24:13love it or a Tik Tok video, I bet they'd
24:15kill it.
24:16>> Yeah. And teachers are realizing that
24:18when they make engaging lessons for kids
24:20to become competent readers, they get
24:22punished. And so they're like, "Okay,
24:24you know what? Why don't I just give
24:25these kids AI generated worksheets?" And
24:27that's sad because kids need thoughtful
24:29educators and teachers who can give them
24:31individual attention. I mean, you know,
24:33even babies can be unpredictable. The
24:35baby has cried off and on for 10 hours.
24:38I have tried everything to soo him. Then
24:40I turned on mechanic sounds on YouTube
24:42and he instantly stopped. Like what? I'm
24:44with this comment. I really want to know
24:46the process of elimination it took to
24:48reach mechanic sounds. The baby's like,
24:50"Oh, sounds like they'll need a new
24:52transmission." I can't lie. Like a big
24:54part of this whole Jen Alpha thing is
24:56sometimes kids only do the opposite of
24:58what they're told.
24:59>> Can I brush your hair?
25:00>> Why?
25:01>> It's kind of messy.
25:02>> No, it's not.
25:03>> Can I please brush it?
25:04>> No.
25:05>> All right. I can't brush your hair. I'm
25:06sorry.
25:08>> Okay.
25:10>> Can't brush my hair.
25:10>> I can't brush your hair today. I'm
25:12sorry.
25:13>> Okay.
25:13>> Yeah, I said okay.
25:14>> No brushing hair.
25:16>> Okay.
25:18>> You can only brush my hair.
25:20>> Yeah.
25:21Why? Because I can't brush your hair
25:24today. Sorry.
25:26But
25:26>> why?
25:27>> Because
25:27>> I I really want to brush it.
25:30>> No.
25:31>> No. I really want to.
25:32>> All right, I'll make an exception.
25:33>> Damn, it [music] feels good to be in
25:34pain.
25:35>> People fight what they're told but never
25:36doubt what they conclude, which helps my
25:38whole thesis here even more. If Jen
25:40Alpha gets responsibility and agency
25:42where they have an interest in reading
25:44and they want to read and it becomes
25:45somewhat self-directed, then they will.
25:47But if they're given every reason not to
25:48read and every form of simulation
25:50outside of reading and then an adult
25:52rags their fingers and says, "Hey kid,
25:54you should learn to read." Of course
25:55they won't want to. So since it's become
25:57so rare, I am grateful whenever I see
25:59kids doing crazy pranks. [music]
26:06Someone said it's the box trolls,
26:09literally. So [laughter] parents are
26:11realizing this and letting their kids
26:12get creative and play even if they get
26:14messy.
26:15>> Don't play with me. [music]
26:16Don't put your hand in.
26:20[music]
26:22Oh,
26:28[music]
26:29Someone said this also strengthens their
26:30immune system. Which reminds me of
26:32George Carlin saying he would never get
26:34sick because as a kid he gave his immune
26:36system a lot of practice. In my
26:38neighborhood, no one ever got polio. No
26:40one ever. You know why? Cuz we swam in
26:43raw sewage. That's a little intense.
26:46>> I don't think parents understand how
26:49many kids are out there who are just
26:51like refusing to do anything in class.
26:53Like, could you imagine being a
26:5512-year-old and coming to school and
26:56sitting through 7 hours of classes and
26:58just like not doing anything? Like,
27:01yeah, I'm supposed to ride in spare. I'm
27:02just not going to do it. I'm just going
27:03to sit here and stare off into the void.
27:05I'm not going to do it. Yeah, I don't
27:06care. My parents don't care. I don't
27:08care. Just not going to do it. Like, so
27:11many kids are like that. This is what
27:12I'm talking about. Teachers are finally
27:15realizing it's not just that these kids
27:16can't read. It's it's that they don't
27:18want to do anything at all.
27:20>> Witnessed it again yesterday. A teacher
27:22standing outside the classroom crying
27:24because the students were so
27:26unmanageable and so entitled and so
27:29insulting that it broke the teacher.
27:30This is the third time since August that
27:32I've seen this happen.
27:33>> Y'all not going to believe me, but the
27:35teachers are crying themselves home.
27:36They're crying because they actually
27:37care more than the child and their
27:40parent. And so Gen Z sees that and we've
27:42decided we won't constantly praise our
27:44kids even when they're bad at something.
27:46We're going to tell them the truth so
27:48they can live in reality.
27:50>> Things I'm not going to allow my child
27:51to do and I don't give a If I find
27:53out you're being cringey on your phone,
27:55don't let me find out you be asking the
27:57hoes why they showering without you.
27:58Give me your phone now. If you
28:00lack talent in a certain field, I'm not
28:02going to stop you from doing you. But
28:04I'm not going to lie to you either. I
28:05don't give a Like how parents show
28:07up to their kids' soccer games like, "Oh
28:08my god, Jeffrey, you're doing so good
28:10and Jeffrey's ass." Like, I'm not gonna
28:12do that.
28:12>> Because if you really care about
28:13someone, you'll will their good, even if
28:15that means making them momentarily
28:16uncomfortable. In his essay about why
28:18he's not a pacifist, CS Lewis said, "If
28:21I truly want what's good for you, if at
28:23the limit that means physically
28:24restraining you, then that's something
28:26that I should do, even if it temporarily
28:29makes you feel pain." That's the real
28:31question here. Do we actually want
28:33what's best for our kids? Are we willing
28:35to maybe impose short-term suffering so
28:38they can become real human beings? Or do
28:40we only care about our kids liking us?
28:42Do we shrink anytime a kid expresses
28:44mild discomfort or boredom so we quickly
28:46run to make sure they feel okay because
28:48we don't want kids to get mad at us? Saw
28:50a video of a mom who was asking should
28:52she let her seventh grader get her nose
28:54pierced. And the comments were pretty
28:56evenly split between yes and no. People
28:57who were saying yes were like, "It's
28:59just a piercing. What's the big deal? As
29:01long as she's responsible enough and
29:02takes care of it, who cares?" people are
29:04saying no or just saying that she was
29:05too young. As someone who did teach
29:07middle and high school, I am someone who
29:09would also say no. I would say no. No,
29:12your seventh grader doesn't need her
29:13nose pierced. But the reason why is
29:16because we are giving kids nothing to
29:18look forward to. And I think it's so
29:20important for everyone, every human
29:22being to have things to look forward to
29:23in their life. But especially kids, it
29:26is so important for them to have things
29:28that they can mark on a calendar that
29:30they know when I hit this age or when we
29:32get to this date or when we whatever, I
29:35get to have X, Y, and Z. Yeah, kids
29:37looking forward to milestones is a good
29:39thing. They shouldn't get everything
29:40they want the moment they want it.
29:42Someone said, "Same for tattoos. Cut to
29:43senior year of high school and suddenly
29:45everyone has a full sleeve with a lion
29:48and a Bible quote." And a teacher added,
29:50"I saw several middle schoolers with
29:52tattoos and I was flabbergasted. Like
29:54these kids' parents are letting their
29:56child permanently mark their body.
29:58There's enough regret when people get
29:59tattoos at 21, let alone 12."
30:02>> Things I won't let my girls do. Number
30:04one, we're not there yet, but I will not
30:07let my girls get in a car and go on a
30:09date with someone if I have not met them
30:12already. So, they need to like walk up
30:13to the door, knock. Hi, my name is Joe
30:16and I'm taking our daughter on a date. I
30:18don't necessarily care the grades. Um,
30:21but there will be no missing
30:22assignments. So, everything must be
30:24turned in. Now, if you have certain
30:27grades, okay, obviously you're trying,
30:28you're turning in your work, you're
30:30doing whatever, but missing assignments
30:32will be a no-go. Lastly, there will be
30:35no little animals. Like, no guinea pigs,
30:37no hamsters, no fishies, no whatever.
30:38We've tried that before. It ended
30:41terribly. There's only the family dogs.
30:45That's it. You aren't you ain't getting
30:46no hamster, no guinea pig, no crawly
30:49poly toy. I don't even care if it's a
30:51fish cuz guess who has to take care of
30:53it? Me.
30:54>> Seems reasonable, especially compared to
30:56this.
30:56>> Yeah, well, I don't care about
30:59them for getting my ranch CUZ I CAN
31:01WALK in there and I told you I
31:04can tell them they forgot my
31:07ranch.
31:07>> The direct, bold, careless nature about
31:11this child, the I can do what I want to
31:13attitude. I had that and the reason why
31:16I had that and the reason why she has
31:18that is because she lacks discipline and
31:21consequences that the adults in her life
31:22were responsible for providing. We have
31:24to think about what we're doing as
31:26parents and the types of humans
31:28that we're raising and putting into this
31:29world because not everybody's going to
31:31take that little girl So, mom and
31:32dad, y'all might want to wake the
31:34up and start disciplining your child now
31:37because when she steps into the real
31:39world with people who taught their kids
31:40not to tolerate that type of
31:43you're going to have some real problems.
31:44And I say that from experience. I myself
31:47was the one who was doing what she was
31:49doing. And I struggled. I didn't
31:51struggle in terms of always being in
31:53trouble as an adult, but I struggled in
31:55terms of not having healthy
31:56relationships, not knowing how to treat
31:58people, people not knowing how to treat
32:00me, not being able to have healthy
32:01communication with people because nobody
32:03wanted to with me with that type of
32:05attitude. Someone said, "The only thing
32:06I see is bad parenting. Not a bad kid."
32:09Yeah, virtually 100% of the time a kid
32:12is really badly behaved, it's because of
32:13their parents. I mean, this is why we
32:15obviously don't give 12-year-olds life
32:16without parole. I turned 21 in prison
32:20[singing and music] life without parole.
32:22No one could steer me right [singing]
32:24but mama tried.
32:27>> We recognize the bad things they do are
32:28basically because of their parents. The
32:30real danger in giving your kid
32:32everything he asks for is that nothing
32:34comes hard to him. So when a kid has to
32:36do the hardest thing they can as a
32:37child, learn to read, they'll bail fast.
32:40>> I had an 8-year-old ask me how to spell
32:42popcorn. Like mult like they were all
32:44confused. They were like, "How do we
32:45spell popcorn?" Like, bro, like you're 8
32:47years old. Like, you should know how to
32:48spell popcorn by 8 years old.
32:49It's like appalling. It's really It's
32:50crazy. In the whole like the whole
32:51class, they're like 67 67 baby. You have
32:53you have six seven brain cells left in
32:55your in your noggin. Okay, you need to
32:56focusing pick up a dictionary.
32:57Pick up six seven books. Pick up like
32:59But yeah, it's disheartening to say the
33:01least. Like, these are our future
33:02lawmakers and politicians. Like, you
33:05don't know how to spell popcorn.
33:06Sound it out.
33:07>> Someone commented, "My 17-year-old
33:08sister didn't know pirates were
33:11[laughter] and are real." In her
33:13defense, I didn't realize ponies were
33:15real until way too old. I thought they
33:17were like unicorns. You know what?
33:18Statistically speaking, enough people
33:20have this preconception and enough Gen
33:21Alphas watch these videos that I'm sure
33:23we just taught at least one Gen Alpha
33:25kid that pirates are real and another
33:27one that ponies are real. Sorry, guys.
33:30But this comment is much scarier. They
33:32said, "Hey pal, you're being a little
33:33harsh for kids under 10." And the
33:35creator rightly rebuked them, saying,
33:37"Your mindset is why kids cannot read.
33:39If you think wanting kids to be able to
33:40read before they're teenagers is too
33:42harsh, you're the problem. Next thing
33:45this guy's going to respond, I just
33:47think it's irresponsible to expect kids
33:48to be able to spell before they turn 25.
33:50Oh, you know, like, oh my gosh,
33:54[music]
34:01I know some people are cringing because
34:03this kid is wearing nice clothes, but
34:04someone said clothes can be washed.
34:06Memories stay forever. I'm [laughter]
34:08sorry. I'm [gasps] laughing because I
34:11just thought about the Bill Maher
34:13segment from last video. Go follow Yogi
34:15Bear. [laughter]
34:16>> I saw that 40,000 Twitter followers
34:19unfollowed me like that. To which I say,
34:21"Good riddens. Follow Yogi Bear.
34:23>> Go [laughter] follow Yogi Bear." That
34:26was just so funny to me. It's still so
34:28funny. All right, back to the video.
34:30This is how childhood should be. The
34:31whole world is fascinating and amazing
34:33to kids. It's like the GK Chesterton
34:35quote that an 8-year-old kid will be
34:37excited by a door because he thinks
34:39there's a dragon behind it, but a
34:41three-year-old kid will be excited
34:43because it's a door. It's our fault if
34:45by the time a kid enters kindergarten,
34:47the wonder for things as simple as
34:48crossing your hands goes away.
34:50>> My baby learned how to cross his fingers
34:53and I'm trying to give him a Cheeto
34:54puff. He don't know how [laughter] to
34:56take his hands out.
34:59Here. [clears throat]
35:02Here.
35:05[laughter]
35:05[gasps] Here.
35:09>> Someone said, "I love how babies be
35:10unlocking new skills but then don't know
35:12what to do next."
35:13>> I hear somebody saying, "Mom." So, I
35:15look back in the quietest voice
35:20and this is what I see.
35:23What happened? How did
35:27What happened? That was true back and
35:31this is it.
35:32>> Wow. She really accepted her fate. She's
35:35like, "Let me demonstrate how I got
35:36here."
35:41[screaming]
35:43>> All right. That's not how you start.
35:45>> Someone said, "Bro, really practicing
35:47his Monsters Inc. jump scare." He did
35:49sound just like Sully.
35:51>> That's ghetto. Bring that up here real
35:52quick.
35:54>> You bedazzled. Don't move back. His back
35:56is back.
35:57>> A Vaseline jar.
35:58>> Yes, I did.
35:59>> And thought that this was You thought
36:01you ate with this?
36:03>> Hey.
36:04>> Hey. Do you plan on doing any work
36:05today?
36:07>> Yeah. Just let me know cuz if not then I
36:10just I'm not even going to bother you.
36:11At least I know. First one. Who can
36:13guess it? Starts with the A.
36:15>> A.
36:16>> Well, yeah.
36:17>> Did you just grab snacks for me and then
36:20pull out a thing of pretzels from your
36:22bag? [laughter]
36:25This teacher wrote the caption, "All my
36:27students want to do is eat."
36:28>> There is no group of people I feel worse
36:30for than the middle schoolers and high
36:32schoolers of this generation and those
36:34in the future. Cuz dude, have you seen
36:36all of the different gizmos and gadgets
36:38these parents have access to now to
36:40snoop on their kids. is crazy, bro.
36:43When I was in high school, the only
36:44thing that they had that my graduating
36:46class was in like a beta test mode for
36:49was the ability to check on your grades
36:50online. But dude, now it's like Bruce
36:53Wayne said, "Fuck it. I don't want to be
36:54Batman anymore." And he donated all of
36:57his high-tech spy equipment to regular
36:59parents. They got Air Tags now, which
37:01can clip on to kids backpacks and
37:03Your exact location down to the latitude
37:06and longitude is always being monitored.
37:08Cameras installed at houses now or HD,
37:10heat detection, all of it. They got
37:12cameras inside of living rooms now, so
37:13you can't throw any more parties. They
37:15got apps that'll deactivate your kids'
37:16car if they sense anything suspicious.
37:19Basically, these parents can have their
37:20kids on lock if they want to. I
37:23just feel for them, man. These kids
37:24won't get to experience the dopest part
37:26of growing up and being an adolescent
37:28and making stupid decisions that will
37:29forever shape who they end up growing up
37:31to be. Millennials got to do that and so
37:34did our parents and a good amount of Gen
37:35Z. But these alphas are on an Alcatraz
37:38level lockdown. All thanks to advances
37:40in modern technology. Maybe that's why
37:42they're all iPad kids. Who knows?
37:43>> Yeah,
37:44>> man. I don't know what to do, but the
37:45kids are not all right. They are
37:46depressed and they can't read. Hm. What
37:48a mystery. Have we tried taking away
37:51third spaces? Yep. Making basic
37:53activities unaffordable? Yep.
37:55Criminalizing them hanging out in those
37:56spaces they can't afford by calling it
37:57loitering? Yep. Unleashing generative AI
38:00at the palm of their hand at a young
38:01impressionable age? Yep. Taking away any
38:03hope for a sustainable and livable
38:04future? Yep. Tanking the economy so they
38:06have nothing to financially look forward
38:07to in the prospect of any kind of career
38:09is absolutely moot. Yep.
38:10>> And the practical jokes they do still
38:12pull, I I don't know about.
38:14>> I don't [music] smoke up. No, I don't
38:16hate you. I got no love for the fake.
38:19[music] If you want to play tough and
38:21want to hate this, I'll always show up
38:23and make a statement. I don't never slow
38:25up. No, I don't. Baby, you'll wow. Yeah.
38:30Okay. So, are the Gen Alphas, you know,
38:32as jaded and disinterested as Gen Alpha
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