Are they finally over faking mental illnesses ? Please tell me so.. oh wait they're still proudly posting their laundry list of psych meds like they're trophies 🏆
worse, it's a board meeting of old dudes in some corporate building deciding how microtransactions and algorithms can be best used to maximize their profits for each age group
@@luchirimoyaprolly referring to gatcha life. my niece is into the app, though i have to regulate the content she watches of it on TH-cam bc there's tons of nsfw material.
these kids have zero wrinkles to worry about. like even their brains are smooth. can they stop buying all the retinol from us AGING and HAGGARD people???
They’re not blaming the kids. Is *your* brain smooth? They’re making a joke about how the kids are taking all of the products “haggard” people like us need so there’s none left. Don’t be so quick to anger in future. Not a good look.
@@hermi1-kenobi455 Then they should use /s, it’s the damn internet how am I supposed to know what’s satire or aware? It’s literally the age of satire right now, no one knows what’s real. Use tone indicators.
these kids have zero wrinkles to worry about. like even their brains are smooth. can they stop buying all the retinol from us AGING and HAGGARD people???
Idk who here needs some type of faith restored, but I work as a cashier in a small grocery store and I do still get small children (8-11) who excitedly spend their weekly 1-2 euro allowance on a bag of candy instead of getting to spend 500 euros on skincare that they dont need.
Idk who here needs some type of faith restored, but I work as a cashier in a small grocery store and I do still get small children (8-11) who excitedly spend their weekly 1-2 euro allowance on a bag of candy instead of getting to spend 500 euros on skincare that they dont need.
@@augustuslunasol10thapostle Of course I have no clue how much they are actually getting and such, I just see them being allowed to buy themselves a little treat for the weekend and how excited they are when doing so
Some little spawn call 911 when they cross a known boundary and receive a well earned simple consequence.. in America It is the age of NO responsibility
@@grey_f98 I constantly cast youtube videos to the tv when I am at home, I even did it with this video. Basically I just use it as a larger screen for videos from my computer and smartphone. I don't use the TV to watch any tv channels, only for casting video from any streaming services at best.
As much as i truly hate missbehaved kids, I hate bad parents even more, this kids wouldn't act like this if it wasn't because of their parents. Why do people have kids if they won't bother raising decent humans!!!??
A lot of them have to work, and these numbskull kids do this b4 mommy is even home to stop them. Try to overpower the influence of peers with a kid who wants more to belong than they feel obligated to respect you as a parent.. or don't kid yourself about how much they get into when they have a phone that you can not block or prohibit no matter what technology you install Do you really rhink every kid who ever copied a dumb activity from watching g other kids do it, has terrible parents? Or teachers? Since when are teachers responsible for what you do after you leave our classroom? These are tremendous mental gymnastics you're engaging
@@ThatGirl-tg7wd I do agree that technology is making parenting harder to an extent, but then again, if you don't have the time to be a proper parent then why? why did you have kids and now make excuses for your bad decisions? Being neglected is also a form of abuse on top of that you know?
@@Gr95dc some people have kids BEFORE they fall on hard times, esp given current day circumstances, shit happens, maybe if we gave people more time for private life as well as work life and stop promoting constant work culture, and we supported people who've fallen into hard times more rather than shitting on them, they'd have the time/resources to be a better parent again
One day when i was in the elementary school i asked my mom to buy me a cream. I wanted so badly to be like adults. My mom told me "i still have to remind you to brush your teeth after sweets. Figure out that one at first, no cream for you". Case closed. Sometimes it's necessary to say "no" to kids.
You know, when I was a kid, I hated it when my parents said 'no' to me. But now I'm older and an adult, I'm so grateful they did. Because I'm a very thankful person, never take anything for granted. I'm curious how gen Alpha is gonna be when they grow up.. I hope it's not too bad
@@pinacolada8921 Like my mother always said "I don't do it to bully you or to annoy you, I do it because I'm your mother and it is my job to raise you right. You're allowed to be upset with me now, all I am asking from you is to trust me I'm doing this out of love and you will understand it later." And she's absolutely right. She even allowed me to feel the feelings when I was frustrated or upset when she told me no, which is such a great thing to do. She did really well.
I'm only 17 and I've been BAFFLED ab little 12 year olds in my area looking like they would be in my grade. I'm not that old and nearly escaped gen alpha but I'm so very grateful for having my awkward claires and justice phases and the obsessions over mlp and weird crushes on twilight characters, gen alpha is very saddening. my little 6 year old cousin started reciting gross tiktok audios where moaning was involved and the words gyat .. sephora should have an age restriction
+ my cousins on yourube all day like phone tablet and tv, she even has a tv in her own room she watches on whenever. i can't even watch television AT MY OWN HOUSE OR ROOM because she always wants to watch TH-cam shorts and no one stops her or anything?? im way older than her, 17, and sometimes it feels like im more a mother than her own is. my cousin also bately has friends and she's always ALWAYS home like she doesn't go out or play with friends.. and she has SO MANY pets but all are so neglected. a rabbit hamster, chickens and chicks, horses (albeit its the mums), a dog and a cat AND shes about to get a guinea pig . it's very distasteful but i can't do anything about it unfortunately
Same, I even once walked into a store and go adressed as a lady and then less then 30 minutes later as a girl which it's funny but hella confusing to me, so my theory is that all these 12 year olds made every confused to the point wher no one looks like they age normally, plus teens and even preteens "have to" look mature while every adult (after about 17) has to look like 16 years old, even tho it should be no ones business to have a say in how sb feels their age or wants to feel. (Just what is comfortable fashion, make up wise ectr and acceptable for others or at least not inappropriate and so on).
I once witnessed a tween pleading with her mom to let her buy a full skincare regimen from drunk elephant because she couldn’t make a TikTok haul with just one product. I’m with the boomers on this; TikTok is ruining the younger generation.
My oldest sister is a millennial with a Gen alpha 2 year old. My sister already gave her a tablet and she knows how to use it extremely well. Whenever I babysit her, I never let her use it. Thankfully, she still likes to play with blocks, shapes and do dances. I think she knows that when she’s with me (a zillennial) she can’t get the tablet. But the second my sister comes to pick her up, she begins to ask for the tablet and my sister would get upset at me for not giving it to her. I just hope that my sister cracks down on what kind of apps and websites she has access to when she’s older
@@queenofcats9240maybe you could try showing the mom like sexual videos from those sites since theres a lot and i personally fell on them when i was younger. (Not on tiktok tho, but i remember on ytb some dude showing a circumsition)
I literally significantly upgraded my english skills and vocabulary reading fansiction in english (it's not my first language). This helped me with work in several places when I moved in another non-english speaking country (I knew their language too, but people who know english is still rare there). Of course a lot of fanfics' vocabulary are not usable in everyday life and at work (lol), but I am very grateful for ao3.😅 At the beginning I literally had to translate every other word during reading.
@volhan.p.9722 Oh no, I forgot all about AO3.😂 Believe it or not, I actually found a few genuinely incredible fanfics there -- well-written, descriptive but not excessively so, well-fleshed out characters and scenarios, no typos. Those 20+ chapter stories could have honestly been made into books. This makes me want to go back and try to find them.
@@sluttymctits4496 oh, there's a lot of good fanfictions there. If fanfic is good, I just stick with this author for a while, chances are most of their fanfics would be good.
I don't understand how Drunk Elephant is so attractive to young kids. I'm closer to 30 than 20 and the packaging looks rather boring and mature to me. And I don't usually even care about packaging that much 💀
social media influencers, funny name, and the whole mixing things that's encouraged. i can tell you when i was a kid i would make "potions" out of Water and leaves/flowers, and all our different bath products. kids just have an instinct to mix random stuff it seems.
i thought the same thing about the packaging lol. i love me a cutesy package. these look so boring and plain, even now i don't gravitate towards them at all. as a kid i would've seen them as "adult" because adult products are never fun-looking
It’s literally just a)whatever they as desirable- When I was a kid it was impulse body sprays, but difference was they cost 1.99 b) Drunk elephant knew they cottoned onto something with their ‘skincare smoothies’ though. Oh, it looks like a flower! Now mash it up with other stuff!
i feel like its not the screentime that's making children act like this, it's whats on the screen. truthfully from ages 5-12 i spent 3/4 of my day staring at a screen & playing animal jam or watching 24 hour walmart challenges but i was successful in school and never screamed at teachers like how kids do now, but in present day there's soooosoooso many harmful influences
Agree, got my first cellphone at 12 years old, and until now I'm about to be 22 and all I do with my phone are watch games, and I'm doing good in school up until college(college is hell)
i feel like its not the screentime that's making children act like this, it's whats on the screen. truthfully from ages 5-12 i spent 3/4 of my day staring at a screen & playing animal jam or watching 24 hour walmart challenges but i was successful in school and necer screamed at teachers like how kids do now, but in present day there's soooooosooooso many harmful influences
yes true, i'm 16 and had kind of a problem being on the pc so much ever since i was small, but i spent my time playing online games (like animal jam) and watching mlp videos, and i was always a normal kid with decent grades and all. hell, i even learned english at 9 from being online so much. i think the problem is the short-form brainrot content nowadays.
It weirds me out that kids are so into skincare. “Look ten years younger!” So… you wanna look… TWO YEARS OLD??? The memories of my acne and changing skin mixed with the idea of putting all these products on before my skin even settles hurts my chest
They're simply copying what they see women do online bc their parents aren't monitoring them and they don't have teen directed content like there used to be
I saw on the news just yesterday a warning issued to the parents of these kids because yeah using stuff like retinol at 12 will screw up your skin big time unless you actually need it for an acne condition in which case you would be prescribed pure retinol from a dermatologist.. retinol forces your skin to shed faster than normal. It can burn you like any chemical...
@@user-dv9xx3yy8v totoo naman sinasabi nila ah. dami masyadong ipad kids lalo na sa developed countries na puro tiktok nalang kasi anak ng anak magulang nila, di naman maalagaan ng maayos. yung iba iniispoil pa anak nila. sino sisisihin natin? ikaw?
Thank you for your comment at the end about how people love to pick on whatever young women are doing and make fun of it even though it's not that important. Like yes, this trend is ridiculous, but I'm far more concerned about the clip of elementary school boys disrespecting their teacher because of the misogyny they heard on twitch. That has far worse implications for future crimes they might commit, inability to form meaningful relationships, and our country's politics.
We should certainly gate keep skincare when it comes to kids who are going to be doing more damage than good to their skin at such a young age. They haven’t even experienced their first zit and they’re already working on wrinkles? Their skin is going to be so messed up by the time they reach an age where they actually need said skincare.
@@grey_f98exactly my thoughts, me and my friends used to be told a lot of times to go away from book stores and music stores if we didn't have an adult with us, it wasn't a big deal and we learned to respect the place, the products and the people working
Kids don’t need any skincare like this and it’s dystopian how much these brands are profiting from it. If any kids wanted genuine advice about skincare, it would be to wear sunscreen daily to protect their skin. Does not need to be fancy sunscreen just something 50 SPF+. Maybe a lip balm if they want. That’s all they need. These Sephora products etc are not necessary, or designed for young skin.
I feel so bad for retail workers, they literally never catch a break. When I got in to stores I do my best to need nothing and be invisible because I feel so much guilt for contributing to harmful systems and companies
If you that much guilt about going inside a store to shop, then maybe don't go? Because you are doing harm to your own mental health. You shouldn't burden yourself with guilt because those retail workers have their job.
I feel so bad for retail workers, they literally never catch a break. When I got in to stores I do my best to need nothing to be invisible because I feel so much guilt for contributing to harmful systems and companies
You shouldn't be scared or guilty. They get paid to help you find what you need. As long as you treat them with kindness and respect, you are doing 10x better than these degenerate kids and karens and have nothing to worry about.
I’m genuinely really worried for the safety of these kids when they get older- they have criminally low attention spans, dopamine addictions, and at the ripe age of eight or so they’re already worried about wrinkles. with short-form social media being as common and accessible as it is to young children I’m actually not surprised this happened. I’m more worried about the kind of things they’ll do when they become adults. I’m so glad I was raised in a low-technology household where this didn’t happen to me
Ironically from his mention of the Hunger Games books, these kids are becoming just like the freakish Capitol citizens. As adults they'll be spoiled, obsessed with entertainment, extravagant, and altered to the point of creepiness by plastic surgery. They'll basically be the equivalent of a ragdoll cat in terms of their ability to survive if their pampered world is taken away.
I remember having this conversation with a 16 year old that seriously though reaching your 20s was being "middle aged" Which... If you simply googled it you would know instantly what middle age is, but this kid was just taking seriously all the adult people she saw in TikTok about how being in your 20's was "being ancient" and completely ran with it until she made a fool of herself in social media What bothers me most about this generation is that, I feel like this permanent ease of the internet has completely killed young people's curiosity to just... Google stuff? Yes, Google won't be impartial all the time when you ask more complex stuff, but I'm just so tired of like, looking at kids ask on social media the meaning of simple vocabulary words that they can totally search by themselves and run with whatever they're told without even questioning, now every browser has a built in search bar, it takes seconds to tap away in your phone and make a single question, why are people depending of social media to answer such basic questions??
I understand if it's like a 12-15 year old wanting to start using a SUBTLE skincare because that's when puberty happens, but there is zero excuse for a 8 year old to be using it..
to be fair i've had horrible acne for 10 years, it started when I was 8 so I contest that point, but looking at these children using these products its clear they have no need for it. I had a routine for this whole time but that doesn't mean I was mixing a random list of products I saw from influencers, I was being guided by professionals because the point was to improve my skin not seem mature and cool to people online.
@@spate7207 real question, but does skincare actually help with hormonal acne ? I do think everyone should wash their face and mosturize, but the onslaught of adds targeted at teenagers that pretend that a skincare product will help fix a HORMONAL issue is baffling to me.
I understand if it's like a 12-15 year old wanting to start using a SUBTLE skincare because that's when puberty happens, but there is zero excuse for a 8 year old to be using it..
@@serahnefrom my personal experience, you would have to change your diet and start medications. Skin care wouldn’t help and if it did, it wouldn’t help too much
Keep your skin clean with water and ph neutral soap. Don't rub too much make up on it. Don't stress too much (hahaha..hahahaHAHAHaaAaha Hahaha ahh ah ah AaarRGgHhHHHH!!!) and eat a proper lunch and breakfast and dinner with fruit and vegetables and drink a lot. Not much more you can do.
As an older gen z (24), it's kind of fascinating to me to see people my age and younger obsessing over their appearances and having this phobia of aging then doing things that will absolutely exacerbate aging and skin issues as they get older. Like children damaging their skin with retinol and young girls getting all these procedures and fillers at a concerningly young age. Like.....fillers stretch out your skin. You can get them dissolved but your skin will still be less tight. Seeing how all these celebs who had insane levels of work done before they even turned 20 (Kylie Jenner, Bella Hadid etc.) are looking 30 in their 20's and imo aging much worse than they would have naturally makes me think that all the people getting this 'preventative aging' work done are going to be absolutely STRUGGLING in 5-10 years. Like these celebs have infinite money for more work and revisions and they're still struggling to hide how off-putting and uncanny valley-esque they look now. It's so ironic to me that people who are obsessing over their appearances the most may look awful in a decade because their work ages poorly. I don't wanna get old and wrinkly but I'd rather do that then look like some of these celebs, it's unnerving.
I have never used a proper skincare routine and I look the same as I did 10 years ago (minus the grey hair). I'm starting to think that my skin is less unique than I thought.
I’m 24 as well. My skin routine consists of me washing my face before I go to bed, and dabbing body wash on my face when I shower. That’s it. I’ve been doing this since I was 13 and my skin has been normal all these years. I’m glad I listened to myself rather than my sisters growing up. They told me that I should wash my face 3 times a day, use a face mask 3 times a week, and wear a ton of makeup whenever I go out. They told me that I would become the ugly friend and that my friends would only keep me around to make themselves look better. Fast forward to now, my friends at 13 are still my closest friends now. I’ve gotten to the point of my life where I’m very happy with how I look. Anytime I see myself with a filter on (the ones that change skin tone or facial features) it feels wrong. I used to be super insecure about the dark circles under my eyes, but every time they get covered with makeup, I feel as though I can’t walk outside. I’m glad that I never downloaded TikTok or watched beauty channels in general. I feel as though I’d still be stuck in that mindset if I had
plot twist its actually a psy op by Big Makeup to trick people into buying makeup as children now AND then obligatory buying makeup as adults to fix the damage that the makeup they used as children did
Exactly, like these celebrities will spend hundreds even thousands on skincare to look young, then get those buccal fat removal procedures that age them by like 10 years
my thing with the alphabet stuff... like in kindergarten and first grade there were months dedicated to being taught this. workbooks just filling pages in copying undercase/uppercase letters within the lines until we can. how that's not working (happening??) somehow is beyond me.
as a former school employee; a lot of schools got rid of holding kids back, and theres no consequences for disrespectful or abusive behavior. these kids dont WANT to learn, and the school is too afraid of the parents to do anything to help them.
My kindergartner is expected to know her alphabet, in order, write every letter upper and lowercase letter, know numbers through 20 and add and subtract those numbers, and also has a laundry list of fine motor activities she's supposed to be capable of. Her best friend who's in first grade has several pages of homework every single day, and the second he's done all he wants is his tablet to decompress from the stress of acting "right" all day in a way his lil 7 year old body can't handle. We're trying to shove all this stuff in these kids as fast as possible so yeah of course none of it sticks and their brain only retains the skills they use daily- enough reading and fine motor control to use a touchscreen.
@@qryptidI think instead of an IPad an actual computer would be better. Using keys help kids learn letters andthe ability to use keys is a motor skill. So if a kid wants to play after doing homework it should be on a computer as they would be engaging the skills that they just learned in homework and school.
I remember when I was kid being so uncomfortable to step into a Sephora cuz it felt like such a unknown grown up place but now u got kids just going in trashing the place.
I'm gen z teacher of 3 years now. Gen alpha is terrified of confrontation because no one EVER resisted their behaviour. I had some of the twitch geniuses who claimed that woman teacher is worthless (I am a woman) so I told them they need to realise this woman teacher has in her hand the ability to prevent him from finishing his education and the possibility of him attending school trips and such. Pretty weak threat yet worked like a charm.
Honestly, the amount of misogyny that the next generation could have is pretty terrifying. In elementary school, everyone loved in P.E whenever we did boys vs girls, but it’s scary to think that something so innocent could be turned deadly if they keep getting worse ideas shoved down their throats.
God I feel so bad for the sweet and genuine women that are saying sorry to these kids. They’re just too sweet and kind but they shouldn’t be saying sorry anymore. After seeing so many vids of Sephora kids and one vid in particular where a kid SMACKED a woman with a Stanley cup, kicked her, and then threw a tantrum in the store cus she wanted the DIOR lip oil the woman was holding, I just want to shove these kids out of my way and say “MOVE”. If I’m gonna have to talk to them, it’ll be with a lot of attitude. We shouldn’t grace these kids with kindness because look at how they’re behaving. THAT WAS ASSAULT WTF
Just because you understand them, doesn't mean what they did wasn't wrong. But if a kid is so scared that they act out like that, would it help to push them down further?
@@Widdekuu91 Yes. Absolutely. Every time. I know you mean it with the best of intentions and please know I'm not trying to be rude to you... but coddling and spoiling kids even more is not the way to handle them. Yes, parents should be parenting and they should have been doing that since day 1. Not suddenly realise their responsibilities when the kids are 12 years old. As for strangers who are not their parents, they don't owe anything to bratty kids and their neglectful parents. Sorry if this sounds cruel, I just see way too many people enable and coddle bad behaviour. But ultimately its the parent's fault. They could have been child-free by choice but no they really had to make it the world's problem
I'm assuming you're joking? You think that if you (mentally...not physically) make them feel like they are worthless, that that helps? Or are we having a language-problem and did you mean physically push them away?@@syedarizvi7290
@@syedarizvi7290 Maybe it helps if I just subtely mention that I studied Pedagogic work for 3 years and know about their cognitive, social and emotional development and the effect that understanding-them-and-also-correcting-them has, in comparison to your idea to push them down?
@syedarizvi7290 While we say that parents who can't teach their kids properly shouldn't have kids. But by society's standards we need to have kids regardless as that's how we have the next generation of humans. It's an expectation in that sense. So a parent who is not mentally ready to have a child may still have one and then not raise them properly by instilling good manners and behaviour. It becomes the rest of our problem as everyone who comes into contact with the child will then need to deal with their behaviour and correct it too. This issue needs to be addressed and Sephora is the only store doing this and I don't understand why they haven't banned the kids from buying yet when they should and suggest other kid friendly stores. But no they are making a profit of this too!! smh
I don’t really understand how kids are ending up like this. My son is in 1st grade and he says a few of his classmates habitually just don’t do their work and just eff around all day…how as a parent could you be ok with that?? My kid would be losing all screen privileges so fast if I found out they weren’t listening to their teachers at school. Parents are just pathetic. Not just “these days”, though, I’m sure people have always been this way.
It's worse now, they just shove iPads in their face because it's the easiest way to shut them up. On top of that you have "gentle parenting" which most people confuse for permissive parenting, where saying "no" or even slightly raising your voice is forbidden. Which is gonna be a wild ride for these kids when they hit the real world, get told "no" regularly, and get BTFO in public for being rude/aggressive and pissing someone off.
From what I observed, is because parents be having kids for the wrong reasons (ie: keep a man, impulsiveness) or they're a child themselves (teenage parents). They're usually so caught up with their own lives to focus on their children, or they wanna give them the lives they never had. So they rather distract their children or cater to them emotionally no matter the consequences of no discipline. I guess they're trying their best, but imo it's entirely pathetic.
Those kids' dopamine receptors are absolutely fried, they get even more bored in class than the previous generation because they literally do not know life without phones. They literally can't exist without a phone. How is that child gonna learn anything if it yearns for the screen
Comments like these seem to come from those who don't live with children nor parents themselves that's why it's easy for them to blame it all to the parents
@@user-dv9xx3yy8v excuse me I have younger siblings and live with my parents, yes children do things on their own, but the parents is where it starts, how it continues, and essentially how they turn out. If the parent lets intake dumb shi, no supervision, not caring for what they do, ofc those kids are going to turn out intolerable.
I think Sephora is gladly benefiting of these craziness, they're buying more than regular adults that know what they want and what their skin needs, these kids are getting everything they can get their hands on and everything TikTok tells them they need! So I think Sephora is secretly happy about this because it's business after all, and if these kids' parents don't care about their kids ruining their skin so early, ruining their childhood and becoming unbearable frivolous brats than why Sephora would, right? I'm starting to think they're strategically placing the stores near children because they're potential customers.
i just woke up dehydrated, sweating and disoriented from a 4 hour nap but this video snapped me back to reality (im still not sure since when people born after 2008 are able to make independent decissions)
3:19 AT 14 YEARS OLD ??? some kids don't know the alphabet at 14?!!! i'm not american, but i feel like people in america should start panicking ???????
I'm a teacher in a title 1 elementary school, and it's not THAT bad. Are there kids who are below grade level? Absolutely. Do they leave the school not knowing their alphabet? No, no one who has been in our school for more than 2 years lacks alphabetic knowledge. Reading is a bigger issue - just because you know your ABCs doesn't mean you know how to use them, and there definitely ARE 5th graders who read at a 1st or 2nd grade level.
when i was in middle school i was OBSESSED with skincared (primarily face masks) bc i used face masks so often i started breakingg out a lot. the best thing i ever did for my skin was stop putting things on my face
the only "skincare" I did as a 10-year-old was when me & my friends went to the river, have a swim, and then put red clay from the riverbank on our faces and body, and sun-bathed until we look like The Thing from Fantastic 4....good times..
Good point on the lack of delayed gratification for the younger generations. I know people around 20 who literally can't handle being in silence, they always need something playing. This never let's them explore their thoughts without stimuli, which imo really helps with knowing oneself and feeling comfortable with who you are, since you regularly just take time to think really deep on concepts without being handheld by some sort media.
11:00 Tbh I normally have the tv on talking at me while I scroll Reddit, or play a handheld console. There’s something relaxing about having talking on while reading or playing games. Old people probably did the same thing but with the radio while reading the paper or gardening. I think its a universal experience
I quit teaching in 2015 due to the ignorance of kids who also refuse to listen in class and school started allowing personal phones and ipad use WHILE we are teaching. The violence from America's kids is unknown unless you've been a teacher of this generation. I had many good years as a teacher until then. Middle school and HS, too.
I Think It Depends On The Teaching Style Whether It's Authorian, Strict, Chill, Ect. Because It's A Hit Or Miss On Which Teacher You Get For Every School Year Because You'll Get A Chill Teacher Or A Strict Teacher.
I'm coming to realize that the kid currently living rent free in my belly is gonna be a freaking GENIUS if this is the trajectory of their future competition. A+ offspring and all I have to do is actually parent? Sweet.
its important that, in discussions like these, to NOT put the blame on the child. we have to acknowledge that this is heavily influenced by their parents and the algorithm thats being pushed down their throats. we should NOT recycle the same boomer logic we tried so hard reject. (not saying he does that in the video just a reminder) also as a kid i was making a potion with my brother and we only tried to use smelly things, but then it turned out smelling really good. thats how we found out abt aloe vera
I remember I was considered young starting prescription retinoids at 17 but it was for a diagnosed skin condition and I had to use spf and follow directions carefully. I had to be careful outside and slowly up the dose over the years. It’s crazy these kids are getting it OTC with no guidance whatsoever
i will never understand how can you have a kid without spending time with them, taking care of them, have some interest in their hobbies and stuff? if you don’t want to parent why have a kid in the first place? i used to work at school and by looking at children it’s very very obvious which one is loved and actually wanted in their family and which one is not
Now that I think about it...the fun and awkward phase disappears in a lot of things. Weird K-Pop debuts? They're (almost) nonexistent. Sims? Sims is inteded to be a weird and fun game, but the sims community now thinks it's cringe. They want to reenact the influencer lifestyle or something where everything seems to be perfect. Idk...I miss the cringe.
me too at least people had fun just imagine being picture perfect every day of your life you dont experiment, you dont find communities, you arent interested in kids stuff like games and stuff like these little kids are just completely skipping their childhood they just want to be an adult now which is not even their fault kids are basically blank slates that grow from things they absorb, how your parents treat you, what your told, literally one interaction could shape a childs conception of something like, someone says they are fat they could internalize that and they could grow up thinking they are fat, and maybe a kid could get on the wrong bus and form abandonment issues literally kids are easily molded so easily so if tge only thing they are looking at is tiktok where ppl on tiktok are only trying to sell products and views (that in the end just makes you want to buy a product) this outcome isn't even that surprising its just sad because these kids are really going to regret it when they grow up and realize they never had a childhood cause they were hyper focused on how they looked or what clothes are the most expensive and trendy instead of ranting about a game and running around in dirt and roleplaying with friends or something
i agree with the first part but since when did the sims community hate the sims for cringiness?😭 us sims players live in a hellhole but the hellhole is only a hellhole because everything is overpriced (not meant to be offensive btw, just thought it was silly lmao)
Funny thing is, I am 51 and I use cheaper skin products than those children. 😁 I look fine btw. You don't need anything until you are at least 20 or even over.
I don't feel like my skin needed anything else than a sunscreen and a decent moisturizer until I hit the ripe age of 26, now I do see my skin could use some extra steps on my routine, but back to a couple of years ago, a simple face wash from neutrogena and some moisturizer was enough
Except for sunscreen. Anyone at risk for sunburn who are spending time outdoors in extremely UV-high days need sunscreen, doesn't matter if they are 1 year old (it's their parents' job) or 20. Sunburn is bad.
If the kids have more money than you, then they will spend it how they want. This isn't about them looking young, they are just emulating skincare people on the internet. The only problem we should have about this is for the workers who have to clean up their mess. And it's also not our problem if they age their skin, that's between the kids and their parents.
I’ve had severe acne and pcos ever since I was a teenager so my skin is always crappy. However, now that I’m 21 my skin is smooth and I barely use any expensive products. I just buy something that reacts well with my skin and it’s a lot less expensive that any of those products and it does the same, if not any better. And I just use a cleanser, micellar water, anti acne cream and a moisturizer. I only have a bit of hyperpigmentation but it’s much better.
i'm 27 and i grew up with asepxia ads being specifically targeted at preteens and teens with hormonal acne shoving a bunch of incredibly harsh physical exfoliants and scrubs that absolutely ruined my skin and did nothing for me, but we didn't really have easily available info so we just trusted the tv. i feel like the teenage brainrot has always been there, them going straight for acids is just a different type of brainrot coming from tiktok instead of tv
The thing is, clueless parents probably thinking they are doing good for their kids cause these are grooming products, and just thankful their kids are into hygiene.
There is definitely a line between no "tech time", which can genuinely hinder them as in this day and age a baseline knowledge of how all this stuff works is essential, and - "here kid let this device consume all your time, attention, and existence bc I don't actually wanna parent you so eh whatever." Like girl, being a non abusive parent doesn't mean becoming an innatentive, negligent one.
My skincare routine literally only includes sunscreen and removing my makeup at the end of the day with an alcohol based astringent. No retinols or anything for anti-aging and I always get compliments on how clear and healthy my skin looks. Everyone new that I meet always assumes that I am in my mid 20s when I am actually in my 30s. It's kind of wild seeing teenagers who look oddly older than I am spending easily 10x the amount on cosmetics as I do.
Ouch, alcohol based astringent doesn’t remove sunscreen that well and dries out your skin long term, or it can cause your skin to generate more oil to compensate. It would be pretty cheap and easy to just switch it to a gentle cleanser and moisturiser at night.
I am 13, and I have a prescribed skincare routine. It’s literally all acne stuff. Not to sound like a big ol’ bully, but so many girls at my school do their skincare routines while in school. It’s drunk elephant and glow recipe a lot, and so much of it it’s anti-aging and tightening. Now that we have so much social media, it exposes us to adults skin and fashion and hair. Videos of adults doing their TikTok skincare routine makes little girls want to look like them.
I think it's a concerning development and I really hope that someday, there will be a better balance between the on and offline somehow. Whatever they prescribed you, if it's hormone based I beg you to try mare milk soap instead. It's soap made from horse milk, no chemicals.It's the only thing you need to combat acne if you ask me. And a looooot cheaper than most skin products.
My friend went to Sephora the other day and she was happy to see that a woman was teaching a young girl about skincare products. Like she was walking with her, showing her products and explaining what each product did, and which products are for adults and which one are for kids. I feel like this is a good way to teach kids about skincare, people just need to take some time and have patience to educate their kids.
My bff is a history teacher and on one class with 7th graders he put on a video that was "very popular back in the early days of Tumblr" (so you can guess the humor on it was the ironic kind) but the kids literally didn't get it at all, which surprised and worried him a lot.
@@nou.5822 He explained it to me but didn't say which one, apparently the chick that appeared on it made a lot of comments about going to a Beyoncé concert+ it was about the world in general.
I’m in my 30s. Normally I hear about these topics directly from you, but I heard about this one from another friend the other day who is more in the know than me. I am genuinely concerned with kiddos that young having intense skincare routines. If they’re using harsh products it could be harmful for them in the long term. :(
i would be lying if i said i wasn't interested in makeup as a pre-teen but it's certainly not the case for skin care and i'm greatful for it. i didn't do skincare until i turned 15 and ONLY due pimples/achnes, honestly "aging" never even came up as a thought, and at the age of 21 it still doesn't. it's really devastating to see parents & tiktok spread these awful agendas that kids need to worry about aging & wrinkles, like do better! yes we will get wrinkly eventually but it's nothing scary, don't understand tiktok's collective fear of aging in general but i won't get into that right now. we live in such a dystopian society currently and we can only hope that it'll get better somehow...
1:21 my mom worked at a historical site when I was little(where you dress up and educate people) and brought me along with her so I actually did play with the wheel and stick, it was boring!!!!!
I think a big problem is that the blame is misplaced. the parents shouldn't support this, but every single parent knows kids aren't the easiest to discourage. kids don't realize they don't need it. the companies making these products encourage this behavior, with their marketing being very centered around influencer hauls and brand deals. i've seen skincare fan accounts, definitely from 8-12 year old girls. "preteen" is dead, is the phrase i've heard around this. they don't have anywhere else to go but the mall, and they don't get enough internet restriction, even LESS than I had in 2013, and I still saw shit. the internet is too big, and monetized, it's a scary thing and we shouldn't "bully" these kids, we should try to protect them and explain in an understandable and kind way why this is a bad decision.
i love how pleasant and calming your tone of voice is. i've already seen videos on this topic but i'm watching yours because you're one of the rare youtubers who doesn't make me feel like i'm being yelled at. i really love this about you ❤
I can kinda relate to the childhood’s of these IPad kids. As a kid growing up during some hard times. My parents didn’t have the time to watch me while I did kid stuff like going outside. I would literally ask to go outside and bike. But since we live in a largely populated city and they didn’t have the time or TRUST when I was older. I was never able to be a kid and then a teen. And even books were limited. So I grew up on TV and technology. And I KNOW those communities I was in influenced me. In my case I found myself in art communities and fandom as a young kid. And I know that when I saw art supplies videos I wanted everything shown. Thankfully I had other relationships like genuine friendships and reality to ground me.
10:45 - being able to binge and use social media does not make you tech savvy for sure. A lot of younger generations are not even sure what lays beyond Instagram or TikTok..
The older I get the more I realize it’s basically a matter of your genes and if you’re able to wash and moisturize your face every day. I’m so glad I don’t even shop in Sephora besides their app. Always a great video from you ❤️
The sad thing is, using age inappropriate skin care is actually AGING them. That’s right, all this stuff they’re doing to their developing skin does damage so by the time they’re in their 20’s, there’s a huge chance they’ll look like they’re pushing 30’s. I’m 32, but regularly told I look like I’m in my early to mid twenties. I didn’t use any products when I was young and now I only use very minimal products. I regularly go into college campuses and see kids that are 18-21 but look like they are pushing 35 because of all the work they’ve got done to their face (because they can never get the results they want from skin care alone so they move on to procedures which is becoming a huge problem for this crowd). These kids also don’t understand that the skin care they’re relying on is only a small part of the beauty equation. If they don’t eat healthy or work out, they will age pretty quickly. Look at older influencers who look young; you’re going to see a lot of emphasis on health routines and minimal products….that’s who they should be learning from and not other young people who could literally wreck themselves and still look young because they ARE still young.
I’m a young teen but I’m absolutely mortified by the behavior of the 10-6 year olds in my area. I went to Sephora just because I needed makeup for an event and there were about 5 of these young girls with retinol and chemical peeling solutions or whatnot in their bags. These children are going to ruin their skin waaayyyy to much before they even turn 18.
one of my biggest peeves is when someone take skincare or makeup testers and applies it DIRECTLY on their face like thats just gonna make your skin DIRTIER
I got into skincare a bit at around 10 but all I wanted were face masks and nose strips. Now nearing the age of 24 I use face wash, hyaluronic acid, and moisturizer. Children don’t need to go crazy especially since they’re gonna go through hormonal acne that’s almost impossible to get rid of.
Another problem is that all of these products are so out of reach for most people. Im 17 and when i was 10/11, slime, fidget spinners, and squishies were trendy, but they were all relatively cheap products that my parents were willing to buy me. A lot of 10 year olds now wont be able to partake in these trends because their families cant afford it, or because their families just wont be willing to spend that much on what they think might be a phase. Now parents have to choose between emptying their wallets or risking their children being alienated from their peers 😭
i'm glad that, as an 8th grader, i am NOTHING like these children. i may be online a lot, but i'm not raiding sephora stores for skincare. heck, i don't even wear makeup
You nailed it on the head of how younger generations are afraid to be cringe. We millennials had the beginning of technology and the internet, but a lot of what we did growing up was never filmed or streamed for thousands of strangers because tech wasn't fully there yet. With how easy it is nowadays for random people to be cut-throat in the comments and DMs, Im betting these kids feel that they have to be (and look) flawless because we have scared and shamed them into perfectionism.
I am a 13 year old who does go into Sephora BUT as an asian, respect is very important to me. I never use the samples and if I do, I always put it back the way I found it. I am embarrassed to be a part of this generation.
i feel extremely sorry for these kids. they’re not even being made for the real world … also they’re wasting so much product. a lot of this shit cancels each other out if applied improperly. especially if you don’t pace everything 15 minutes apart. skincare is an hour of my day and i only ever have 4 steps, max (if it’s a mask or serum day.) thank god i don’t do makeup daily or that’s easily 2hrs in the morning of getting ready. anyways, yeah … these kids are unreal. but what is even more unreal is their enablers (the “adults” in their lives)
I know that it’s “trendy” to talk about how gen alpha is doomed but truly I am so worried for some of these kids. I know that it’s easy to plop a kid in front of a tablet or tv and call it a day but I’ve seen firsthand how that can mess up a kid.
I don’t even know what half those products do. All I do is wash my face with micellar water and use a Nivea moisturiser that someone gifted me for Christmas or something and I get so many compliments on my skin. (I also just don’t wear foundation, i find it uncomfortable) I get the occasional little break out because I’m human and my skin is never gunna be perfect but like I’ve never felt the need for all these wild products
I don't think using many skin products is necessarily the biggest problem. If you are an adult, and buy your own skincare, in the end it's your educated choice. I am a member of that group of people and need a very specific set of cleansers and moisturisers that are on the expensive side because my skin has always been crazy because of some hormonal issues. The problem is that these are kids who haven't even had their first zit, their skin is smooth as a peach. They are ruining their faces for the future with overpriced mumbo jumbo, if this is what they are doing now, what will they be using when they actually get older?.....also why are their parents giving them money for all these things? When I was little I would get my allowance for a fun toy or a ticket to a cinema to go with friends...
One note: gen alpha are not tech savvy. they know how to use an ipad but that doesn't mean they know how they work or how to fix them. it's essentially magic to them. it's going to be a serious issue quite quickly as none of the computer or internet basics are being taught. gen a and gen z are the people i teach who don't know how to save their work or not to click on suspicious links. most of them can't type or know what a 'file' is, let alone a directory or basic maintenance.
Hi guys. So I would just like to say that this is not all of us 10-12 year olds. I am almost a teen and I have never been to a Sephora or any makeup store. I am sure that there are more tweens other than me who are like this. However, to the people who are doing this, please leave the sephoras and head to a library. Books are so amazing and interesting. Personally here are some recommendations for kids around my age: Legend (By: Marie Lu), Hunger Games, The Inheritance Games (by: Jennifer Lynn Barnes), and Harry Potter. Personally these are some of my favorites and I am urging kids my age to read instead of ruining makeup stores.
I’m 13 and I also have some books for people my age: The Fault in Our Stars (John Green), Unfamiliar (Haley Newsome), Looking for Alaska (Also John Green), and Wings of Fire (Tui T. Sutherland) :D
I’m going to give you some advice from an old head according to the internet. Don’t worry about what the internet thinks. Every generation thinks poorly of the next generation, so don’t feel like you need to defend them, or compare yourself to them. Also, you nice you get older and want to complain about the next generation, remember how these people view your generation. Also you should read the book *the outsiders* by S.E Hinton if you haven’t. It might be a little older than you’re used to, but a very fun read if you didn’t need to in school.
I am a teacher, so I'd like to give you the perspective of someone who has been where you are and who sees school from the other side. When you are a bright young person, you tend to self-select friends who are other bright, well behaved young people. Teachers do not get to select which children we spend time with, nor do many other adult workers. Because of this, you tend to underestimate how much of your generation is like this (as I did when young) while adults who are only exposed to kids online tend to overestimate the situation. The truth is generally somewhere in the middle. There are many intelligent and well behaved members of gen alpha. But there are enough unusually behaved and destructive members of this generation to be concerning as well.
7:46 I dunno if this is what you meant as soap potions but when I was younger I would grab a bar of soap a bin and random fabrics I would fill the bin and add 3/4 of water use my nails and skim some of the soup and then throw it in the bin I would throw the fabric in and then finally with the rest of soup I would stir it in the bin to make a bubbly but deadly as I almost drank it once concoction!
I find with the Sephora pre-teens so much of this issue is more than just “parents give kids too much access online.” While the root cause is by far ‘technology’ I think people forget a lot of it does stem more from capitalism, over consumption, and influencers. A lot of this is because I don’t think influencers need to be bad people or even it being short form tiktok content that is part of the issue. Beauty content since I was a teen has always pressured over consumption- when I was younger it was needed ton of make up products that weren’t always cheap. It was about hoarding makeup that would go bad with the amount of options given, and truly I don’t think every person in the genre was bad that parents could directly see they were “bad” by watching either. Now as the time shifts to skin care it’s just the same, companies crave influencers to pressure and sell to a vulnerable audience of teens who don’t really understand what a lot of money is. In this case specifically I don’t think it’s just “but they have phones/iPads” because I had a home computer and barely any restrictions when I was 10 technology is a factor but not sole cause. Parents can be blamed for a lot here; I think lack of teaching manners and store etiquette being a big one, and while having unlimited access to the internet has major problems in general I think by dodging how companies and influencers have a major role in at least the Sephora outcry we bypass how predatory companies are genuinely trying to be and how consumerism of the beauty industry is trying to target pre-teen girls into thinking they need 800$ of products
14:22 everybody knows at this point that even skincare products have an expiration date on the bottle. Mostly it lasts for a year or until it dried up. So if you have like thousands of those products, you’ll be like drowning on those expired skincare
When I was a child (around 10), I was interested in skin care too and wanted to use the same products my mother used. She didn't let me use them of course and told me that they're gonna do more harm than good to my young skin and instead bought me my own products I could use safely, like a face soap, a moisturiser and a lip balm, all in cute little pink bottles. I was happy with that and now I realise that for me it wasn't about having perfect skin (as a 10 y/o I already had that lol), it was more about the feeling of doing something my role model (my mother, for some kids today maybe influencers) does as well
This year I'll turn 40. I'm a woman and i never got used to makeup and stuff like this. Yes, I have wrinkles but still most time I get called I'm 20. Hell yeah, I feel like 16 inside
the only problem i have with the sephora kids is it’s spreading, i work at an ulta at target and we have only makeup testers and the amount of foundation that has been put around our isles is absolutely insane and it’s so rough bc i don’t get paid enough to deal with that headache honestly
in elementary i once wore a salmon pink tiered skirt dress with flared jeans and a pink hoodie and bright green sneakers LMAO my mom was a little too supportive
1:28 to be fair, I didn't use moisturizer on my face till I was probably about 15. My makeup 'routine' consisted of masquera and chapstick until I was about 25. To this day, I still barely wear makeup. Skincare has become more important- but im nearly 40 years old now and protecting my skin from the sun is a must.
I recently started working at a boutique store and was stunned to find out asides from the manager I was the oldest one there. I’m 28 and thought my coworkers were all in their early to mid twenties but was stunned when I found out most are still seniors in high school and they are stunned to find out my age (makes me feel good ngl but it’s crazy!)
As a currently teen, i understand how ridiculous this all is, yet sometimes I still feel bad about the fact that I'm practically the only one in my class who can't afford expensive skin care and make up products 😭 I'm a teenager!!! of course I'm gonna get a pimple or two!! it's not the most uncommon thing in the world sister!!!! I am the weakest link 💔
No you are not the weakest link, rather. You'll find it's better to go against this trend and use that money for things you enjoy doing instead. Back when I was in school it wasn't even a thing to use skin care products regularly, and being a millennial, that wasn't too long ago. Most of the trash they sell in beauty stores isn't actually as good for your skin as they want you to believe and is quite overpriced. You pay more for the marketing and logistics around the product than the product itself, which is most likely cheaply produced somewhere where costs are low. So don't ever believe in hype, for it's just a way to get people investing their money in things they don't need. The best skin care is simple and cheap. Horse milk soap against acne should be enough. Even regular soap should already do a lot.
as a kid who was born in 08 i sometimes made shampoo potions as well as play outside and have fun outside, now I'm just concern of how life is going to be like years to come.
i feel like looking at young children misbehaving also makes people not like kids/not want to have kids, which is understandable and im not saying people HAVE to have kids, but if you put in so much effort just for the child to be swayed by what they see online, who would want to put in the effort anymore? its easier to just have a dog or smth, still the same emotions, without the hassle
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im starting to think chronically online kids have a secret meeting once a year discussing what they should obsess over for the next year
Let’s all agree- it’s a cult atp
off topic but ranpo pfp!!
Are they finally over faking mental illnesses ?
Please tell me so..
oh wait they're still proudly posting their laundry list of psych meds like they're trophies 🏆
but over reddit or twitter because going out in public??? nah
worse, it's a board meeting of old dudes in some corporate building deciding how microtransactions and algorithms can be best used to maximize their profits for each age group
the fidget toy kids skipped over their Gacha phase and went straight to the wrecking havoc in Sephora phase
You say it like it’s a natural biological phenomenon lol, maybe we should look into why, how, when, where…
How old are you lmao, wdym "gacha phase"
@@luchirimoyaprolly referring to gatcha life. my niece is into the app, though i have to regulate the content she watches of it on TH-cam bc there's tons of nsfw material.
*i regulate it bc her parents are technologically illiterate and kinda sheltered from meme culture.
My sister had her Gacha phase at 6 (along with meeee) so she didn’t skip it over….
these kids have zero wrinkles to worry about. like even their brains are smooth. can they stop buying all the retinol from us AGING and HAGGARD people???
They’re not blaming the kids. Is *your* brain smooth? They’re making a joke about how the kids are taking all of the products “haggard” people like us need so there’s none left. Don’t be so quick to anger in future. Not a good look.
@@hermi1-kenobi455 Then they should use /s, it’s the damn internet how am I supposed to know what’s satire or aware? It’s literally the age of satire right now, no one knows what’s real. Use tone indicators.
@@LordOfElysiumit was clearly sarcasm
@@LordOfElysiumif u cant tell, then stay quiet. if i cant identify whether someones being sarcastic or not, i dont respond to them. use your brain.
these kids have zero wrinkles to worry about. like even their brains are smooth. can they stop buying all the retinol from us AGING and HAGGARD people???
Idk who here needs some type of faith restored, but I work as a cashier in a small grocery store and I do still get small children (8-11) who excitedly spend their weekly 1-2 euro allowance on a bag of candy instead of getting to spend 500 euros on skincare that they dont need.
This did in fact restore my faith thank you for sharing
What a wholesome comment! Thank you 💛
Idk who here needs some type of faith restored, but I work as a cashier in a small grocery store and I do still get small children (8-11) who excitedly spend their weekly 1-2 euro allowance on a bag of candy instead of getting to spend 500 euros on skincare that they dont need.
2 euro weekly allowance? Shit when i was that old i had like 5 euros a week (not actually euros but my allowance was the equivalent of 5 euros)
@@augustuslunasol10thapostle Of course I have no clue how much they are actually getting and such, I just see them being allowed to buy themselves a little treat for the weekend and how excited they are when doing so
I've been addressed like I'm cruel for telling my 6 year old "no more tv today" in public. I was literally asked "like, no phone or ipad or anything?"
Honestly, no child needs a phone until they start walking to school or going out alone for their safety, you sound like a really good parent
Some little spawn call 911 when they cross a known boundary and receive a well earned simple consequence.. in America
It is the age of NO responsibility
@@user-jp3fv9ud8r and they only need a dumbphone at that age, not a smartphone.
honestly though, people still own TVs?
@@grey_f98 I constantly cast youtube videos to the tv when I am at home, I even did it with this video. Basically I just use it as a larger screen for videos from my computer and smartphone. I don't use the TV to watch any tv channels, only for casting video from any streaming services at best.
As much as i truly hate missbehaved kids, I hate bad parents even more, this kids wouldn't act like this if it wasn't because of their parents. Why do people have kids if they won't bother raising decent humans!!!??
A lot of them have to work, and these numbskull kids do this b4 mommy is even home to stop them. Try to overpower the influence of peers with a kid who wants more to belong than they feel obligated to respect you as a parent.. or don't kid yourself about how much they get into when they have a phone that you can not block or prohibit no matter what technology you install
Do you really rhink every kid who ever copied a dumb activity from watching g other kids do it, has terrible parents? Or teachers? Since when are teachers responsible for what you do after you leave our classroom? These are tremendous mental gymnastics you're engaging
@@ThatGirl-tg7wd I do agree that technology is making parenting harder to an extent, but then again, if you don't have the time to be a proper parent then why? why did you have kids and now make excuses for your bad decisions? Being neglected is also a form of abuse on top of that you know?
Influencers aren’t helping either, it’s very sad that children think they need anti aging products and adult make up.
@@Gr95dc some people have kids BEFORE they fall on hard times, esp given current day circumstances, shit happens, maybe if we gave people more time for private life as well as work life and stop promoting constant work culture, and we supported people who've fallen into hard times more rather than shitting on them, they'd have the time/resources to be a better parent again
@@LordOfElysiumbut who is letting them watch the influencers?
One day when i was in the elementary school i asked my mom to buy me a cream. I wanted so badly to be like adults. My mom told me "i still have to remind you to brush your teeth after sweets. Figure out that one at first, no cream for you". Case closed.
Sometimes it's necessary to say "no" to kids.
You know, when I was a kid, I hated it when my parents said 'no' to me. But now I'm older and an adult, I'm so grateful they did. Because I'm a very thankful person, never take anything for granted. I'm curious how gen Alpha is gonna be when they grow up.. I hope it's not too bad
@@pinacolada8921 Like my mother always said "I don't do it to bully you or to annoy you, I do it because I'm your mother and it is my job to raise you right. You're allowed to be upset with me now, all I am asking from you is to trust me I'm doing this out of love and you will understand it later." And she's absolutely right. She even allowed me to feel the feelings when I was frustrated or upset when she told me no, which is such a great thing to do. She did really well.
@@hagelslag9312 my mom is the same way!
I'm only 17 and I've been BAFFLED ab little 12 year olds in my area looking like they would be in my grade. I'm not that old and nearly escaped gen alpha but I'm so very grateful for having my awkward claires and justice phases and the obsessions over mlp and weird crushes on twilight characters, gen alpha is very saddening. my little 6 year old cousin started reciting gross tiktok audios where moaning was involved and the words gyat .. sephora should have an age restriction
+ my cousins on yourube all day like phone tablet and tv, she even has a tv in her own room she watches on whenever. i can't even watch television AT MY OWN HOUSE OR ROOM because she always wants to watch TH-cam shorts and no one stops her or anything?? im way older than her, 17, and sometimes it feels like im more a mother than her own is. my cousin also bately has friends and she's always ALWAYS home like she doesn't go out or play with friends.. and she has SO MANY pets but all are so neglected. a rabbit hamster, chickens and chicks, horses (albeit its the mums), a dog and a cat AND shes about to get a guinea pig . it's very distasteful but i can't do anything about it unfortunately
Same, I even once walked into a store and go adressed as a lady and then less then 30 minutes later as a girl which it's funny but hella confusing to me, so my theory is that all these 12 year olds made every confused to the point wher no one looks like they age normally, plus teens and even preteens "have to" look mature while every adult (after about 17) has to look like 16 years old, even tho it should be no ones business to have a say in how sb feels their age or wants to feel. (Just what is comfortable fashion, make up wise ectr and acceptable for others or at least not inappropriate and so on).
this fr but i’m 18
Can i ask how old your parents are? Curious about that.
@@muirgirl my own parents r 36 and 45
I once witnessed a tween pleading with her mom to let her buy a full skincare regimen from drunk elephant because she couldn’t make a TikTok haul with just one product.
I’m with the boomers on this; TikTok is ruining the younger generation.
My oldest sister is a millennial with a Gen alpha 2 year old. My sister already gave her a tablet and she knows how to use it extremely well. Whenever I babysit her, I never let her use it. Thankfully, she still likes to play with blocks, shapes and do dances. I think she knows that when she’s with me (a zillennial) she can’t get the tablet. But the second my sister comes to pick her up, she begins to ask for the tablet and my sister would get upset at me for not giving it to her. I just hope that my sister cracks down on what kind of apps and websites she has access to when she’s older
@@queenofcats9240 Does your sister add parental controls onto her tablet?
@@queenofcats9240maybe you could try showing the mom like sexual videos from those sites since theres a lot and i personally fell on them when i was younger. (Not on tiktok tho, but i remember on ytb some dude showing a circumsition)
@@parkchimmin7913 Yeah she did! She’s only allowed on YT Kids and Learning Apps
Me, with my 15 dollar creams looking the kids playing with 100 dollar creams:💀
*Holy shit, in retrospect reading fanfictions really DID put me on a higher reading level than other kids... Why am I NOW REALIZING THIS?*
I literally significantly upgraded my english skills and vocabulary reading fansiction in english (it's not my first language). This helped me with work in several places when I moved in another non-english speaking country (I knew their language too, but people who know english is still rare there). Of course a lot of fanfics' vocabulary are not usable in everyday life and at work (lol), but I am very grateful for ao3.😅 At the beginning I literally had to translate every other word during reading.
@volhan.p.9722 Oh no, I forgot all about AO3.😂 Believe it or not, I actually found a few genuinely incredible fanfics there -- well-written, descriptive but not excessively so, well-fleshed out characters and scenarios, no typos. Those 20+ chapter stories could have honestly been made into books. This makes me want to go back and try to find them.
@@sluttymctits4496 oh, there's a lot of good fanfictions there. If fanfic is good, I just stick with this author for a while, chances are most of their fanfics would be good.
My school making me a contest slave in math and reading/english makes me so thankful they did
For real! It also helped a lot with imagination too!
I don't understand how Drunk Elephant is so attractive to young kids. I'm closer to 30 than 20 and the packaging looks rather boring and mature to me. And I don't usually even care about packaging that much 💀
social media influencers, funny name, and the whole mixing things that's encouraged.
i can tell you when i was a kid i would make "potions" out of Water and leaves/flowers, and all our different bath products.
kids just have an instinct to mix random stuff it seems.
i thought the same thing about the packaging lol. i love me a cutesy package. these look so boring and plain, even now i don't gravitate towards them at all. as a kid i would've seen them as "adult" because adult products are never fun-looking
It’s literally just a)whatever they as desirable- When I was a kid it was impulse body sprays, but difference was they cost 1.99 b) Drunk elephant knew they cottoned onto something with their ‘skincare smoothies’ though. Oh, it looks like a flower! Now mash it up with other stuff!
The colorful packaging is probably a big drawer.
Drunk elephant isn't even good. They have their own employees create fake reviews on websites to hype their products up
i feel like its not the screentime that's making children act like this, it's whats on the screen. truthfully from ages 5-12 i spent 3/4 of my day staring at a screen & playing animal jam or watching 24 hour walmart challenges but i was successful in school and never screamed at teachers like how kids do now, but in present day there's soooosoooso many harmful influences
Same, and now social medias arent as raw and nicer? Well unless ou were on 4chan but the worst you's get is like an insult
Agree, got my first cellphone at 12 years old, and until now I'm about to be 22 and all I do with my phone are watch games, and I'm doing good in school up until college(college is hell)
i feel like its not the screentime that's making children act like this, it's whats on the screen. truthfully from ages 5-12 i spent 3/4 of my day staring at a screen & playing animal jam or watching 24 hour walmart challenges but i was successful in school and necer screamed at teachers like how kids do now, but in present day there's soooooosooooso many harmful influences
are you a bot...?@@Theunicorn2012
yes true, i'm 16 and had kind of a problem being on the pc so much ever since i was small, but i spent my time playing online games (like animal jam) and watching mlp videos, and i was always a normal kid with decent grades and all. hell, i even learned english at 9 from being online so much. i think the problem is the short-form brainrot content nowadays.
It weirds me out that kids are so into skincare. “Look ten years younger!” So… you wanna look… TWO YEARS OLD??? The memories of my acne and changing skin mixed with the idea of putting all these products on before my skin even settles hurts my chest
They're simply copying what they see women do online bc their parents aren't monitoring them and they don't have teen directed content like there used to be
@aiku111 weehh? mema ka naman, nakiuso ka sa hate trend towards mga parents
I saw on the news just yesterday a warning issued to the parents of these kids because yeah using stuff like retinol at 12 will screw up your skin big time unless you actually need it for an acne condition in which case you would be prescribed pure retinol from a dermatologist.. retinol forces your skin to shed faster than normal. It can burn you like any chemical...
@@user-dv9xx3yy8v totoo naman sinasabi nila ah. dami masyadong ipad kids lalo na sa developed countries na puro tiktok nalang kasi anak ng anak magulang nila, di naman maalagaan ng maayos. yung iba iniispoil pa anak nila. sino sisisihin natin? ikaw?
Thank you for your comment at the end about how people love to pick on whatever young women are doing and make fun of it even though it's not that important. Like yes, this trend is ridiculous, but I'm far more concerned about the clip of elementary school boys disrespecting their teacher because of the misogyny they heard on twitch. That has far worse implications for future crimes they might commit, inability to form meaningful relationships, and our country's politics.
That is much more important conversation to be had tbh
Exactly.
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Your point is absolutely correct. However if you look at that video its a POV it's not like a real situation they're talking about
@@sarahbrown6493it is certainly happening though! I can attest to it 🥲
We should certainly gate keep skincare when it comes to kids who are going to be doing more damage than good to their skin at such a young age. They haven’t even experienced their first zit and they’re already working on wrinkles? Their skin is going to be so messed up by the time they reach an age where they actually need said skincare.
they need to ban kids from sephora unless they're accompanied by an adult
@@grey_f98exactly my thoughts, me and my friends used to be told a lot of times to go away from book stores and music stores if we didn't have an adult with us, it wasn't a big deal and we learned to respect the place, the products and the people working
@@grey_f98 that's so facts Mr. Edgeworth
Kids don’t need any skincare like this and it’s dystopian how much these brands are profiting from it. If any kids wanted genuine advice about skincare, it would be to wear sunscreen daily to protect their skin. Does not need to be fancy sunscreen just something 50 SPF+. Maybe a lip balm if they want. That’s all they need. These Sephora products etc are not necessary, or designed for young skin.
I (millennial) definitely had acne by the time I was 10, though.... 🤔
I feel so bad for retail workers, they literally never catch a break. When I got in to stores I do my best to need nothing and be invisible because I feel so much guilt for contributing to harmful systems and companies
If you that much guilt about going inside a store to shop, then maybe don't go? Because you are doing harm to your own mental health. You shouldn't burden yourself with guilt because those retail workers have their job.
I feel so bad for retail workers, they literally never catch a break. When I got in to stores I do my best to need nothing to be invisible because I feel so much guilt for contributing to harmful systems and companies
You shouldn't be scared or guilty. They get paid to help you find what you need. As long as you treat them with kindness and respect, you are doing 10x better than these degenerate kids and karens and have nothing to worry about.
I’m genuinely really worried for the safety of these kids when they get older- they have criminally low attention spans, dopamine addictions, and at the ripe age of eight or so they’re already worried about wrinkles. with short-form social media being as common and accessible as it is to young children I’m actually not surprised this happened. I’m more worried about the kind of things they’ll do when they become adults. I’m so glad I was raised in a low-technology household where this didn’t happen to me
Ironically from his mention of the Hunger Games books, these kids are becoming just like the freakish Capitol citizens. As adults they'll be spoiled, obsessed with entertainment, extravagant, and altered to the point of creepiness by plastic surgery. They'll basically be the equivalent of a ragdoll cat in terms of their ability to survive if their pampered world is taken away.
I remember having this conversation with a 16 year old that seriously though reaching your 20s was being "middle aged"
Which...
If you simply googled it you would know instantly what middle age is, but this kid was just taking seriously all the adult people she saw in TikTok about how being in your 20's was "being ancient" and completely ran with it until she made a fool of herself in social media
What bothers me most about this generation is that, I feel like this permanent ease of the internet has completely killed young people's curiosity to just... Google stuff?
Yes, Google won't be impartial all the time when you ask more complex stuff, but I'm just so tired of like, looking at kids ask on social media the meaning of simple vocabulary words that they can totally search by themselves and run with whatever they're told without even questioning, now every browser has a built in search bar, it takes seconds to tap away in your phone and make a single question, why are people depending of social media to answer such basic questions??
I understand if it's like a 12-15 year old wanting to start using a SUBTLE skincare because that's when puberty happens, but there is zero excuse for a 8 year old to be using it..
to be fair i've had horrible acne for 10 years, it started when I was 8 so I contest that point, but looking at these children using these products its clear they have no need for it. I had a routine for this whole time but that doesn't mean I was mixing a random list of products I saw from influencers, I was being guided by professionals because the point was to improve my skin not seem mature and cool to people online.
@@spate7207 real question, but does skincare actually help with hormonal acne ? I do think everyone should wash their face and mosturize, but the onslaught of adds targeted at teenagers that pretend that a skincare product will help fix a HORMONAL issue is baffling to me.
I understand if it's like a 12-15 year old wanting to start using a SUBTLE skincare because that's when puberty happens, but there is zero excuse for a 8 year old to be using it..
@@serahnefrom my personal experience, you would have to change your diet and start medications. Skin care wouldn’t help and if it did, it wouldn’t help too much
Keep your skin clean with water and ph neutral soap. Don't rub too much make up on it. Don't stress too much (hahaha..hahahaHAHAHaaAaha Hahaha ahh ah ah AaarRGgHhHHHH!!!) and eat a proper lunch and breakfast and dinner with fruit and vegetables and drink a lot.
Not much more you can do.
As an older gen z (24), it's kind of fascinating to me to see people my age and younger obsessing over their appearances and having this phobia of aging then doing things that will absolutely exacerbate aging and skin issues as they get older. Like children damaging their skin with retinol and young girls getting all these procedures and fillers at a concerningly young age. Like.....fillers stretch out your skin. You can get them dissolved but your skin will still be less tight.
Seeing how all these celebs who had insane levels of work done before they even turned 20 (Kylie Jenner, Bella Hadid etc.) are looking 30 in their 20's and imo aging much worse than they would have naturally makes me think that all the people getting this 'preventative aging' work done are going to be absolutely STRUGGLING in 5-10 years. Like these celebs have infinite money for more work and revisions and they're still struggling to hide how off-putting and uncanny valley-esque they look now. It's so ironic to me that people who are obsessing over their appearances the most may look awful in a decade because their work ages poorly. I don't wanna get old and wrinkly but I'd rather do that then look like some of these celebs, it's unnerving.
I have never used a proper skincare routine and I look the same as I did 10 years ago (minus the grey hair). I'm starting to think that my skin is less unique than I thought.
@@reid3031 right?? I have similar skin to when I was a teenager, I can’t imagine why all these 20 yr olds are freaking out about their skin
I’m 24 as well. My skin routine consists of me washing my face before I go to bed, and dabbing body wash on my face when I shower. That’s it. I’ve been doing this since I was 13 and my skin has been normal all these years. I’m glad I listened to myself rather than my sisters growing up. They told me that I should wash my face 3 times a day, use a face mask 3 times a week, and wear a ton of makeup whenever I go out. They told me that I would become the ugly friend and that my friends would only keep me around to make themselves look better. Fast forward to now, my friends at 13 are still my closest friends now. I’ve gotten to the point of my life where I’m very happy with how I look. Anytime I see myself with a filter on (the ones that change skin tone or facial features) it feels wrong. I used to be super insecure about the dark circles under my eyes, but every time they get covered with makeup, I feel as though I can’t walk outside. I’m glad that I never downloaded TikTok or watched beauty channels in general. I feel as though I’d still be stuck in that mindset if I had
plot twist its actually a psy op by Big Makeup to trick people into buying makeup as children now AND then obligatory buying makeup as adults to fix the damage that the makeup they used as children did
Exactly, like these celebrities will spend hundreds even thousands on skincare to look young, then get those buccal fat removal procedures that age them by like 10 years
my thing with the alphabet stuff... like in kindergarten and first grade there were months dedicated to being taught this. workbooks just filling pages in copying undercase/uppercase letters within the lines until we can. how that's not working (happening??) somehow is beyond me.
Yeah school expects alot of this to be already known now by the kids and call them behind because they don't
as a former school employee; a lot of schools got rid of holding kids back, and theres no consequences for disrespectful or abusive behavior. these kids dont WANT to learn, and the school is too afraid of the parents to do anything to help them.
My kindergartner is expected to know her alphabet, in order, write every letter upper and lowercase letter, know numbers through 20 and add and subtract those numbers, and also has a laundry list of fine motor activities she's supposed to be capable of. Her best friend who's in first grade has several pages of homework every single day, and the second he's done all he wants is his tablet to decompress from the stress of acting "right" all day in a way his lil 7 year old body can't handle.
We're trying to shove all this stuff in these kids as fast as possible so yeah of course none of it sticks and their brain only retains the skills they use daily- enough reading and fine motor control to use a touchscreen.
Parents aren’t working with their kids at home or reading to them and making sure they really understand stuff at school
@@qryptidI think instead of an IPad an actual computer would be better. Using keys help kids learn letters andthe ability to use keys is a motor skill. So if a kid wants to play after doing homework it should be on a computer as they would be engaging the skills that they just learned in homework and school.
I remember when I was kid being so uncomfortable to step into a Sephora cuz it felt like such a unknown grown up place but now u got kids just going in trashing the place.
I'm 24 and I STILL feel uncomfortable going into a Sephora lol
i still feel like that as an adult from a country where everything at sephora is too expensive
I'm gen z teacher of 3 years now. Gen alpha is terrified of confrontation because no one EVER resisted their behaviour. I had some of the twitch geniuses who claimed that woman teacher is worthless (I am a woman) so I told them they need to realise this woman teacher has in her hand the ability to prevent him from finishing his education and the possibility of him attending school trips and such. Pretty weak threat yet worked like a charm.
Honestly, the amount of misogyny that the next generation could have is pretty terrifying.
In elementary school, everyone loved in P.E whenever we did boys vs girls, but it’s scary to think that something so innocent could be turned deadly if they keep getting worse ideas shoved down their throats.
won’t work if that kid ever learns his rights😂
@@phabioruleshow did we regress to here…
God I feel so bad for the sweet and genuine women that are saying sorry to these kids. They’re just too sweet and kind but they shouldn’t be saying sorry anymore. After seeing so many vids of Sephora kids and one vid in particular where a kid SMACKED a woman with a Stanley cup, kicked her, and then threw a tantrum in the store cus she wanted the DIOR lip oil the woman was holding, I just want to shove these kids out of my way and say “MOVE”. If I’m gonna have to talk to them, it’ll be with a lot of attitude. We shouldn’t grace these kids with kindness because look at how they’re behaving. THAT WAS ASSAULT WTF
Just because you understand them, doesn't mean what they did wasn't wrong.
But if a kid is so scared that they act out like that, would it help to push them down further?
@@Widdekuu91 Yes. Absolutely. Every time. I know you mean it with the best of intentions and please know I'm not trying to be rude to you... but coddling and spoiling kids even more is not the way to handle them. Yes, parents should be parenting and they should have been doing that since day 1. Not suddenly realise their responsibilities when the kids are 12 years old. As for strangers who are not their parents, they don't owe anything to bratty kids and their neglectful parents. Sorry if this sounds cruel, I just see way too many people enable and coddle bad behaviour. But ultimately its the parent's fault. They could have been child-free by choice but no they really had to make it the world's problem
I'm assuming you're joking? You think that if you (mentally...not physically) make them feel like they are worthless, that that helps?
Or are we having a language-problem and did you mean physically push them away?@@syedarizvi7290
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Maybe it helps if I just subtely mention that I studied Pedagogic work for 3 years and know about their cognitive, social and emotional development and the effect that understanding-them-and-also-correcting-them has, in comparison to your idea to push them down?
@syedarizvi7290 While we say that parents who can't teach their kids properly shouldn't have kids. But by society's standards we need to have kids regardless as that's how we have the next generation of humans. It's an expectation in that sense. So a parent who is not mentally ready to have a child may still have one and then not raise them properly by instilling good manners and behaviour. It becomes the rest of our problem as everyone who comes into contact with the child will then need to deal with their behaviour and correct it too. This issue needs to be addressed and Sephora is the only store doing this and I don't understand why they haven't banned the kids from buying yet when they should and suggest other kid friendly stores. But no they are making a profit of this too!! smh
I’m 32, and the way I can no longer relate to the younger generations what so ever, is a real eye opener.
bro ... I am 16 even I don't know what they are on about
@@îts_ARIDSame i have a 4 year old sister and I have no clue what she’s doing half the time
@@CedarCream too late!
I’m 21 and I’m already confused.
I don’t really understand how kids are ending up like this. My son is in 1st grade and he says a few of his classmates habitually just don’t do their work and just eff around all day…how as a parent could you be ok with that?? My kid would be losing all screen privileges so fast if I found out they weren’t listening to their teachers at school. Parents are just pathetic. Not just “these days”, though, I’m sure people have always been this way.
It's worse now, they just shove iPads in their face because it's the easiest way to shut them up. On top of that you have "gentle parenting" which most people confuse for permissive parenting, where saying "no" or even slightly raising your voice is forbidden. Which is gonna be a wild ride for these kids when they hit the real world, get told "no" regularly, and get BTFO in public for being rude/aggressive and pissing someone off.
From what I observed, is because parents be having kids for the wrong reasons (ie: keep a man, impulsiveness) or they're a child themselves (teenage parents). They're usually so caught up with their own lives to focus on their children, or they wanna give them the lives they never had. So they rather distract their children or cater to them emotionally no matter the consequences of no discipline. I guess they're trying their best, but imo it's entirely pathetic.
Those kids' dopamine receptors are absolutely fried, they get even more bored in class than the previous generation because they literally do not know life without phones. They literally can't exist without a phone. How is that child gonna learn anything if it yearns for the screen
Comments like these seem to come from those who don't live with children nor parents themselves that's why it's easy for them to blame it all to the parents
@@user-dv9xx3yy8v excuse me I have younger siblings and live with my parents, yes children do things on their own, but the parents is where it starts, how it continues, and essentially how they turn out. If the parent lets intake dumb shi, no supervision, not caring for what they do, ofc those kids are going to turn out intolerable.
A Sephora just opened up in my town across the street from a elementary school AND a middle school. I'm worried for it. lol
Those employees are in for a treat. A real bitter treat
Oh lord😂
I think Sephora is gladly benefiting of these craziness, they're buying more than regular adults that know what they want and what their skin needs, these kids are getting everything they can get their hands on and everything TikTok tells them they need! So I think Sephora is secretly happy about this because it's business after all, and if these kids' parents don't care about their kids ruining their skin so early, ruining their childhood and becoming unbearable frivolous brats than why Sephora would, right? I'm starting to think they're strategically placing the stores near children because they're potential customers.
@@tatianalp2847🎯🎯🎯
i just woke up dehydrated, sweating and disoriented from a 4 hour nap but this video snapped me back to reality (im still not sure since when people born after 2008 are able to make independent decissions)
I still deny the fact that people whose birth years start with number 2 exist
@@ana-nimas someone who’s born in 2002, sometimes I have to remind myself that I’m 21. Doesn’t feel real at all.
Jesus, when I was ten I had the worst acne in school and couldn’t be bothered to put on anything to change it, crazy how times have changed.
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3:19 AT 14 YEARS OLD ??? some kids don't know the alphabet at 14?!!! i'm not american, but i feel like people in america should start panicking ???????
im in 10th grade who’s a 15 year old and im honestly disappointed in them
@@kolpkii and can you confirm this ?:o do people your age really struggle to read and write ? :o
@@alexjia6214 definetely not
I'm a teacher in a title 1 elementary school, and it's not THAT bad. Are there kids who are below grade level? Absolutely. Do they leave the school not knowing their alphabet? No, no one who has been in our school for more than 2 years lacks alphabetic knowledge. Reading is a bigger issue - just because you know your ABCs doesn't mean you know how to use them, and there definitely ARE 5th graders who read at a 1st or 2nd grade level.
Oh honey we are lol
when i was in middle school i was OBSESSED with skincared (primarily face masks) bc i used face masks so often i started breakingg out a lot. the best thing i ever did for my skin was stop putting things on my face
the only "skincare" I did as a 10-year-old was when me & my friends went to the river, have a swim, and then put red clay from the riverbank on our faces and body, and sun-bathed until we look like The Thing from Fantastic 4....good times..
That's real childhood right there!
Good point on the lack of delayed gratification for the younger generations. I know people around 20 who literally can't handle being in silence, they always need something playing. This never let's them explore their thoughts without stimuli, which imo really helps with knowing oneself and feeling comfortable with who you are, since you regularly just take time to think really deep on concepts without being handheld by some sort media.
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Tbh I normally have the tv on talking at me while I scroll Reddit, or play a handheld console.
There’s something relaxing about having talking on while reading or playing games.
Old people probably did the same thing but with the radio while reading the paper or gardening. I think its a universal experience
I quit teaching in 2015 due to the ignorance of kids who also refuse to listen in class and school started allowing personal phones and ipad use WHILE we are teaching. The violence from America's kids is unknown unless you've been a teacher of this generation.
I had many good years as a teacher until then. Middle school and HS, too.
People are trying to convince me to go into education, but anecdotes like this are keeping me away.
@@reid3031 I'd have to agree. It's not the right time in America. Do it in EU and you will love your life
@@reid3031I left teaching a couple of years ago. Don't do it. Just don't do it. Not these days anyway.
@@sharonharris9782 💥
I Think It Depends On The Teaching Style Whether It's Authorian, Strict, Chill, Ect. Because It's A Hit Or Miss On Which Teacher You Get For Every School Year Because You'll Get A Chill Teacher Or A Strict Teacher.
I'm coming to realize that the kid currently living rent free in my belly is gonna be a freaking GENIUS if this is the trajectory of their future competition.
A+ offspring and all I have to do is actually parent? Sweet.
Hope you're doing well! I'm sure you'll be a good parent :)
Thank you for actually being a parent.
its important that, in discussions like these, to NOT put the blame on the child. we have to acknowledge that this is heavily influenced by their parents and the algorithm thats being pushed down their throats. we should NOT recycle the same boomer logic we tried so hard reject. (not saying he does that in the video just a reminder)
also as a kid i was making a potion with my brother and we only tried to use smelly things, but then it turned out smelling really good. thats how we found out abt aloe vera
I really love your comment! :)
Exactly who lets their young children free on TikTok or Instagram
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@@user-dv9xx3yy8vtheir what
I remember I was considered young starting prescription retinoids at 17 but it was for a diagnosed skin condition and I had to use spf and follow directions carefully. I had to be careful outside and slowly up the dose over the years.
It’s crazy these kids are getting it OTC with no guidance whatsoever
i will never understand how can you have a kid without spending time with them, taking care of them, have some interest in their hobbies and stuff? if you don’t want to parent why have a kid in the first place? i used to work at school and by looking at children it’s very very obvious which one is loved and actually wanted in their family and which one is not
Now that I think about it...the fun and awkward phase disappears in a lot of things.
Weird K-Pop debuts? They're (almost) nonexistent. Sims? Sims is inteded to be a weird and fun game, but the sims community now thinks it's cringe. They want to reenact the influencer lifestyle or something where everything seems to be perfect. Idk...I miss the cringe.
me too at least people had fun just imagine being picture perfect every day of your life you dont experiment, you dont find communities, you arent interested in kids stuff like games and stuff like these little kids are just completely skipping their childhood they just want to be an adult now which is not even their fault kids are basically blank slates that grow from things they absorb, how your parents treat you, what your told, literally one interaction could shape a childs conception of something like, someone says they are fat they could internalize that and they could grow up thinking they are fat, and maybe a kid could get on the wrong bus and form abandonment issues literally kids are easily molded so easily so if tge only thing they are looking at is tiktok where ppl on tiktok are only trying to sell products and views (that in the end just makes you want to buy a product) this outcome isn't even that surprising its just sad because these kids are really going to regret it when they grow up and realize they never had a childhood cause they were hyper focused on how they looked or what clothes are the most expensive and trendy instead of ranting about a game and running around in dirt and roleplaying with friends or something
i agree with the first part but since when did the sims community hate the sims for cringiness?😭 us sims players live in a hellhole but the hellhole is only a hellhole because everything is overpriced
(not meant to be offensive btw, just thought it was silly lmao)
Are wattpad kids not a thing anymore?
@@aeoligarlic4024
I promise you there still are. I guess they’re just a smaller group now.
10 yr old kids nowadays claiming they know more abt skincare than sephora employees when i only found out what a cleanser is at 15-
All I've ever used is just cream. And I'm, let's say, over 40.
They don't know any better though, they just regurgitate what different brands say
i only found out when i was like 17…
They know better then come back with chemical burns, and the poor employees get blamed 🤦🏻♀️
Go do your homework no one wants to hear you
Adults on TikTok "pranking" or doing "social experiments" which really count as assault and harassment, cause and effect
Funny thing is, I am 51 and I use cheaper skin products than those children. 😁 I look fine btw. You don't need anything until you are at least 20 or even over.
I don't feel like my skin needed anything else than a sunscreen and a decent moisturizer until I hit the ripe age of 26, now I do see my skin could use some extra steps on my routine, but back to a couple of years ago, a simple face wash from neutrogena and some moisturizer was enough
Except for sunscreen. Anyone at risk for sunburn who are spending time outdoors in extremely UV-high days need sunscreen, doesn't matter if they are 1 year old (it's their parents' job) or 20. Sunburn is bad.
@@Call-me-Al Right, sunscreen and no smoking. Smoking is super bad for skin.
If the kids have more money than you, then they will spend it how they want. This isn't about them looking young, they are just emulating skincare people on the internet. The only problem we should have about this is for the workers who have to clean up their mess. And it's also not our problem if they age their skin, that's between the kids and their parents.
I’ve had severe acne and pcos ever since I was a teenager so my skin is always crappy. However, now that I’m 21 my skin is smooth and I barely use any expensive products. I just buy something that reacts well with my skin and it’s a lot less expensive that any of those products and it does the same, if not any better. And I just use a cleanser, micellar water, anti acne cream and a moisturizer. I only have a bit of hyperpigmentation but it’s much better.
i'm 27 and i grew up with asepxia ads being specifically targeted at preteens and teens with hormonal acne shoving a bunch of incredibly harsh physical exfoliants and scrubs that absolutely ruined my skin and did nothing for me, but we didn't really have easily available info so we just trusted the tv. i feel like the teenage brainrot has always been there, them going straight for acids is just a different type of brainrot coming from tiktok instead of tv
The thing is, clueless parents probably thinking they are doing good for their kids cause these are grooming products, and just thankful their kids are into hygiene.
I’m 19 and everyone thinks I’m 13/14. Starting to value that more 💀
Another day another reason to be thankful to be born without full time Internet access. 😊
There is definitely a line between no "tech time", which can genuinely hinder them as in this day and age a baseline knowledge of how all this stuff works is essential, and - "here kid let this device consume all your time, attention, and existence bc I don't actually wanna parent you so eh whatever." Like girl, being a non abusive parent doesn't mean becoming an innatentive, negligent one.
My skincare routine literally only includes sunscreen and removing my makeup at the end of the day with an alcohol based astringent. No retinols or anything for anti-aging and I always get compliments on how clear and healthy my skin looks. Everyone new that I meet always assumes that I am in my mid 20s when I am actually in my 30s. It's kind of wild seeing teenagers who look oddly older than I am spending easily 10x the amount on cosmetics as I do.
Ouch, alcohol based astringent doesn’t remove sunscreen that well and dries out your skin long term, or it can cause your skin to generate more oil to compensate. It would be pretty cheap and easy to just switch it to a gentle cleanser and moisturiser at night.
I am 13, and I have a prescribed skincare routine. It’s literally all acne stuff. Not to sound like a big ol’ bully, but so many girls at my school do their skincare routines while in school. It’s drunk elephant and glow recipe a lot, and so much of it it’s anti-aging and tightening. Now that we have so much social media, it exposes us to adults skin and fashion and hair. Videos of adults doing their TikTok skincare routine makes little girls want to look like them.
I think it's a concerning development and I really hope that someday, there will be a better balance between the on and offline somehow. Whatever they prescribed you, if it's hormone based I beg you to try mare milk soap instead. It's soap made from horse milk, no chemicals.It's the only thing you need to combat acne if you ask me. And a looooot cheaper than most skin products.
My friend went to Sephora the other day and she was happy to see that a woman was teaching a young girl about skincare products. Like she was walking with her, showing her products and explaining what each product did, and which products are for adults and which one are for kids. I feel like this is a good way to teach kids about skincare, people just need to take some time and have patience to educate their kids.
My bff is a history teacher and on one class with 7th graders he put on a video that was "very popular back in the early days of Tumblr" (so you can guess the humor on it was the ironic kind) but the kids literally didn't get it at all, which surprised and worried him a lot.
Do you know what video it was?
@@nou.5822 He explained it to me but didn't say which one, apparently the chick that appeared on it made a lot of comments about going to a Beyoncé concert+ it was about the world in general.
I’m in my 30s. Normally I hear about these topics directly from you, but I heard about this one from another friend the other day who is more in the know than me. I am genuinely concerned with kiddos that young having intense skincare routines. If they’re using harsh products it could be harmful for them in the long term. :(
Could even be making their skin actually age instead
i would be lying if i said i wasn't interested in makeup as a pre-teen but it's certainly not the case for skin care and i'm greatful for it. i didn't do skincare until i turned 15 and ONLY due pimples/achnes, honestly "aging" never even came up as a thought, and at the age of 21 it still doesn't. it's really devastating to see parents & tiktok spread these awful agendas that kids need to worry about aging & wrinkles, like do better! yes we will get wrinkly eventually but it's nothing scary, don't understand tiktok's collective fear of aging in general but i won't get into that right now. we live in such a dystopian society currently and we can only hope that it'll get better somehow...
1:21 my mom worked at a historical site when I was little(where you dress up and educate people) and brought me along with her so I actually did play with the wheel and stick, it was boring!!!!!
I think a big problem is that the blame is misplaced. the parents shouldn't support this, but every single parent knows kids aren't the easiest to discourage. kids don't realize they don't need it. the companies making these products encourage this behavior, with their marketing being very centered around influencer hauls and brand deals. i've seen skincare fan accounts, definitely from 8-12 year old girls. "preteen" is dead, is the phrase i've heard around this. they don't have anywhere else to go but the mall, and they don't get enough internet restriction, even LESS than I had in 2013, and I still saw shit. the internet is too big, and monetized, it's a scary thing and we shouldn't "bully" these kids, we should try to protect them and explain in an understandable and kind way why this is a bad decision.
0:14 Bro's the bite victim
i love how pleasant and calming your tone of voice is. i've already seen videos on this topic but i'm watching yours because you're one of the rare youtubers who doesn't make me feel like i'm being yelled at. i really love this about you ❤
I can kinda relate to the childhood’s of these IPad kids. As a kid growing up during some hard times. My parents didn’t have the time to watch me while I did kid stuff like going outside. I would literally ask to go outside and bike. But since we live in a largely populated city and they didn’t have the time or TRUST when I was older. I was never able to be a kid and then a teen. And even books were limited. So I grew up on TV and technology. And I KNOW those communities I was in influenced me. In my case I found myself in art communities and fandom as a young kid. And I know that when I saw art supplies videos I wanted everything shown. Thankfully I had other relationships like genuine friendships and reality to ground me.
10:45 - being able to binge and use social media does not make you tech savvy for sure. A lot of younger generations are not even sure what lays beyond Instagram or TikTok..
The older I get the more I realize it’s basically a matter of your genes and if you’re able to wash and moisturize your face every day. I’m so glad I don’t even shop in Sephora besides their app. Always a great video from you ❤️
One of the best childhood memories was laying on the floor and staring at the ceiling fan 🥲
Totally agree about hunger games, it's very educational in teaching youngsters revolution even when necessary, isn't without sacrifice & cost.
The sad thing is, using age inappropriate skin care is actually AGING them. That’s right, all this stuff they’re doing to their developing skin does damage so by the time they’re in their 20’s, there’s a huge chance they’ll look like they’re pushing 30’s.
I’m 32, but regularly told I look like I’m in my early to mid twenties. I didn’t use any products when I was young and now I only use very minimal products. I regularly go into college campuses and see kids that are 18-21 but look like they are pushing 35 because of all the work they’ve got done to their face (because they can never get the results they want from skin care alone so they move on to procedures which is becoming a huge problem for this crowd).
These kids also don’t understand that the skin care they’re relying on is only a small part of the beauty equation. If they don’t eat healthy or work out, they will age pretty quickly. Look at older influencers who look young; you’re going to see a lot of emphasis on health routines and minimal products….that’s who they should be learning from and not other young people who could literally wreck themselves and still look young because they ARE still young.
When I was 12 i used to play with fridge light 😅😂 😊
I’m a young teen but I’m absolutely mortified by the behavior of the 10-6 year olds in my area. I went to Sephora just because I needed makeup for an event and there were about 5 of these young girls with retinol and chemical peeling solutions or whatnot in their bags. These children are going to ruin their skin waaayyyy to much before they even turn 18.
I was also both a soap potion and mud concoction kid lol
same
same lol
one of my biggest peeves is when someone take skincare or makeup testers and applies it DIRECTLY on their face like thats just gonna make your skin DIRTIER
I got into skincare a bit at around 10 but all I wanted were face masks and nose strips. Now nearing the age of 24 I use face wash, hyaluronic acid, and moisturizer. Children don’t need to go crazy especially since they’re gonna go through hormonal acne that’s almost impossible to get rid of.
4:27 Most iconic quote
Another problem is that all of these products are so out of reach for most people. Im 17 and when i was 10/11, slime, fidget spinners, and squishies were trendy, but they were all relatively cheap products that my parents were willing to buy me. A lot of 10 year olds now wont be able to partake in these trends because their families cant afford it, or because their families just wont be willing to spend that much on what they think might be a phase. Now parents have to choose between emptying their wallets or risking their children being alienated from their peers 😭
i'm glad that, as an 8th grader, i am NOTHING like these children. i may be online a lot, but i'm not raiding sephora stores for skincare. heck, i don't even wear makeup
Dog skin care routine??!! Is the burning desire to know if this really exists going to be the reason I finally download TikTok??
No.
You know Tik Tok also has a website, right? just quickly google the video online, then never touch the website again.
You nailed it on the head of how younger generations are afraid to be cringe. We millennials had the beginning of technology and the internet, but a lot of what we did growing up was never filmed or streamed for thousands of strangers because tech wasn't fully there yet. With how easy it is nowadays for random people to be cut-throat in the comments and DMs, Im betting these kids feel that they have to be (and look) flawless because we have scared and shamed them into perfectionism.
I am a 13 year old who does go into Sephora BUT as an asian, respect is very important to me. I never use the samples and if I do, I always put it back the way I found it. I am embarrassed to be a part of this generation.
i feel extremely sorry for these kids. they’re not even being made for the real world … also they’re wasting so much product. a lot of this shit cancels each other out if applied improperly. especially if you don’t pace everything 15 minutes apart. skincare is an hour of my day and i only ever have 4 steps, max (if it’s a mask or serum day.)
thank god i don’t do makeup daily or that’s easily 2hrs in the morning of getting ready.
anyways, yeah … these kids are unreal. but what is even more unreal is their enablers (the “adults” in their lives)
This explains why when I was at a pharmacy once I overheard a mum say “you don’t need anti-aging you’re 12!”
I’m glad you been doing less episodes but there So meaningful these past few months. Thanks!
I know that it’s “trendy” to talk about how gen alpha is doomed but truly I am so worried for some of these kids. I know that it’s easy to plop a kid in front of a tablet or tv and call it a day but I’ve seen firsthand how that can mess up a kid.
There is nothing about Drunk Elephant's packaging that screams "child" to me.
I don’t even know what half those products do. All I do is wash my face with micellar water and use a Nivea moisturiser that someone gifted me for Christmas or something and I get so many compliments on my skin. (I also just don’t wear foundation, i find it uncomfortable)
I get the occasional little break out because I’m human and my skin is never gunna be perfect but like I’ve never felt the need for all these wild products
I don't think using many skin products is necessarily the biggest problem. If you are an adult, and buy your own skincare, in the end it's your educated choice. I am a member of that group of people and need a very specific set of cleansers and moisturisers that are on the expensive side because my skin has always been crazy because of some hormonal issues. The problem is that these are kids who haven't even had their first zit, their skin is smooth as a peach. They are ruining their faces for the future with overpriced mumbo jumbo, if this is what they are doing now, what will they be using when they actually get older?.....also why are their parents giving them money for all these things? When I was little I would get my allowance for a fun toy or a ticket to a cinema to go with friends...
One note: gen alpha are not tech savvy. they know how to use an ipad but that doesn't mean they know how they work or how to fix them. it's essentially magic to them. it's going to be a serious issue quite quickly as none of the computer or internet basics are being taught. gen a and gen z are the people i teach who don't know how to save their work or not to click on suspicious links. most of them can't type or know what a 'file' is, let alone a directory or basic maintenance.
I’m gonna need more information on the spider display. You can’t leave me hanging like that!
It's a challenging job nowadays especially, to parent preteen children and for kids to grow up now!
Hi guys. So I would just like to say that this is not all of us 10-12 year olds. I am almost a teen and I have never been to a Sephora or any makeup store. I am sure that there are more tweens other than me who are like this. However, to the people who are doing this, please leave the sephoras and head to a library. Books are so amazing and interesting. Personally here are some recommendations for kids around my age: Legend (By: Marie Lu), Hunger Games, The Inheritance Games (by: Jennifer Lynn Barnes), and Harry Potter.
Personally these are some of my favorites and I am urging kids my age to read instead of ruining makeup stores.
There are plenty of young teens who don’t wreck makeup and skincare, but the book kids it they don’t make it into the media 😂
I’m 13 and I also have some books for people my age: The Fault in Our Stars (John Green), Unfamiliar (Haley Newsome), Looking for Alaska (Also John Green), and Wings of Fire (Tui T. Sutherland)
:D
I’m going to give you some advice from an old head according to the internet. Don’t worry about what the internet thinks.
Every generation thinks poorly of the next generation, so don’t feel like you need to defend them, or compare yourself to them. Also, you nice you get older and want to complain about the next generation, remember how these people view your generation.
Also you should read the book *the outsiders* by S.E Hinton if you haven’t. It might be a little older than you’re used to, but a very fun read if you didn’t need to in school.
I am a teacher, so I'd like to give you the perspective of someone who has been where you are and who sees school from the other side. When you are a bright young person, you tend to self-select friends who are other bright, well behaved young people. Teachers do not get to select which children we spend time with, nor do many other adult workers. Because of this, you tend to underestimate how much of your generation is like this (as I did when young) while adults who are only exposed to kids online tend to overestimate the situation. The truth is generally somewhere in the middle. There are many intelligent and well behaved members of gen alpha. But there are enough unusually behaved and destructive members of this generation to be concerning as well.
7:46 I dunno if this is what you meant as soap potions but when I was younger I would grab a bar of soap a bin and random fabrics I would fill the bin and add 3/4 of water use my nails and skim some of the soup and then throw it in the bin I would throw the fabric in and then finally with the rest of soup I would stir it in the bin to make a bubbly but deadly as I almost drank it once concoction!
I find with the Sephora pre-teens so much of this issue is more than just “parents give kids too much access online.” While the root cause is by far ‘technology’ I think people forget a lot of it does stem more from capitalism, over consumption, and influencers. A lot of this is because I don’t think influencers need to be bad people or even it being short form tiktok content that is part of the issue. Beauty content since I was a teen has always pressured over consumption- when I was younger it was needed ton of make up products that weren’t always cheap. It was about hoarding makeup that would go bad with the amount of options given, and truly I don’t think every person in the genre was bad that parents could directly see they were “bad” by watching either. Now as the time shifts to skin care it’s just the same, companies crave influencers to pressure and sell to a vulnerable audience of teens who don’t really understand what a lot of money is. In this case specifically I don’t think it’s just “but they have phones/iPads” because I had a home computer and barely any restrictions when I was 10 technology is a factor but not sole cause.
Parents can be blamed for a lot here; I think lack of teaching manners and store etiquette being a big one, and while having unlimited access to the internet has major problems in general I think by dodging how companies and influencers have a major role in at least the Sephora outcry we bypass how predatory companies are genuinely trying to be and how consumerism of the beauty industry is trying to target pre-teen girls into thinking they need 800$ of products
14:22 everybody knows at this point that even skincare products have an expiration date on the bottle. Mostly it lasts for a year or until it dried up. So if you have like thousands of those products, you’ll be like drowning on those expired skincare
I burst out laughing at "I"m pretty sure I can BEAT a child" lol I was not expecting that
When I was a child (around 10), I was interested in skin care too and wanted to use the same products my mother used. She didn't let me use them of course and told me that they're gonna do more harm than good to my young skin and instead bought me my own products I could use safely, like a face soap, a moisturiser and a lip balm, all in cute little pink bottles. I was happy with that and now I realise that for me it wasn't about having perfect skin (as a 10 y/o I already had that lol), it was more about the feeling of doing something my role model (my mother, for some kids today maybe influencers) does as well
This year I'll turn 40. I'm a woman and i never got used to makeup and stuff like this. Yes, I have wrinkles but still most time I get called I'm 20. Hell yeah, I feel like 16 inside
the only problem i have with the sephora kids is it’s spreading, i work at an ulta at target and we have only makeup testers and the amount of foundation that has been put around our isles is absolutely insane and it’s so rough bc i don’t get paid enough to deal with that headache honestly
in elementary i once wore a salmon pink tiered skirt dress with flared jeans and a pink hoodie and bright green sneakers LMAO my mom was a little too supportive
1:28 to be fair, I didn't use moisturizer on my face till I was probably about 15. My makeup 'routine' consisted of masquera and chapstick until I was about 25. To this day, I still barely wear makeup. Skincare has become more important- but im nearly 40 years old now and protecting my skin from the sun is a must.
- were you a soap potions kind of kid?
- yes
- ...or a mud soup kind of kid?
- also yes
- i think i was both
- THATS WHAT IM SAYING
Was totally a soap potions kid, but if I played more outside I would be mixing mud with my soap lol
wow as a 15 y/o my skincare routine is literally just cerave face wash and then a salicylic acid wipe
I just wish they could make those stores 18+ or only accompanied by an adult.
I recently started working at a boutique store and was stunned to find out asides from the manager I was the oldest one there. I’m 28 and thought my coworkers were all in their early to mid twenties but was stunned when I found out most are still seniors in high school and they are stunned to find out my age (makes me feel good ngl but it’s crazy!)
As a currently teen, i understand how ridiculous this all is, yet sometimes I still feel bad about the fact that I'm practically the only one in my class who can't afford expensive skin care and make up products 😭 I'm a teenager!!! of course I'm gonna get a pimple or two!! it's not the most uncommon thing in the world sister!!!!
I am the weakest link 💔
No you are not the weakest link, rather. You'll find it's better to go against this trend and use that money for things you enjoy doing instead. Back when I was in school it wasn't even a thing to use skin care products regularly, and being a millennial, that wasn't too long ago.
Most of the trash they sell in beauty stores isn't actually as good for your skin as they want you to believe and is quite overpriced. You pay more for the marketing and logistics around the product than the product itself, which is most likely cheaply produced somewhere where costs are low. So don't ever believe in hype, for it's just a way to get people investing their money in things they don't need.
The best skin care is simple and cheap. Horse milk soap against acne should be enough. Even regular soap should already do a lot.
I know it doesn’t help now, but your skin will be better for it in the long run! Hang in there 🩷
as a kid who was born in 08 i sometimes made shampoo potions as well as play outside and have fun outside, now I'm just concern of how life is going to be like years to come.
i feel like looking at young children misbehaving also makes people not like kids/not want to have kids, which is understandable and im not saying people HAVE to have kids, but if you put in so much effort just for the child to be swayed by what they see online, who would want to put in the effort anymore? its easier to just have a dog or smth, still the same emotions, without the hassle