A teen sparked a debate about screen time when they made a desperate plea to parents, citing the fact that their little brother can only speak in ‘slang’ due to too much time on his iPad
Sometimes, when you’re a busy parent, things can feel overwhelming, and so you may bend your own rules about screen time – but one teenager has begged parents not to do this, as they fear the future consequences.
Aiming the rant particularly at “millennial parents”, the teen begged those with kids to “not turn your kids into iPad kids”, explaining that they have a sibling who is “generation alpha” – which is the demographic cohort succeeding Generation Z, born after 2020 – and they can only speak in “slang.” They went on to say that it’s “heartbreaking” to see the situation their sibling is in, and they were blaming too much screen time, referring to it as a form of “neglect.”
They penned: “Parenting isn’t just giving your child food, a bed and unrestricted internet access. That is a recipe for disaster….
