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5 Ways Gen Alpha is Different From Every Other Generation
“'What we are seeing with Gen Alpha is that they are aging quickly and staging slowly,” she notes. Krauss explains that aging quickly but staging slowly is linked to the fact that Gen Alpha kids have been exposed to so many intense and mature situations — like the pandemic or volatile politics — that have aged them."
Scary Mommy
My Love Language Changed After 9 Years Of Marriage & It Actually Makes So Much Sense
“Research on relationships and attachment suggests that the ways we experience affection and connection aren’t static personality traits. They’re shaped by context: our environment, the stage of life we’re in, the stresses we’re carrying, and the particular dynamics of a relationship,” Krauss explains."
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We Talked to a Tech CEO About Online Safety for Gen Alpha; His Advice Surprised Us
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“'Gen Alpha, in many ways, are some of the strongest and most powerful young people that we have seen,” says Krauss. While acknowledging the challenges their generation has seen, like the pandemic and political divides, she points out that “we still see all of their incredible capacities for connecting with others and being creative and being playful.'"
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On International Women's Day, I'm thinking about the world my daughters will inherit
Krauss is honest about the limits of individual resilience-building. "There are many forces young women cannot control," she says. What we can do is teach them to protect and reclaim what she calls their human essentials: the inborn capacities that function, in her words, as their superpowers. Not so they can white-knuckle their way through a broken system, but so they have the reserves to change it."
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‘A Life You Don’t Need to Escape From’: The Roots of Gen Z’s ‘Slow Living’ Movement
“'Slow living is a biological and psychological response to a lifetime defined by speed, overwork, volatility, and uncertainty,' Krauss told The Epoch Times.
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She calls this process “rehumaning”—a return to what she describes as essential human resources."
Mom.com
Inside the Gen Alpha Mindset: Why Today’s Kids Think Differently About School, Friends & Creativity
"Krauss [says] that Gen Alpha kids have faced a lot of tough, serious life events like the pandemic, school shootings, divisive politics, and weather-related catastrophes, but being forced to mature faster doesn’t always mean they move into the next stage of development faster.
“The difference with Gen Alpha is that they are exposed to very adult things, and it ages them,” she adds."
Mom.com
The Culture Kids Are Creating Without Adults Realizing It
It can be challenging to think of your children out there creating an adult-free culture without you knowing anything about it . . .
“Think of this like playgrounds and parties,” Krauss suggests. “Younger kids require more supervision, instruction, and intervention. Older kids need to know the rules and have practice playing on the ‘equipment’ they are using. Our oldest kids need honest conversations and parents they can trust and talk to if something goes wrong. Kids need their parents and privacy.”
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Why Your Kid Performing Their Life Online Is Actually a Developmental Milestone
“Young people go online for the right developmental reasons: they are bored, want to socialize, create, or follow someone they like,” Krauss notes. “When kids can play, connect, create, and explore in healthy and safe online spaces, they tap into a bigger world that can offer rich learning and developmental opportunities that we don’t want them to miss.”
. . . That being said, Krauss cautions that all humans, regardless of age or development stage, need in-person connection first and foremost, so while it may be perfectly fine to let your kid film a “Get Ready With Me” video, make sure they’re getting plenty of offline connection too to round out their development.