Most parents have watched the same scene play out. A child who cannot sit still for 20 minutes of homework will spend 4 hours building something in Roblox, testing it, breaking it, fixing it, and [...]
The Emergence of Enshittification The word 'Enshittification', originally coined by Cory Doctorow. During the 2010s, a Swedish gamer known as PewDiePie filmed himself reacting loudly to video games in his bedroom. It was simple, it [...]
Low Key A growing gap I see in today’s generation of adults in their twenties and early thirties is a tendency toward a “low key” behaviour pattern, and this mindset often begins during teenage years. [...]
Brainrot in Teens: What Is It and How to Prevent Internet-Induced Mindless Scrolling The internet is full of entertaining, bizarre, and often mind-numbing content, and teens are soaking it up fast. I remember feeling cringe [...]
Most teenagers will happily spend 3 hours inside a game but switch off 30 seconds doing a worksheet. For years the reaction has been to fight that pull. I think that is the wrong fight. [...]
The New Normal Without the guidance of adults, the majority of teenagers would likely dedicate nearly all their waking moments to screen time. Whether it's constant texting on their smartphones or endless video gaming on [...]