Generation Alpha, despite being largely phone-free, shows increasing levels of anxiety due to a lack of challenges and excessive certainty in their environments. This generation is growing up in a highly engineered world, where every aspect of life is managed through technology, resulting in reduced opportunities for children to develop essential problem-solving skills. Over-optimized parenting and constant predictability weaken their emotional resilience, with many children facing difficulties in coping with stress. Allowing kids to face small challenges might be key to fostering better resilience and mental health.
If smartphones and social media are to blame for Gen Z's 139% increase in anxiety, then why is Generation Alpha also showing signs of serious anxiety?
Constant certainty deprives children of the ambiguity needed to build problem-solving skills, contributing to their rising anxiety.
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