
Due to technological acceleration drastically impacting child rearing, Gen Z exists solely in 3 micro generation 1996-2002: Zillennials (had the same childhood as millennials but social media before highschool) 2003-2007: Zoomers (tide pod eating generation) 2007-2010/12(depending where you start alpha): Zalphas- post iPhone invention led to early tech introduction iPad kids, primary reading method shifted away from phonics, and adults decided “they were born with tech so they just know how..
…to use it” and stopped teaching tech literacy (cursive classes were replaced with typing classes, and then typing classes were dropped bc “kids obviously know how to type they’ve had computers their whole lives” so we are on a backwards slope of technological understanding and online safety practices)