I think Gen Beta is going to be very fucked mentally, regardless of how the economy or world improves or goes downhill. Social Media, specifically the fast-paced kind is widely prevalent among Gen Alpha and no sight of this trend stopping can be seen in the tunnel of the future.
To be clear, when I mean fucked "mentally" I mean the following:
-Likely less attention span; does not care about grades or thinks that they will one hundred percent become an influencer and succeed.
-Less vocabulary. I've noticed that older Zoomers really anywhere struggle to understand a lot of sentences with five or more syllables. The current vocabulary threshold to pass elementary/middle school in America and most of NA is relatively low if you look at the samples. The fact that some of the text I've made over my years that I barely put effort into is considered above average to this current educational system scares the shit out of me. I worry that these won't change when Gen Beta grows into puberty and the peak time for their brains to kick ass isn't taken advantage of by the system. This is less of a concern in Europe and other continents with education systems that focus on vocabulary much more.
-Lot's of fetishes when turned into teens. This will seem absurd, but with how accessible porn is and some minor EPI by groomers on Discord and other kids sites like Roblox which are heavily documented on their threads on KF (
Roblox) makes me believe that the future generation will be much more "sexually liberated" farther than what should be accepted for maturing into adulthood. I've seen Discord turn the most normal and nicest people into recluses that either "goon" to sadistic or masochistic porn or become addicted to the screen and never come off. If some mature adults that have depression can't control themselves, then what hope does Gen Beta have to control themselves in this neurotic world? Most predator education still focuses on the physical predators ("hey kid, want some candy?", the playground creep) and most teachers don't teach about the online groomers. If this doesn't change, that's another thing I see.
-Not confident about future. With the doomposting we see, Gen Beta won't be confident about future.