Generation Alpha
Millennials: Born between 1981-1996 (also known as Gen Y)
Zoomers: Born between 1997-2012 (also known as Gen Z or Tiktok teens)
Generation Alpha: Born between 2010-2024 (name still undecided)
Demographers and experts have been predicting what the next generation (in the US) will be like.
Q: Do you think the same generation will have similar characteristics in your country?
Racially Diverse
Parents are more likely to be born overseas, an ethnic minority or mixed race
Among zoomers, white people are already the minority
Big income Gap
High income families have fewer kids and provide high quality education
Low income families have more kids
This generation is more likely to have 2 working parents.
Q: How will this affect their childhood?after school activities
emotionally - are they more independent or lonelier?
health - what kind of diet will they have?
Moving a lot
Gen Alpha are more likely to have lived in various places (due to their parents jobs).
Q: How will this affect them? Would you like to have experienced living in several places while growing up?
Generation Glass
2010 was chosen because the Ipad and instagram launched and “app” was the word of the year
Gen Alpha grew up using screens from their childhood. How will this affect kids?
digital literacy
attention span
gamification of learning
Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/generation-alpha-after-gen-z_l_5d420ef4e4b0aca341181574