2014 Babies are TOTALLY GEN Z (and let me explain)

Guys, 10-year olds in 2017 had a VERY SIMILAR childhood to 10-year olds in 2024! Yes, Artifical Intelligence and tech in general are becoming more and more advanced (and where you live matters too). But Trump and MAGA-type ideologies have influenced American and western politics for almost a decade at this point, and social norms have remained the same for the most part (COVID-19 did make people less polite, but that could change). Also, the iPhone X was released in 2017, and YouTube and other social media platforms had taken control over the lives of high school students even before 2017. The one bigger difference I'd be willing to agree on is that parents these days seem to give their children more screen time (to the degree that Gen Alpha parents are portrayed on the internet? Maybe not, I don't have data).

Point is, there is A difference, but it is such an insignificant difference between the childhoods of 2007 babies and 2014 babies. The gatekeeping in this subreddit is ridiculous, and let's not blame the children. Blame the goddamn millennials who are raising them!