Generation Alpha slammed as 'feral, illiterate, screen-obsessed iPad kids' - even though one in five of Gen Z's demographic 'supervillain' successors are still in diapers!

The latest generation of youngsters have triggered concerns about the future with their excessive use of technology and internet trends coming under the spotlight. 

Dubbed 'Generation Alpha', children born between roughly 2010 and the end of 2024 now make up the largest cohort of kids to ever live on planet Earth.

But the two billion-plus toddlers and pre-teens are already being cited for their illiteracy and uncontrollable thirst for screens, raising fears over what is to come.

'Everyone on the internet is really scared of Gen Alpha,' popular Gen Z influencer Rivata Dutta told the LA Times. 'Gen Alpha is so weird'. 

Millennial parents are being blamed for raising a doomed cohort of iPad obsessed 'Generation Alpha' children 

Generation Alpha now make up over a quarter of the population of the planet, however it is mindless Millennial parents that are shouldering the blame.

They are cited for introducing such demoralizing trends as the 'Sad Beige' baby aesthetic, with pale blue and pastel pink replaced by a drab neutral palette. 

Monochromatic nurseries are also all the rage, partially fueled by the rise of Millennial parents attempting to raise 'theybies' - infants that can seemingly decide their own pronouns 'when they're old enough.'

But while older generations may not be fawning over that trend, the upcoming crop of soon-to-be teenagers are displaying far more worrying behavior.

Scores of teachers continue to leave education as they struggle to control illiterate kids, with one expert telling the LA Times: 'Teachers are complaining they have 14-year-olds who can't read.' 

'We hear people complaining [alphas] lack empathy — well, you learn that through literature,' said Shervaughnna Anderson-Byrd, director of the California Reading and Literature Project. 'There’s a lot of blame being placed on these babies when it’s the adults setting the narrative.'  

Across social media, Generation Alpha are dubbed 'feral' and 'evil' as they continue to make headlines, not least thanks to the presence of smartphones to capture every moment.

A childhood spent mainlining YouTube videos on iPads has also been blamed on a lack of social skills, evident in the manic ascension of 'Sephora tweens'. 

Namely, young girls are going wild in beauty retailers such as Sephora, testing out expensive skincare products for free without a care for what they leave behind. 

The youngest faction of Generation Alpha children are being marked by the 'sad beige' trend  

Generation Alpha tweens and teens are going wild in Sephora, as they test out expensive skincare products and make a major mess

In January, an influencer shared her wild experience walking through the 'Drunk Elephant' section  

In January, TikToker Cassandra Bankson, 31, investigated the rumor in Los Angeles, finding Drunk Elephant section - a beauty brand beloved by Kim Kardashian - was 'disgusting' before sharing footage of the destroyed department. 

The model found 'a lip balm with a literal hair in it' and that 'someone put the bronzing drops all over one of the moisturizers and couldn't even be bothered to put them back.' 

Allegations that Gen Alpha is out of control aren't helped by the prevalence of cameras at schools, catching the worst moments and plastering them across the internet.

This week, cameras were out at school as a sixth-grade girl was brutally attacked by another student in California.  

Her fellow students either stood around and watched or took out their phones to film the brawl - as her mother told KTLA: 'Nobody came to help my daughter; no student came to stop this at all. So, she was left alone.'  

While school fights may not be new, evidence permanently stamped online is. 

Thanks to the rise of such unsavory moments and the attention they continue to grab, Generation Alpha's doom has become a favorite topic of older influencers. 

One of the primary criticisms launched at Gen Alpha youngsters is that they are illiterate - a partially unfair trope considering the generation still includes infants. 

It is also not entirely their fault due to the impact the pandemic had on education, forcing children in their prime social que learning years to learn alone behind a screen, and later still behind a mask. 

Anderson-Byrd stressed that a huge swath of Gen Alpha Californians - there are over six million already - are behind in school. 

Generation Alpha children are particularly cited for their lack of empathy, which one expert put down to the inability of many to pass basic literacy 

'(Generation Alpha) are some of the hardest-hit kids when it comes to reading,' he said. 'Only 43 percent of our students are on grade level in California.' 

He told the outlet that because today's fourth graders spent years learning from home and learning to read online, they significantly struggling at a time when they should be reading books. 

'That’s why we have so many third-graders whose scores look abysmal [on last year’s state assessments],' Anderson-Byrd said. 

'We’ve set up a whole generation of failure for these kids.' 

However, while some are doom-and-gloom about the situation, Dutta offered a positive spin - bad behavior is normal for young kids, and this generation may just be more online, and have more access to knowledge than ever before.

'When I’m hanging out with kids now, they have so much energy, and they are so well-informed,' Dutta said. 'They have all this information at their fingertips.' 

'I definitely see a lot more chaos coming,' Dutta said - although she noted that 'Gen Alpha are naturally against the grain.'