The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What Is the ‘Tiktok Rizz Party’?

Young-people culture is full of mysteries this week: Why would anyone drink blended oats and water instead of eating a bowl of oatmeal? Why does everyone care about some anonymous teens at a party? Is anyone on TikTok psychic? What...

April 9, 2024

The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What Kids Think About Beyoncé

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The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What Kids Think About Beyoncé

The big pop culture news this week for young people is the release of Beyoncé’s newest album, which is also the biggest news in pop culture for older generations. Cowboy Carter is a rare piece of pop culture that is...

April 2, 2024

The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Dogs Vs. Lemons

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The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Dogs Vs. Lemons

This week’s youth culture report is all about conflict: Dogs are fighting lemons, Gen-Z is fighting Millennials, and everyone is fighting artificial intelligence. Dogs vs. lemons on TikTok The newest pet-related trend on TikTok is posting videos of dogs eating...

March 26, 2024

The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Timothée Chalamet Memes

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The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Timothée Chalamet Memes

This week’s trip into the world of young people culture takes us from the heights of a PSA that signals a positive shift in cultural ideas about Down Syndrome to the depths of a new incarnation of “Gamergate.” Along the...

March 19, 2024

The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: John Cena’s Naked Oscar Walk

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The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: John Cena’s Naked Oscar Walk

Sometimes, there just isn’t much happening. Youth culture this week seems to be hibernating, but it’s a good opportunity to take a look at the kind of minuscule micro-trends that you might otherwise gloss over. Maybe these tiny, no-one-thinks-about-them things...

March 13, 2024

The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: the Disastrous Willy Wonka ‘Chocolate Experience’

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The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: the Disastrous Willy Wonka ‘Chocolate Experience’

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The themes for this week examination of what’s going on with kids is failure and fiasco. There’s the ever-expanding story of the disastrous Willy Wonka rip-off in Scotland, a dubious...

March 6, 2024

Seven Mistakes to Avoid When Your Kid Is Sick

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Seven Mistakes to Avoid When Your Kid Is Sick

Even though it’s (probably) happened a few times in their short lives, it never gets easier when our kids get sick. Every time they cough or whimper, it sends our pulses racing. While we may think we know what to...

February 28, 2024

The Out of Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: The TikTok Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, Explained

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The Out of Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: The TikTok Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, Explained

All decent people look back at their youth and think, “I sure was a callow idiot” (but hopefully in an affectionate way). Remembering the combination of grandiosity and dumb-i-osity that you once embodied is really the key to understanding younger...

February 28, 2024

How to Respond When Your Kid Hurts Your Feelings

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How to Respond When Your Kid Hurts Your Feelings

We may earn a commission from links on this page. When it comes to insults, kids have stepped up their game. You can blame social media or more delicate parenting styles, but this generation knows how to throw some good...

February 17, 2024

The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: How SpongeBob Won the Super Bowl

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The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: How SpongeBob Won the Super Bowl

The undeclared national holiday of Super Bowl Sunday has passed once again, leaving behind only memories and memes. But also, we’ll delve into this week’s debate over yellow paint in video games, take a look at “legging legs,” and find...

February 14, 2024

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