Beyond the Screen Teens Today

Have you noticed how things have changed with teenagers today? It's like the whole excitement of getting your driver's license, dating, and just being out there has taken a backseat. It feels like we're seeing the real impact of a generation that's grown up online. They're all about hanging with friends over FaceTime, glued to video games, and getting caught up in the web way more than we ever did.

It's kind of wild—they're not doing the stuff we did to step into adulthood. No driving around, no mall hangouts, no awkward first dates in person.

It's a big shift, and I can't help but worry about what this means for their social skills down the line. It's like, with all this internet immersion, are we looking at a whole generation struggling to connect offline?

And with all this talk about Neuralink, it's like, are we ready to amp up our tech dependency even more? From smartphones in our hands to having tech in our heads, it feels like we're edging away from real human interaction