iPad kid
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Popularized in January 2021 after Gen Z TikToker Gabe Escobar criticized Millennial parents for allowing excessive screen time for their children.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (Internet slang, sometimes mildly derogatory) A child, generally Generation Alpha, who gets all of their entertainment through an iPad or other tablet; a child who is addicted to using their tablet.
- Synonyms: iPad baby, iPad child
- That iPad kid went ballistic in the restaurant after his mom took his iPad away.
- 2022 January 23, Bart Pursel, “The Infamous iPad Kid”, in Sites at Penn State[1], archived from the original on 2023-04-25, retrieved 25 April 2023:
- Unfortunately, technology is growing in popularity by the minute, even establishing itself in our education and physical activity. Now more than ever our society is supporting the development of iPad kids.
- 2022 October 26, Ashley Hagar, Hisham Bensaadat, “"iPad Kids" are Shaping the Future of Education”, in The Spectator[2], Seattle University:
- Some in Generation Z have frowned upon the idea of raising their own children as "iPad kids" after witnessing recent hyper fixation with technology.
References
[edit]- Rosie Colosi (2024 September 23 (last accessed)) “What Are 'iPad kids'? Why Gen Z criticizes Gen Alpha's screen time”, in Today
Further reading
[edit]- iPad kid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “iPad kid”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.