Are Our Kids Getting Smarter?
Is it just me, or are our kids getting smarter?
Not just book smart — life smart.
They’re growing up in a world that’s basically one big pop quiz,
and somehow they already know the answers.
They’ve got information at their fingertips,
but it’s not just about knowing stuff — it’s about knowing how to use it.
They navigate apps, systems, and scams
like it’s second nature.
They don’t read manuals — they reverse engineer them.
When we were kids, we memorized facts.
They question them.
And that’s the difference.
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Scroll the internet for five minutes —
you’ll see kids, eight, nine years old,
speaking with more clarity and self-awareness
than most adults at a board meeting.
They articulate their thoughts, their emotions,
their values —
and we post it online like it’s a joke.
We think it’s cute.
We call them “old souls.”
How stupid are we?
They’re not “old souls.”
They’re new models.
Upgraded.
More self-aware, less afraid.
We should be taking notes, not making memes.
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These kids celebrate inclusion.
They celebrate love.
They have a greater sense of goodness than any generation that came before.
They know their value.
They seek knowledge.
They understand concepts quickly — really get them —
and that makes them sharper.
But we still make the focus about details.
Boring, useless details.
Stuff they can access in seconds.
Fuck the details, people.
Who cares if they use AI?
So what?
They still have to do the work —
they just get it done faster.
And that gives them time.
Time for what?
For more learning.
More karate.
More experiences.
More life.
And enough of them are getting it
that it’s starting to make a difference.
These kids look out for each other.
They care about one another.
They’re not perfect,
but they’re already better than we were.
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And it’s not just tech.
They’re emotionally sharper too.
They can read a room faster than most adults.
They know when someone’s being fake,
when a teacher’s burned out,
when a parent’s lying to themselves.
We were taught to hide our feelings.
They’re learning to understand theirs.
That’s emotional intelligence —
and they’re wielding it like a sixth sense.
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We used to say, “kids these days don’t listen.”
But maybe it’s us who stopped saying anything worth listening to.
Because when you actually pay attention,
you realize —
they’re not lost.
They’re evolving.
Smarter in ways we never were.
Kinder in ways we forgot how to be.
And maybe — just maybe —
that’s exactly how it’s supposed to be.
And if you don’t think so,
Fact Check Me.