Alex Clark

Because, you know, what historically you think of as adolescent years is kids that are just dying to leave.

Like, they're dying to spread their wings, get out of the house, get away from their parents.

And now you have this phenomenon, right, of kids, it's like they're clinging to their parents.

So something has shifted and created that.

So if we go back to these kids being raised, what were their parents doing differently

that previous generations of parents were not doing that you guys think is causing this?

What?

And you're like, all right, I think our session's over.

We figured out the problem.

we need to set kids up to intentionally struggle a little bit, right?

So what does that look like in practice?

Out of all these kids that you guys are seeing that are claiming that they're struggling with severe anxiety and all these different issues or feeling like they can't grow up, basically, what percentage of them would you say have a smartphone?

Do you ask parents that?

What kinds of technology does your kid have access to in the home?

I have a friend, she goes on a first date with a guy and somehow they get on the topic of toothpaste.

And he goes, yeah, I use this red cinnamon toothpaste with sparkles.

And she's like, wait, doesn't that have red 40?

And he goes, well, yeah, but I found a case in an abandoned warehouse, an abandoned warehouse.

He's like, they don't even make it anymore, but I use it because it makes my brain feel buzzy.

And she's like, that seems dangerous.