Why Are There No Kids In Toy Stores Anymore?
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Why does the host start the episode with a weird candy‑kid conversation?
Hey kiddo, you want some candy? Candy How old do you think I am? Ten? Yeah. Do you have any like skincare products at least? What? Drunk elephant, summer Fridays, anything? I have a Snickers. Ew, carbs. Wait, wait, I have cologne. Which one? Uh axe? Oh my are you poor? I'm trying to kidnap you. And you came this unprepared? I'm sorry, it's my first time. What do kids even want nowadays? So for our gift cards, Alani, AirPods, maybe some Nvidia stock. Stuck? Hey guys. Someone send me these three pans. Look at how cute this is. And my favorite one? The BBL one. I don't usually do this, but let's play an interesting game. If you go to Amazon and you type skincare for girls, you know what the top results are? Skincare for girls age 10 and 12, 9 and 10, 7 and 8, 6 and 10, 10 12, 8 12, and kids.
So it's safe to say kids' obsession with skincare has overtaken adults.
Oh my god, you're not kidding me.
What is driving the sudden obsession of girls aged 6‑12 with skincare products?
Look at this. Both sides. And it's so cool because I have to smell them all, of course, girls. Ah this one Strawberry Spring. It's so cute. I I wanna get this. Okay. Hot on my car. This one. Strawberry spray course. No idea how to
Parents are no longer getting their kids toys or gifts. They're actually getting them Sephora gift cards. Still spending my birthday gift cards and Sephora. Next up, Lanish Lane Ish. Yeah, this is actually an influencer child and obviously account is run by mom, aka me trying to keep things legal so TikTok doesn't take down my account. And you know what else they're obsessed with besides skincare? Needos. No, I actually made that up. That's I'm talking about myself here. I'm obsessed with Nidos. They're obsessed with these damn phones.
Unboxed my new iPhone seventeen with me. Dragon. Hello grandma. What?
That's so what my phone. How you know how to open that, mommy? I saw a video you ordered me.
And to some extent, I understand though. You need to talk to your kids while you're at work. And the best way to do that is through your phone. Because no one's using pages anymore. They were too slow, too outdated, and they couldn't support 5G. Because when I used to get my mail and I tried to open my Instagram through my pigeon, and I realized that I had a bad connection, I'm like, I might as well get an iPhone. Why would I use a pigeon anymore? And I originally saw Vanessa do this topic, so shout out to her. But how young do you think it is? Is too young to give your kid an iPhone, like what, nine years old, eight, seven? So momfluencer was getting backlash on her TikTok video because she got her daughter an iPhone, and I think the daughter was like five or six years old.
Why are parents buying Sephora gift cards and baby cologne instead of traditional toys?
What's up y'all? Happy Saturday. I can already see the comments. People are gonna be judging me. Today I got Giada her first phone. Mind your business, it's my kid, thank you. Originally I planned on getting her a phone when she turned nine and then it went down to seven. And then it went down to today over and on motherfucking Saturday.
Six or five years old. Of course, of course.
pop socket that she wanted for her phone. She came right home and showed her best friend Pinky her new phone. Oh
she got a cat. That's cute. The main
reason I got her phone now um is because I'm tired of dragging the heavy AS iPad all around, connecting it to my hotspot. And I had to set it all up for her. There's honestly no greater feeling than unboxing a new phone. You already know.
I pray and I hope that she sets some parental controls on that phone. Cause a five-year-old in 2026 having access to the internet is literally the most dangerous thing that you can give to them. Right next to a Sephora gift card. Listen, the kids being obsessed with a stupid phone and skincare is honestly not the biggest deal in the world. But the main problem is actually the skincare because kids for the past couple of years have started doing skincare and This skincare was specifically designed for adult faces, and an ingredient that these skincare all have in common is retinol. And kids don't actually need retinol, and their skin is a lot easier to irritate. So what happens, you might ask, when they're all using a product that's not designed for their face?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does the host start the episode with a weird candy‑kid conversation?
0:02–1:27
2
What is driving the sudden obsession of girls aged 6‑12 with skincare products?
1:27–3:43
3
Why are parents buying Sephora gift cards and baby cologne instead of traditional toys?
3:43–6:55
4
What did the on‑site investigation reveal about empty toy stores?
6:55–10:42
5
How early are kids getting iPhones and what are parents thinking?
10:42–14:13
6
Why are ‘alpha‑male’ lifestyles becoming popular among pre‑teens?
14:13–17:09
7
How is the market shifting from toys to skincare, tech, and adult‑style products for Gen‑Alpha?
17:09–20:25
8
What are the host’s final thoughts on the new normal for kids and the next video plans?
20:25–31:22