Gen Alpha girl in a cap holding a pile of shoes for donation
Gen Alpha is inspiring their parents to donate the things they don't need.
  • Some Gen Alpha kids are into minimalism and decluttering.
  • They value sustainability and quality thanks to better environmental awareness, experts said.
  • They are still likely to be a generation of big spenders — but discerning ones.

Tweens are coming for wasteful consumerism.

Some Gen Alpha kids are taking a stand against buying too much stuff — and dragging their parents along for the ride.

"They do decluttering missions," said Yuriy Boykiv, the CEO of the e-commerce accelerator agency Front Row Group, who has two children aged 10 and 12.

They "don't have a lot of stuff," he told Business Insider.