A 16-year-old claims her parents have spent $3,000 buying her 67 different Stanley cups, as the giant mugs become the ultimate playground status symbol

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Stanley Tumblers at Target.

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Stanley cups are tearing apart middle schools

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Middle-school aged girl has her hand in her face because her peers are making fun of her across the schoolyard.
Some middle schoolers report they're getting made fun of because they don't have the latest Stanley Quencher cup.

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The oldest Gen Alphas can almost drive: Here's how millennials' kids will shop, work, and live

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Gen Alpha is poised to be a huge economic force.

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Why you should probably learn Gen Alpha slang, according to a millennial teacher who's fluent

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Philip Lindsay teaches 11- to 14-year-olds in Arizona.

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Gen Alpha gets a bad rap for being overstimulated 'iPad kids,' but one teacher says we've got it all wrong

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Gen Alphas have been dubbed "mini-millennials."

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If you're still using the laughing emoji to LOL, Gen Alpha thinks you're out of touch

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Nicole Pellegrino was baffled by the slang.

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Gen Z is worried they're going to raise a generation of iPad kids

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TikTok users @squishiesophie2, @gabesco, and @hopeyoufindyourdad sharing their fears about parents raising iPad kids.
TikTok users sharing their fears about parents raising iPad kids.

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