# What Older Generations Keep Missing About Today’s Teens Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychology-takeaway-podcast-7255442/what-older-generations-keep-missing-about-today-s-teens Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychology-takeaway-podcast-7255442/what-older-generations-keep-missing-about-today-s-teens.md Podcast: [Psychology Takeaway Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychology-takeaway-podcast-7255442) Published: 2026-05-22T17:20:57+00:00 Episode link: https://psychologytakeaway.podbean.com/e/what-older-generations-keep-missing-about-today-s-teens/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wtuaqwzeb5vqg9cs/May_22_Todays_teens6hd0z.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/psychology-takeaway-podcast-7255442/episodes/what-older-generations-keep-missing-about-today-s-teens Duration seconds: 369 ## Resource Gen Alpha gets a bad rap and Gen Z is not far behind. Older generations, starting with Socrates, think that todays kids are going to hell in a handbag. On our podcast we are joined by popular young adult podcaster Jazlyn Coles: https://open.spotify.com/episode/06AmYyyU714RQiRsciswFm?si=_zuQF2AHRnyFfjYYCDeQ1w She gives an authentic Gen Z/Gen Alpha voice instead of simply talking about young people from the outside. LEARN MORE Jim’s book Raise Capable Kids is available for preview at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5MTFTGP A sample of Ralph’s book Raise Curious kids can be read on Amazon as well: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMG1GVYL ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/psychology-takeaway-podcast-7255442/episodes/what-older-generations-keep-missing-about-today-s-teens/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychology-takeaway-podcast-7255442/what-older-generations-keep-missing-about-today-s-teens.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.