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Hello and welcome to The Excerpt. I'm Dana Taylor. Today is Thursday, May 9th, 2024, and this is a special episode of the

excerpt. Generation Alpha has arrived.

More than 2 billion children in this cohort were or will be born worldwide between 2010 and the end of 2024.

It will be the largest generation as well as the most digitally connected in history.

What do we need to know about this dynamic group as they navigate some of the world's biggest challenges?

Dr. Lea Orchineck, a pediatric psychologist at Nemours Children's Health, joins us to provide a clinical and

developmental perspective on what impact this group might have on our world.

Thanks for being on the excerpt Dr Orchinek.

Thank you so much for having me. How would you

define Generation Alpha? As you said, they are kids who are born from 2010 up

until the end of 2024, so some kids have yet to be born to this generation.

And they will be comprising about 2 billion people worldwide, which is about 25% of

the global population,

so it will be the biggest generation

that we've seen to date.

And within the United States, they will be the most diverse.

And I think there's some exciting ideas that they're probably going to bring, but of course remains to be seen because we're talking about kids who are ranging from teens to kids who are just in the infancy and yet to be born at this point.

Most of them are children. who are just in the infancy and yet to be born at this point.

Most of them are children of millennial parents, parents who were born from 1981 through 1996.

Well being the most digitally connected generation, there is concern that alphas are too focused on

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