Speaking to Fox and Friends, author and family therapist Tom Kersting outlined some of the problems he sees in Gen Z, the generation containing those ranging in age from 13-28.
"This is the trophy generation, the instant gratification generation. They are so accustomed to having everything that they want when they want it that you become entitled."

He went on to lament the effects of social media on this culture and generation.
"That's the other part of it's the social media. You know this whole culture has become a social media driven culture. And young kids, they're taking videos of all this stuff just so they can chase those likes and those streaks and this and that. Furthermore, with social media, the more that you're exposed to things that are unruly, or criminal-like behavior, the more your brain begins to normalize that."
It's a challenging time to raise children. Parents can fight the culture, but they can’t outsource the work, Kersting said.
"First and foremost, it starts in the household, right? We’ve got to get back to a culture where families are having dinner together, where we're teaching our kids about things like faith, integrity, and values, and we’re guiding them.”
Even with social media and other cultural influences constantly calling for their attention, most kids still look to their parents for guidance, Kersting said.
“Essentially what they're doing is a reflection of what we're doing or not doing, so it's got to start there. I've written books about this stuff. You have to delay all of the social media, all that stuff, all that superficial stuff that kids are consuming, and it's becoming their reality. We’ve got to delay that to like late adolescence the earliest."