The Child Culture Guide for Out-of-Touch Adults: What is #DeathTok?

A screenshot from a TikTok in which a young woman with shoulder-length black hair and thick bangs wearing black lipstick speaks to her selfie camera Screenshot: Nelie__/TikTok (fair use)

This week's Out-of-Touch guide is an overview of the different ways technology is affecting youth culture. At one end of the spectrum, constant connectivity to devices leads to ridiculous tendencies like eating dog food and plastic candy wrappers. On the other hand, children use technology to help each other deal with heavy things like death and illness in a way that would have been impossible for previous generations. So it's a real mixed bag.

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The Child Culture Guide for Out-of-Touch Adults: What is #DeathTok?
A screenshot from a TikTok in which a young woman with shoulder-length black hair and thick bangs wearing black lipstick speaks to her selfie camera Screenshot: Nelie__/TikTok (fair use)

This week's Out-of-Touch guide is an overview of the different ways technology is affecting youth culture. At one end of the spectrum, constant connectivity to devices leads to ridiculous tendencies like eating dog food and plastic candy wrappers. On the other hand, children use technology to help each other deal with heavy things like death and illness in a way that would have been impossible for previous generations. So it's a real mixed bag.

Show CC Disabled English see the video

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