Rikki Schlott
The Archive
'Sticking out your gyat for the rizzler': How to understand your Gen Alpha child
Gen Alpha memes like Skibidi Toilet and slang like "sigma," "gyat" and "fanum tax" already have Zoomers scratching their heads. And what's the deal with Ohio?
Student exchange program swaps kids in red and blue states
“I learned there's always at least one common thing with every person in this world if you're open to talking," one student said of American Exchange Program.
Gen Z is giving up smartphones for flip phones — but life without a map app is almost impossible
“I think this is going to become a trendy thing,” one Zoomer told The Post. “If your style is like Y2K, it definitely makes your aesthetic look way more put...
'Sex and the City' is back — and Gen Z isn't going to be able to handle it
Cue the trigger warning: Zoomers surely aren't ready to time-travel back to an age when seemingly no one batted an eye at cultural appropriation or gay jokes.
Yes, your 20s are tough — but doctors are making them worse by prescribing quick-fix pills
“Twentysomethings are more likely to be put on meds just even after one visit to their GP,” said Dr. Meg Jay, author of "The Twentysomething Treatment."
Once-coveted Harvard degrees have been cheapened — no wonder applications are down
This year, undergrad applications to Harvard shrunk by 5% — no surprise after a devastating year of PR nightmares that exposed rot from within.
It's not politics fueling the great American divide — it's elite contempt for working class: author
“We simply have evicted the working class from public view," says Batya Ungar-Sargon. "We just don't hear from them anymore, even though they represent most Americans.”
Private school students get fake ADHD diagnoses for 200-point boost to SAT, ACT after tests brought back by Ivy League
"It's not hyperbolic to say that almost everyone is doing it," said one mom at an elite Manhattan prep school.
High-schoolers worried about antisemitism, SATs are spending thousands to apply to as many colleges as possible
Pre-pandemic, Christopher Rim’s average high-school client would apply to 12 schools. Now, the college admissions consultant said, it's 20 or more schools.
Kids' phone-based existence is 'inhuman' — and 10 times worse than any middle-school horrors: author
Jonathan Haidt, author of the buzzy new book "The Anxious Generation," says social media has "rewired childhood" to the point of danger — and made girls' lives much worse.
It's absolutely shameful that the ACLU is now promoting ideology over free speech
Once billed as the premier defender of free speech, the American Civil Liberties Union is now targeting whistleblowers.
Number of Gen Z who say they are not straight doubles to 22% —and 1 in 5 women under 27 are bisexual
The number is up from 10% in 2017 when Gallup first began its research. One expert said social media and covid lockdowns may have encouraged
I was canceled by trendy SXSW film festival bosses ... for criticizing cancel culture
It appears that I’ve been canceled... for speaking up about cancel culture. And I wasn't even going to speak about cancel culture.
No wonder boys are turning toward conservative beliefs — it's rebellion against parents' woke ideology
The most rebellious thing a young person can do today -- as left-wing politics are shoved down their throats by parents, schools and celebrities -- is swing right.
Now nowhere in San Francisco is safe from crime — we're the proof, say shop owners in 'quiet' areas
The city's mayor Landon Breed claims downtown crime has peaked but it's up in residential areas and victims are sharing their ordeals.
Bill Ackman dumps 77-page demand to Business Insider to retract plagiarism claims — or be sued
The billionaire says his wife Neri Oxman was targeted because he was outspoken against antisemitism in scathing letter — and could sue next.
100+ Yale professors sign up to protect free speech — and save school from being a hot mess
As campuses explode with bigotry and illiberalism, Yale professors are finally banding together to defend free speech.
This humble West Village newsstand has become a fashion world darling
The shop's recent Madewell collaboration sold out in less than a day.
I’m a foster kid who went to Yale —and I think two-parent families are more important than college
In his buzzy new memoir, “Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class," Rob Henderson dispels commonly held beliefs about class and upward mobility.
Kamala Harris disregarded staff recommendation to investigate 'pyramid' scheme — while husband's firm repped the brand
An internal memo shows Harris was urged to investigate Herbalife by her California AG staff while her husband worked for the law firm representing it.