Generation screen*fed children

**Intro** **Verse 1** At the restaurant, table number seven, two parents sit there, tired and given. The spoon floats up, the kid stays stern, no bite goes in, no sign of return. Then starts the old familiar rite: a tablet glowing, digital light. An octopus shouts, “Hello friends!” and suddenly the kid eats like a champion again. **Hook** *Plop* — mouth opens wide. *Slurp* — the purée’s gone. As long as the video plays, the appetite stays. Generation screen‑fed children, without a display nothing works anymore. **Long Instrumental Bridge** **Verse 2** The parents nod, half proud, half tired, “Without the iPad he won’t eat, we swear it, guys.” The waiter’s seen this for many years, kids who only chew when cartoon animals cheer. Peppa Pig, Paw Patrol, YouTubers yelling “LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!” — all part of the new nutrition pyramid. **Hook** *Plop* — mouth opens wide. *Slurp* — the purée’s gone. As long as the video plays, the appetite stays. Generation screen‑fed children, without a display nothing works anymore. **Verse 3** At the next table sits a kid in a high chair, already a pro, digitally aware. The purée stands still, the gaze stays blank, until some cartoon dog barks, “More!” Then it starts, like a reflex, one spoon in, one spoon gone. The parents say, “He’s so sensitive.” But really he just reacts to cables and signals. **Hook** *Plop* — mouth opens wide. *Slurp* — the purée’s gone. As long as the video plays, the appetite stays. Generation screen‑fed children, without a display nothing works anymore. **Verse 4** Across the room the same old scene, tablets glowing like tiny altars. No laughter heard, no conversation, just endless theme‑song echoes. The future quietly wonders, “How did this happen?” But the answer lies in the parents’ Wi‑Fi router, watching like a priest over everything, deciding when a child opens its mouth. **Hook** *Plop* — mouth opens wide. *Slurp* — the purée’s gone. As long as the video plays, the appetite stays. Generation screen‑fed children, without a display nothing works anymore. **Bridge** They say we tamed fire, invented the wheel, reached the moon. But feeding a child without a tablet? That’s the real impossibility. **Hook** *Plop* — mouth opens wide. *Slurp* — the purée’s gone. As long as the video plays, the appetite stays. Generation screen‑fed children, without a display nothing works anymore. **Outro** Maybe someday the day will come when spaghetti tastes good without TikTok. But until then it stays the same: *Plop* — mouth opens wide. *Slurp* — purée is gone. Replay… Delta Mönch Zappwaits Das Zappwaits 69+ Rentner Kollektiv * Text Zappwaits © 2026 / Cover, Gesang & Sound KI © 2026 Entfalten statt Liften! www.zappwaits.de