NO! You're not a '00s kid, you're a '00s baby!

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Hi everyone. I was browsing YouTube today and had a video on my recommended titled '100 songs 2000 kids grew up with'. Underneath that video were comments from children born in 2003-2005 claiming to be 2000s kids and reminsing on how they miss the 2000s era.

I'm afraid to admit this did trigger me as someone who was born in 1997 and is proud to be a 2000s kid. Probably more than it should have...

I also checked a website that claimed "00s kids are people born in 97-06. 00s babies are considered people who were born in 07-09"- ... I smell BULLSHIT.

So just who are 2000s kids? This is all in my own definition ofcourse. I don't think there is an actual definition of what a 2000s kid is which is why I'm going to go through with you all on what I think it should be using a but of common sense.

1. Just because you remember 2000 music or shows does not mean you were a 2000s kid

NO! You're not a '00s kid, you're a '00s baby!

This is probably a no brainer but a lot of people think that if they remember 2000s music playing on the radio, even if they were in kindergarten back in 2008 they are considered a 2000s kid. It doesn't work like that.

2. If you have never owned a phone that doesn't count as a smart phone you are NOT a 2000s kid.

NO! You're not a '00s kid, you're a '00s baby!

Think about it. I had my first phone at 10. A few of us in my year group had phones at this point. All of which were obviously not smart phones as this was in the year 2007. I think it's safe to say that if you reached 2009 and were still too young to own a phone you are too young to be considered a 2000s kid.

3. If you did not GROW UP in the 2000s you are NOT a 2000s kid

NO! You're not a '00s kid, you're a '00s baby!

Being a kid alone does not make you a 2000s kid. For an example if you were born in 2006 you were a kid in 2009. Yes that's true. But you did not grow up in the 2000s. You grew up in 2010s. To be considered a 2000s kid you would have to have the majority of your childhood in the 2000s including you're late childhood (ages 9-12). This is what truly makes you a 2000s kid who not only grew up with 2000s music, and shows but someone who could remember the society that came with the 2000s. This includes remembering a time when the internet only existed on the computer. When the only social media that we were familar with was MySpace, MSN messenger and Bebo.

In Conclusion: I would say that 2000s kids are people born in 1993-2000. This being because 1993 babies were only 6 years old in 1999 and spent the rest of their childhood years in the 2000s. Most of us can only start remembering at the age of 4 so vaguely remembering 2 years doesn't make someone a 90s kid. If 2003 babies are too young to be a 2000s kid. Then 1993 kids are also too young to be considered 90s kids.

I would also argue that 1991 kids aren't considered 90s kids either as they grew up in the 00s but I don't want to go there- probably getting too controversial.

Disclaimer: I am not trying to offend anyone that is a 2000s baby. So please don't take offense. I just don't want people who are not 00s kids to consider themselves as 00s kids when they aren't. That's all.

Thank you for your time 😊

NO! You're not a '00s kid, you're a '00s baby!
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