Charlotte Cripps

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Gen Z influencers who promote loneliness as a lifestyle choice are mistaking it for ’me-time’’, says Charlotte Cripps – which is demeaning to those of us who really are all alone

Generation Z prides itself on being the “lonely generation” . And don't they want us all to know it? Talking about loneliness is now becoming a lifestyle grift.

Gen Z influencers who promote loneliness as a lifestyle choice on social media are mistaking it for ’me time’’, says Charlotte Cripps – which is demeaning to those of us who really are all alone

Read this exciting story from The Independent June 14, 2026 issue. Talking about loneliness is now becoming a lifestyle grift.

Last summer, I met a handsome single dad on a Greek island. In the past, I'd have fallen head over heels in love. By now, I'd have entered yet another Wuthering Heights-type relationship.

Some parents are over the moon about the under-16s social media ban. Like Charlotte Cripps, who finds arguments with her young daughters impossible and wonders if Keir Starmer could ban doom-scrolling adults next

My daughter , Liberty, is only eight and I am already sick of the exhausting arguments at home about online harm . So I'm delighted by the news that

To the casual onlooker, it looks like any other gushy Father's Day Instagram post. A loving dad kneeling on the floor in khaki shorts as he hugs both his children close to him.

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