This kid is also getting a little old to be picking on girls for attention. He is almost at dating age.
I’m not trying to be unnecessarily harsh to Generation Z, but a lot of them are socially maladjusted in many ways. I think them having access to social media and constant entertainment their entire lives has impacted their development.
They have a hard time interacting in real life and are anxious and awkward. They have a tendency to be very performative about how they behave, and they act in what a lot of older people would consider juvenile and effeminate.
This is saying a lot since I’m part of the snowflake Millennial generation.