Tag: parenting

We're millennials, of course we don't make our kids hug anyone they don't want to. Or spank them as a disciplinary action. Or make them finish their dinner before having dessert. Because parenting the way our parents may have is exactly what is not in for 2024 — at least for the group of people between the ages of 28-43 who have children. Millennials are bringing a new wave of modern parenting, something that many argue is for the better. And while every generation of parents comes with certain rules and certain expectations aligned with the times people were living in, gentle parenting is making quite the statement with millennials (along with a few other parenting styles). So what does parenting actually look like today? What kind of rules are millennial parents enforcing, or actually ...