I’m starting to think everyone blames some past generation, whose judgement was doped by their parents habits when they were kids too, as the source of the current problems and I can’t tell you how fucking looney it is that hardly anyone understands fucking causality. It makes me want to wring my motherfucking hands.
When you are tired after both parents come home from work I can understand why parents would set their kid in front of an ipad, thinking it’s harmless. Only recently are we finding out that the algorithms became extremely addictive, destroy attention spans, and push alt right influencers on impressionable young men. I’m not going to allow my kid on any screen where they have free access to the algorithm until they are at least 16.
I don’t think so? Starting to creep into it though. Gen Z cut off (majority were parented by Gen X) is 14 years old right now, and people are having children older, so I think the gradient is still mostly gen X. Of course that doesn’t make millennials good parents either. I’m admittedly singling out Gen X based on personal vendettas, lol
GenX aren’t usually the parents of school-aged kids are they? I don’t know, say 16 (kid’s age) + 26 (age when parent had child) = 42, which is Millenial currently. Genx would have been on average 5-15 years older.
Nobody knows how to parent. How could anyone when every lesson you learn is outdated within a decade, if not sooner, and the environment is constantly being filled with new tech that rewrites social norms with little to no oversight? Don’t expect this to improve with millenials, gen z or gen a. As long as the pace of change continues at the rate we have, the challenges of parenthood will be beyond most parents.
Agreed, looking at the article it is the parents or adults who are buying for the kids, or providing an allowance and the kids buy their own.
This is what happens when generations are raised without the word NO because some numpty has decreed saying no harms children. There was a time when NO meant NO.
I don’t think they’re raised with anything, not much yes either. My parents were really early Gen X, they fit the latchkey stereotype pretty well, and they had SUCH a laissez faire style of parenting that shocked me as I got older and compared more to my friends with boomer parents.
I’ve seen a lot of hand-wringing about boys being victims of the manosphere but I kinda think gen-x are maybe just some of the worst fucking parents
I’m starting to think everyone blames some past generation, whose judgement was doped by their parents habits when they were kids too, as the source of the current problems and I can’t tell you how fucking looney it is that hardly anyone understands fucking causality. It makes me want to wring my motherfucking hands.
Duhhhh! Are you a fan of The Offspring? It all just happens again way down the line!
Millennials haven’t done any better from what I’ve seen and heard.
Every generation has generally sucked a little less than the last. I find that to be true today.
When you are tired after both parents come home from work I can understand why parents would set their kid in front of an ipad, thinking it’s harmless. Only recently are we finding out that the algorithms became extremely addictive, destroy attention spans, and push alt right influencers on impressionable young men. I’m not going to allow my kid on any screen where they have free access to the algorithm until they are at least 16.
Pretty sure mellenials are the majority of parents, including parents of teens, right now.
Exactly. The youngest millennial is 30 right now. The oldest is 45. They are ripe teenager parent ages from 35-45.
I don’t think so? Starting to creep into it though. Gen Z cut off (majority were parented by Gen X) is 14 years old right now, and people are having children older, so I think the gradient is still mostly gen X. Of course that doesn’t make millennials good parents either. I’m admittedly singling out Gen X based on personal vendettas, lol
I’m an older Millennial, my son is about to turn 20.
Alternating generations don’t really line up with each other that well. Younger Gen Z are children of Mellenials.
I am on the ass end of Gen X (late 1970s) and almost 50. Most people had kids earlier than me and my kid is about to graduate.
The ass end 😆 I guess we could go find the actual mixture if it really mattered.
It’s really hard to take you seriously when you can’t spell millennial correctly, even with spell check and autocorrect.
Bold of you to assume I’m using either.
GenX aren’t usually the parents of school-aged kids are they? I don’t know, say 16 (kid’s age) + 26 (age when parent had child) = 42, which is Millenial currently. Genx would have been on average 5-15 years older.
Nobody knows how to parent. How could anyone when every lesson you learn is outdated within a decade, if not sooner, and the environment is constantly being filled with new tech that rewrites social norms with little to no oversight? Don’t expect this to improve with millenials, gen z or gen a. As long as the pace of change continues at the rate we have, the challenges of parenthood will be beyond most parents.
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Agreed, looking at the article it is the parents or adults who are buying for the kids, or providing an allowance and the kids buy their own.
This is what happens when generations are raised without the word NO because some numpty has decreed saying no harms children. There was a time when NO meant NO.
I don’t think they’re raised with anything, not much yes either. My parents were really early Gen X, they fit the latchkey stereotype pretty well, and they had SUCH a laissez faire style of parenting that shocked me as I got older and compared more to my friends with boomer parents.