Do you share political views with your Gen Z child?

[Anonymous]

Our overall values are generally similar. I'm a moderate D and my spouse is a moderate R (but voted D in the last two presidential elections). My kids are left of both of us. In discussions I find the kids see things pretty black and white. I think recognizing nuances comes with age. They say they would never have a partner who is an R. I would have said the same thing in my 20s, but look at me now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one on either side of our families have a different political belief. It’s odd but it makes for calm family gatherings. And I’d say that’s about 100 ppl on my side and 50 on his side.

Really? 150 people all in complete agreement?

[Anonymous]

My Gen Z kids are liberal/progressive, as am I, and as is my spouse, though he is less so.

In the last Presidential primary, two of my kids supported Andrew Yang, so they're not always more liberal than I am, but they usually are.

Two of my siblings are more conservative than I am, and one married a straight-up conservative who does not want me or my brothers to say anything about politics (even though he brings it up) because he's fragile like that. However, my kids have not taken a vow of silence on the matter and are significantly better informed than he is. I am hoping that eventually the trauma of being corrected by his juniors will silence him.

[Anonymous]

We generally agree but mostly because I can’t stomach what was once called the Republican Party. Are there other former moderate republicans out there?

[Anonymous]

I’m a younger millennial and more right wing than my parents or grandparents. They’re all progressive democrats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a younger millennial and more right wing than my parents or grandparents. They’re all progressive democrats.

millennial are the worse, won't you voting age when Trump was elected??

Gen Z is way better than any other Gens

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if this belongs in Politics but I would like it here.

If you have a 20something… Gen Z. Does your child have similar political views to you, or did they rebel, in which direction, is there some overlap, or are they comparatively less political?

Please try to keep it less about the politics itself and more about the dynamics of values differences, influences, and how you observe your kids coming into their own on how they perceive the world.

My DD is in HS and, ofc I talk to her about my views. We talk alot about the "why" of what I believe and also what others would argue/those positions are. My entire family for me and DH are the opposite of us. So those discussions can be given concrete examples "I believe X. Uncle so-and-so believes Y. But this is why I disagree with him."

I also flat out call some of it what it is. And I don't sugar coat my views with regard to certain things or people (like Trump).

[Anonymous]

We are all populist, anti-war, anti-corruption. Liberals used to own these issues but they've switched sides. I'm mostly libertarian which precludes me from ever voting D because they are notorious big government, wasteful spenders. R's are wasteful too, so I'm not 100% happy with my options. But R is closer to where we all stand.

I like where Vivek and RFK Jr. are going - break down corrupt government agencies, stop sending money to a proxy war in Ukraine, America First.

Ready for the Boomers to exit. Mitch, Dianne, Biden - they are embarrassments.

[Anonymous]

I told my Gen Z kids that I used to be a R, and they were shocked and a bit dismayed. LOL. I had to explain that when I was a R eons ago, the party was a lot different than it is today.

I'm an Independent now.

My kids don't agree with some of the uber progressive policies. though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are all populist, anti-war, anti-corruption. Liberals used to own these issues but they've switched sides. I'm mostly libertarian which precludes me from ever voting D because they are notorious big government, wasteful spenders. R's are wasteful too, so I'm not 100% happy with my options. But R is closer to where we all stand.

I like where Vivek and RFK Jr. are going - break down corrupt government agencies, stop sending money to a proxy war in Ukraine, America First.

Ready for the Boomers to exit. Mitch, Dianne, Biden - they are embarrassments.

Please, Vivek is just a rich douchebag.

-former R

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We generally agree but mostly because I can’t stomach what was once called the Republican Party. Are there other former moderate republicans out there?

yes, we became Independents.

[Anonymous]

DH and I (old X-ers) are quite liberal. Both DSs (early 20s) are liberal as well but we do have differences of opinion on a few issues. We've always talked a lot about politics at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both my Gen-z children share DH’s and my political views in general. When you get down to the nitty gritty we have a few differences. They are more black and white still and I have worked hard in my life to see the grey.

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Same here. I am ok with their black and white view points because they are more idealistic. My grey viewpoint is more pragmatic.

I am a liberal arts person and I have kept up with current events, history, sociology and geopolitics, so they are very interested in understanding the complexity of what is happening around them. They often come to me to get the low-down and it is interesting for me too, because they themselves are well informed and fair.

[Anonymous]

My kids are 18 and 13, so not sure we're your target audience, but as another poster said, they have moderate left-wing views generally, like my husband and I, but still see the world very much in black and white. My job is to teach them nuance, because there are always shades of grey in a policy debate, and the sooner they learn to identify them, the better off they'll be. I don't want them to become bigoted in any value system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We generally agree but mostly because I can’t stomach what was once called the Republican Party. Are there other former moderate republicans out there?

NP but my DH is one, he started inching away when Gingrich was Speaker and is now solidly Democratic to the point of max donating and volunteering for Obama. My dad, my stepmother and my sister are all former moderate Rs who are Democrats now as well. I’m a liberal Democrat and always have been. Early 50s. Our college kid is more liberal than both of us.