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[quote=Anonymous]See it from the grandmother's (because it's always the grandmas and not grandpas doing the babysitting) view.

https://www.businessinsider.com/boomer-grandma-stopped-babysitting-set-boundaries-millennial-kids-2023-12

Parenting styles have changed. The boomer's mother probably didn't do much "watching" of the grandkids.  Kids were a lot more free range than today.

If your boomer parent raised your child like they were raised, the millennial parent probably wouldn't like it.

Rigid schedules; don't let them on electronics too long; don't let them outside to play without a chaperone; no sweets; no spanking, no yelling, etc...

Not that those are wrong. I parented my children that way, too, and I'm a genxer, but my mother, part of the silent generation, largely let me roam around by myself, didn't impose rigid sleep schedules, or put limits on my junk food because I was a latchkey kid.  Oh, and I also watched a ton of tv, and didn't exercise much.  That's how we grew up. Would you want your grandmother to raise your kid that way?[/quote]

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