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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm Gen X with teens, and what I see is too many Millennial parents not adjusting to being parents. As in, they want someone else to do the heavy lifting on this whole parenting thing.

I've been outside gardening and overheard Millennial parents tell their kids to "shut up" as they stared at their phones on the walk home from the bus stop, as if they're somehow angry they have to parent their own kids. It is just so strange. It is at if many Millennial couples are constantly at war as to who is "stuck" with the kids today.

It's time for some parents to grow up.[/quote]

This is a good point.  I wonder if the "lack of village" contributes to parental burnout, impatience, etc.  For those of us who have no local family or community, the relentlessness of being with your kids 24/7 can't be ignored.  We love our kids, but there is no dropping them off at grandma's while we run a few errands.  Date night means coordination of a babysitter, as does any adult function.  Holidays means traveling with little ones and the expense of flights or days in the car.  There is no running around with cousins on bored summer days, playdates have to be planned.  This isn't exactly dumping your kid off on anyone else.  Small, healthy breaks are needed.[/quote]

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