The Silent Generation thought that kids should be “seen and not heard.” Boomers were focused on getting kids to college. Gen X—perhaps wanting to not replicate their own latch-key childhoods—had a tendency to helicopter parent their little ones, while millennials are largely drawn to “gentle parenting.” But what about Gen Z’s parenting style?
Yep, that’s right: Many of the oldest members of Gen Z, who range from 13 to 28 years old, are already parents, with women between 20 and 24 accounting for 26.3% of all U.S. births in 2023 (the most recent data available).
