Every generation has its parenting trends. “The Greatest Generation” had the idealized “perfect family”—a “picture perfect” two-parent, gender-divided home in the suburbs, that was probably more trope than reality.
The Baby Boomers brought us parent-as-life coach/ friend/chauffeur and manager. At best, it’s a nurturing style done out of love and wanting the best for your kids. At worst, it’s called “helicopter parenting,” the idea that parents try to protect their kids from all harm and difficulty, only to make their kids incapable of caring for themselves.
