Reminder from a Pittsburgher who was at one point Mr. Rogers neighbor:
“Look for the helpers” was intended to be advice for his usual audience, children. We’re grown ups now. We’re supposed to be the helpers.
Gen Xer here - we tried like really really really hard! but we were hated out the gate, starting with our boomer parents who we only saw when it was time to punish us
I'm excited about Z - we're their parents and (generally), aren't using the courts or kicking them out and calling it parenting
I’m a Xillennial (1980) and I’ve been thinking a lot how Gen X was the “Cry it Out” generation. Any expert will tell you there is nothing more important for babies than comfort and contact, and our parents decided that was the perfect time to let us scream our heads off lest we get “spoiled.” 🤷♀️
