'Parenting where kids are allowed to have feelings': Millennials share the positive trends that their generation have started

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Mar 28, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

Historically speaking, millennials have been a much-maligned generation that has faced critique from both sides. Boomers and Gen X have written them off as a bunch of self-indulgent spendthrifts, and Gen Z has made a point about dismissing them as cringe. 

While the adults also known as Gen Y are far from the perfect cohort, it seems unfair to solely focus on their real or imagined bad points. They have also made a move towards some really positive societal changes, as has been underlined in a recent Reddit thread. 

Asking people to name the things that Millennials were "giving birth to", the responses were an antidote to the claim that this generation spends all their time killing off random industries that the boomers were keeping propped up. Considering a significant number of them don't want to have kids, this thread seems to think that they are great at nurturing the kind of behavior that would have benefitted anyone when they were growing up. 

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    Millennials are often blamed for killing this and that, but what are they giving birth to?
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    ? r/AskReddit u/rheavon ⚫ 1d • Millennials are often blamed for killing this and that, but what are they giving birth to? 4,308 1,928 Comments
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    Few_Cup3452 1d I work in mental health and my coworkers who have been in the field for decades say that they notice that millennial (and younger) male patients have male visitors. One nurse said told me that male patients usually only have family visit and it's nice seeing the change
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    arkofjoy 1d My son is 30. He has this strong group of friends around him from a broad range of backgrounds. He and his friends have formed "buying group" where when it is a member of their groups birthday, they all pitch in and buy one, expensive present. They bought him a 400 dollar set of chisels. I don't know how common this is among this generation, but I feel like they have figured out how to do commercialism that really beats my generation.
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    inuangledemon 1d Millennials are probably keeping the toy industry alive if not the same amount close to the same amount as children buying toys
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    1100 raerae1991 1d Being more engaging fathers
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    showmeyaplanties 1d Boundaries!
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    chromedbooked1 1d Hopefully putting an end to unpaid internships.
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    MrNapkinHead2 1d Getting mental health help and breaking generational trauma.
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    Physical_Manager_123 1d Self-worth in the workplace
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    Ya-Dikobraz 1d They are doing a fairly good job at getting rid of toxic office culture and having more work from home options. The ancient politicians people elect are against it, so it's up to the Zoomers to continue the good work.
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    sugar 182 1d They've given birth to actually liking your partner and pushing away that previous belief where marriage/ relationships are meant to be this miserable shared experience. The millennials in my circle love their partners and don't act like it's a huge chore or burden to be with them
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    Bridgette Bane 1d Parenting where kids are actually allowed to have feelings
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    DarkSkyLion 1d Prioritizing mental health, normalizing not having kids if you don't want them, adopting more pets
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    Tatooine16 1d Options. They want the lives they want, not the lives society tells them they should want.
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    Mr_Lumbergh 1d Acceptance. I've never seen a group of folks more accepting of other ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, etc. than Millennials and following generations.
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    Doomie019 1d A generation that does not give one corporations. about
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    cool_school_bus 1d Breaking the trend in not turning into our parents. Edit: what I mean by this is not screaming at my kid for holding the flashlight wrong or making fun of him for crying. So many boomers never gave emotional support to their kids and that's a trend I see millennials breaking.
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    Basementsnake 1d Breweries. Gen X definitely helped but I feel like young millenial families eating smash burgers at a brewery at 3pm is not something that happened 15 years ago.
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    ComprehensiveCode619 1d I feel like being intelligent and emotionally aware are the most valued traits by millennials while the previous generations pretty actively shunned people as "nerds and "if they displayed those attributes.
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    disregardable 1d 15 minute cities and more walkable places to live
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    DescriptionParking67 22h Celebrating instead of shaming divorce.
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