I’m a millennial with boomer parents, who are famous for their hands-off parenting approach. Just wondering.

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    2 years ago

    Millennial def raised by the internet here. I used to be on the computer non-stop until my parents got home from work. Then I would weasel my way into more computer time after dinner too. All to work on my Angelfire hosted website that definitely never got any traffic.

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    2 years ago

    I’m a millennial-ish. I had a single mom and she was all-in on parenting. Although I’m not sure which part(s) of parenting you’re asking about specifically. Discipline? Instilling values?

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    2 years ago

    I grew up the youngest of 5 children—with all siblings >10 years older—with immigrant parents who were mostly working. So, yea, at times it does feel like the internet raised me

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    Yup. Born in '84, parents were born in '50 and not really fit to be parents. Basically took care of myself from 11ish onwards and was raised almost entirely by TV and Internet from age 8 and 14 onwards lol.

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    The internet didn’t really exist when I was growing up, but my own parents didn’t really raise me, either. I did a lot of figuring out on my own.

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    “Zillenial” here and well, maybe? My parents let me use the internet with little-to-no moderation and growing up with very few friends, I would often frequent the internet. Back then, it was when the internet required dial-up so I would either be on the internet on Saturdays or stuck on my computer preparing materials to send to the internet.

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    Your boomer parents are famous for their hands-off approach? That’s impressive in and of itself.