TBH honest Nahhhhhhhh!

I think I'm in the middle between "Yummy" & "Mean" And as for my parenting my parents weren't fit to be parents most of the time so I can't really compare as I know they weren't in the norm. But I'm loving how the media is putting so much into the "generations". Its funny because out of my generation Y friends we are all different, same for my parents friends when I was a child. And as a child raised from generation x parents they were far from indulgent, if anything they were way more reserved than most and I know a few parents from that generation like that.

What I love about our generation is that we question more with regards to our parenting, I very rarely see a parent of generation Y who thinks they are the perfect parent or who aren't interested in parenting improvement. Whereas with the adults I've spoken to from my parents generation discussing parenting styles wasn't really that common, it was more important to "save face" than to discuss how to improve iykwim? My MIL loves all the stuff we are able to discuss with regards to parenting styles, and I'm lucky that because she didn't raise me we can discuss it easily without her thinking I'm having a go at her for how I was raised (I see this as a big problem between mother/daughters of X/Y gen). But I also don't "blame" the parents of gen x because they were coming out from the other side of the "Seen and not heard" generation, and whilst they might not have had *everything* right they did the best with what they had and just like them I'm sure our kids will have their own list of things they want to change or "better" from our parenting styles. I just hope that when the time comes I can be adaptive and understanding and not resentful or hurt because my child isn't doing things exactly the same as I did.

So I guess what I'm saying is I think the informational age (as I see it now) is more responsible for how different parenting styles are than whether or not there is disposable income or more jobs. I'm sure there is a small percentage of influence but I'd say its more to do with gen Y's addiction to information and the availability thanks to the internet that has changed us.

Talk about tangent... sorry