How do baby boomer parents differ from Gen X parents in their attitudes toward conflict?

Boomer parents want a feel-good answer that solves the problem with no messiness. They don’t want their kid to experience pain. Their issues are more about not wanting to say no to their children.

Gen X parents have a herd mentality that you really see when it comes to technology. They don’t ever question why you shouldn’t have it or whether it’s a good thing for their kid to be using, like a cellphone.

The one thing about Gen X people is that they feel like they can become experts on any subject if they read it on the computer. They go into the school and they have become an expert on anything, their attitude is, “I read it, therefore it’s true, and I now know more than you do even though you’ve been working with kids for 15 years.”