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Gen Alpha Will Be Raised with More Open Conversations About Mental Health

Gen Z and Gen Alpha’s Millennial parents are making mental health a key part of their parenting style…

Written and Edited by the YPulse Editorial Team

Jan 23 2023
North America

KEY TAKEAWAYS

The majority of Millennial parents are worried about their children’s mental health, especially after the stress of the pandemic
They want to have a clear line of communication about mental health with their children, which they’re open to learning about from brands
New parenting styles like gentle parenting place an emphasis on teaching the next gens emotional coping skills without punishment—which helps Millennials focus on their own mental health, too

It’s no secret that Millennial parents are doing things their own way, raising the next generations in a different style than their parents raised them. Having taken a major lead on making mental health conversations mainstream, making it commonplace for Gen Z, Millennials are ensuring their own Gen Alpha kids are raised more emotionally intelligent, too. For them, that means developing new parenting styles that incorporate mental health management skills—for both their children and themselves. It also means not minimizing the struggles their kids face today, as they know how it felt to grow up during hard times and only learn to...