4 ms·

This might be true for older generations, but I would say it's less for young parents today. My in-laws were apparently quite cold/distant to their kids, but m

• thomasz 9y ago
  As a rule of thumb, the parents of our baby boomers were a generation of repressed, damaged, emotionally and/or physically violent wrecks who demanded absolute respect and obedience for suffering through a war they themselves started. All that without being aware of the irony in the slightest.
  • sime2009 9y ago
    To be honest the parents of the baby boomers would have been old enough to suffer through and fight the war, but wars tend to be started by the older generation who hold the political power.
  • chopin 9y ago
    You would like to look up which the years of baby boomers were and how old their parents must have been. They certainly did not start the war; they suffered from it. I am of the baby boomer generation, my father was 17 at the end of the war. My parents demanded respect. That's a good thing, imho. Otherwise, I enjoyed a freedom kids nowadays can only dream of. I never felt any lack of love from my parents.
    • thomasz 9y ago
      Well, it's a failed attempt at translation. "Baby Boomers" is not really a term that is used very often. I was referring to the generation that was born during the war or in the immediate aftermath. > My parents demanded respect. That's a good thing, imho. Otherwise, I enjoyed a freedom kids nowadays can only dream of. I never felt any lack of love from my parents. Well, that's the problem with painting a whole generation with one brush: For a lot of individuals, it's not representative. 0