Clues into Gen Z parenting styles can be found in their approach to these two powerful elements

The Silent Generation thought that kids should be “seen and not heard.” Boomers were focused on getting kids to college. Gen X—perhaps wanting to not replicate their own latch-key childhoods—had a tendency to helicopter parent their little ones, while millennials are largely drawn to “gentle parenting.” But what about Gen Z’s parenting style?

Yep, that’s right: Many of the oldest members of Gen Z, who range from 13 to 28 years old, are already parents, with women between 20 and 24 accounting...