Rachel Feintzeig

And I wrote a column about this.

It was more like, maybe it came out like 2022.

And it was about this idea that parents had so much guilt and they were ready to splurge.

And they were worried that they had messed their kids up by not throwing them a giant fourth birthday party because they were in lockdown.

And I think it did just kind of stick around.

Like, I don't see a huge difference between the things that I was interviewing people about in 2022, which is like, I'm going to take all my savings and I'm going to go to Disney.

And today, I don't think it started with COVID.

I think, you know, people were helicopter parenting way before then, but I think it like took it up a level, some combination of that and like Instagram and people just wanting to look a certain way.

I mean, millennial parents, I feel like, are the ones who have been totally steeped in, like, everything social media throughout their entire parenting journey.

From, like, when you had an infant and you were comparing notes on, like, some weird forum, you know.

Yes.

But I think everyone kind of tries to do the opposite of what their parents did in a way, right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I know I do.

We're very serious over here.

Finally, a GPA that I can just like nail.

I'm going to go F. I can just pick up those cupcakes at my grocery store.

But the fact that I have to then bring them in and stay for the whole party is upsetting.

Yeah, I'm going to go D. I mean, if a kid breaks their arm, is it then my, I'm going to live with that guilt forever.