--- title: Parenting Style Quiz: Are You a Millennial, Boomer or Gen-X? description: Find out which generation matches your parenting style canonical: https://time.com/4074165/parenting-style-quiz-millennial-boomer-silent-generation/ author: Belinda Luscombe article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-15T14:51:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:57:27.651Z og:title: Quiz: Which Generation Matches Your Parenting Style? og:description: Gen-X, Millennial, Boomer or Silent Generation? og:url: https://time.com/4074165/parenting-style-quiz-millennial-boomer-silent-generation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Quiz: Which Generation Matches Your Parenting Style? twitter:description: Gen-X, Millennial, Boomer or Silent Generation? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Quiz: Which Generation Matches Your Parenting Style? by [Belinda Luscombe](https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/) and [Katy Steinmetz](https://time.com/author/katy-steinmetz/) Oct 15, 2015 2:51 PM UTC by [Belinda Luscombe](https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/) and [Katy Steinmetz](https://time.com/author/katy-steinmetz/) Oct 15, 2015 2:51 PM UTC Every generation has its prevailing views about parenting, on everything from how to name, dress, feed and discipline their kids, to what the role of the father should be. But most parents get their habits and tips from all over the place and from different times. Using the research from Katy Steinmetz’s [story on Millennial parents in TIME magazine ](http://time.com/help-my-parents-are-millennials-cover-story/)this week, we put together a quiz to let you check which generation of parent—Silent, Boomer, Gen-X, or Millennial—you are most like. **Read next:** * [Poll: How Millenial Parents Think Differently About Raising Kids](http://time.com/4070021/millennial-parents-raising-kids-poll/) * [Jemima Kirke: Total Parenting Control Is Futile](http://time.com/4073237/jemima-kirke-parenting-control-is-futile/) * [Cover Story: Help! My Parents Are Millennials](http://time.com/help-my-parents-are-millennials-cover-story/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4074165/parenting-style-quiz-millennial-boomer-silent-generation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4074165/parenting-style-quiz-millennial-boomer-silent-generation/"},"headline":"Quiz: Which Generation Matches Your Parenting Style?","datePublished":"2015-10-15T14:51:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:57:27.651Z","description":"Gen-X, Millennial, Boomer or Silent Generation?","url":"https://time.com/4074165/parenting-style-quiz-millennial-boomer-silent-generation/","keywords":["Living","Parenting"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Belinda Luscombe","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Katy Steinmetz","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/katy-steinmetz/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4074165/parenting-style-quiz-millennial-boomer-silent-generation/","name":"Quiz: Which Generation Matches Your Parenting Style?"}}]}] ```