--- title: Millennial Parents Poll: How Gen X and Boomers Are Different description: A TIME-Survey Monkey poll examines 3 different generations and their approaches to parenting canonical: https://time.com/4070021/millennial-parents-raising-kids-poll/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-15T10:30:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:42:19.017Z og:title: How Millennial Parents Think Differently About Raising Kids og:description: A TIME-Survey Monkey poll examines 3 different generations and their approaches to parenting og:url: https://time.com/4070021/millennial-parents-raising-kids-poll/ 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: How Millennial Parents Think Differently About Raising Kids twitter:description: A TIME-Survey Monkey poll examines 3 different generations and their approaches to parenting twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How Millennial Parents Think Differently About Raising Kids by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 15, 2015 10:30 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 15, 2015 10:30 AM CUT In the Oct. 26 TIME, [Katy Steinmetz looks at how millennial parents, who now number more than 22 million in America with about 9,000 babies born to them each day, think about family](http://time.com/millennialparents "undefined"). To help us understand what makes this generation different from Generation X and baby boomers, TIME and Survey Monkey conducted a poll of more than 2,000 U.S. parents with children under the age of 18\. Respondents answered questions on everything from social media use to food to names. For one millennial parent’s view, read _Girls_ actress Jemima Kirke on why total control of your children is futile.  Graphic by Heather Jones for TIME **Read next:** * [Quiz: Which Generation Matches Your Parenting Style?](http://time.com/4074165/parenting-style-quiz-millennial-boomer-silent-generation/ "undefined") * [Jemima Kirke: Total Parenting Control Is Futile](http://time.com/4073237/jemima-kirke-parenting-control-is-futile/ "undefined") * [Cover Story: Help! My Parents Are Millennials](http://time.com/help-my-parents-are-millennials-cover-story/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4070021/millennial-parents-raising-kids-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4070021/millennial-parents-raising-kids-poll/"},"headline":"How Millennial Parents Think Differently About Raising Kids","datePublished":"2015-10-15T10:30:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:42:19.017Z","description":"A TIME-Survey Monkey poll examines 3 different generations and their approaches to parenting","url":"https://time.com/4070021/millennial-parents-raising-kids-poll/","keywords":["Living","Children","Millennials","Parents","kids","Generation X","Baby Boomers"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"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/4070021/millennial-parents-raising-kids-poll/","name":"How Millennial Parents Think Differently About Raising Kids"}}]}] ```