When a millennial opened up about “breaking the cycle” after being raised by “boomers”, they sparked a conversation about the ways in which some parents are choosing to bring up their kids in completely different ways to how they were parented.

The parent wrote on Reddit: “I am in therapy, for the record, and I am trying to heal myself (I witnessed a messy divorce and 24 years later my parents still yell at each other and put me and my siblings in the middle) so I can be a good functioning parent for my kid. Anyone like me? Anyone trying to break the cycle?”

And it turns out: yes. Quite a lot, actually. A recent Kiddie Academy survey of 2,000 parents with kids up to six years old revealed Gen Z parents are favouring “cycle-breaking” parenting, according to The Independent.

The research revealed 41% of Gen Z parents follow this rule, which focuses on healing their own trauma and not repeating parenting patterns they experienced growing up.

Trauma can describe any stressful, frightening or distressing events that are difficult to cope with or out of your control, per mental health charity Mind.

Different people are impacted by events in different ways. Trauma might leave you feeling frightened, humiliated, rejected, abandoned, invalidated, ashamed or powerless.

There has been a major shift over the years, where more parents are opting to do a complete 180 on how they were parented. For those who faced trauma growing up, there’s been growing recognition of this – and a strong desire to turn the tide for future generations so history doesn’t simply repeat itself, and the cycle goes on and on.

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