Millennials are turning into the exact same strict, out-of-touch parents that the Boomers were. The only difference is instead of yelling, you use therapeutic language to explain why your kid isn't allowed to eat sugar or watch TV.
For six years of marriage, I believed my mother-in-law disliked my cooking. Every time I hosted Sunday dinner, she would take tiny, hesitant bites of whatever I made, set her fork down early, and ask for a glass of water. I stopped inviting her over as often, convinced she was judging my meals. During Christmas dinner last year, I walked into the pantry to fetch extra napkins. My mother-in-law was standing near the back shelves, talking in a low voice to my sister-in-law...
Men love to talk about the fertility crisis but my spicy hot take is that there are just not enough good men to have babies with. This has been true forever, but now women have the means and social license to just not have kids with violent, stupid, lazy, or incompetent men.