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Published on: 6/23/2008
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"Child raising is no longer a blood sport," said Nancy Hallberg, chief strategy officer at The Parenting Group, publisher of Parenting and Babytalk magazines.
"It's more about enjoying the moment than over-programming children with piano classes and Gymboree."
Her way means the Gen Y mom is discarding some of the strictures that her mom raised her with because, as Hallberg pointed out, Gen Y moms "are the daughters of the Soccer Moms, and some of what defines them is in reaction to being raised by them."
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"We're seeing all these ,mom tribes,'" said Hallberg.
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"This generation is creating a lot of her own content," Hallberg said.
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"Child raising is no longer a blood sport," said Nancy Hallberg, chief strategy officer at The Parenting Group, publisher of Parenting and Babytalk magazines.
"It's more about enjoying the moment than over-programming children with piano classes and Gymboree."
Her way means the Gen Y mom is discarding some of the strictures that her mom raised her with because, as Hallberg pointed out, Gen Y moms "are the daughters of the Soccer Moms, and some of what defines them is in reaction to being raised by them."
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"We're seeing all these ,mom tribes,'" said Hallberg.
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"This generation is creating a lot of her own content," Hallberg said.