The Effect of Fear on Parenting Style on Millennials

I think that style of parenting with the parents of millennials was focused on encouragement, sometimes too much. I think it shifted from encouragement to fear. And then the parents of Gen Z or I Gen shifted to more of that fear-based parenting. It had some of the same characteristics in terms of protection, maybe even overprotection. But it had this undercurrent of fear to it that I think came across to their, to their kids. We also massively overestimate the impact of parenting on mental health of teens.