DATA

By Date

Shopping

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Parents take a practical approach to shopping and value their kids’ opinions when it comes to what they buy. 

Finances

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Parents want to make sure their children are financially secure in the future and are taking proactive measures to teach them about financial matters from a young age.

Work

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Both working and stay-at-home parents feel they have difficult jobs, but they often face similar challenges.

Childcare

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

While parents take on the lion’s share of responsibility when it comes to raising their child(ren), many also turn to friends and family to help with childcare and for support.

Children's Activities

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Parents want children to have time just being kids and to experience many of the joys of childhood that they did when they were young.

Modern Parents Correspondence Maps

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Modern Parents Landscape

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Parenting brings much joy to moms and dads while also challenging them to learn and grow. 

Identity Theft

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Gen Y mothers and fathers face unique challenges in maintaining their pre-parent identities and relationships after having children.

Parenting In Partnership

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Parenting is becoming more communal, with modern moms and dads involving their friend groups in their family lives.

Shop Right

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Gen Y parents are seeking seamless shopping experiences that provide a sense of entertainment and delight for parent and child alike.

Mind The Gap

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Gen Y parents are furthering the plight for gender equality by making their children more aware of the gap that still exists and executing new tactics to close it.

Leaning Out To Lean In

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Young parents are “leaning out” of the Lean In movement and discovering that, by prioritizing family life, they’re happier people and more effective workers.

Family Ties

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Parents are ensuring that quality family time persists amidst their busy lives and are updating what it means today. 

The Freeform Movement

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Young parents are purposefully incorporating unstructured playtime into their children’s schedules in an effort to better prepare them for the future. 

The Parent Trap

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Modern parents are beginning to reject the pressure to consume the abundance of childrearing resources and products, instead embracing a simple, instinctive approach to raising kids.

Major Dads

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Gen Y fathers are choosing to become more involved in parenting than were previous generations of fathers.

PREPAREnting

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

Modern moms and dads are raising children with a grown-up understanding of the world and are readying them to make it better.

Parenting Out Loud

SPRING/SUMMER 2016

In discussing their parenting experiences publicly, young parents are admitting their challenges and mishaps, thereby deeming the concept of a “perfect” parent irrelevant.