The Most Present, Most Distracted Parents
Tweet · Jan 08, 2026
Millennial parents are both the most engaged AND the most distracted parents of the last several generations.
I’m standing here waiting for my kids to get out of school and I look around to see EVERY other parent on their phone.
Not just some. EVERY one. Myself included making this post.
The distraction is unreal. Maybe they’re building multimillion dollar businesses or maybe they’re just scrolling TikTok.
I don’t know. And it all looks the same from the outside.
And while that is a truth. There’s also another truth.
I see tons of dads out here with me. Maybe 50/50 dads and moms picking kids up.
I see parents holding other younger kids, running around playing.
I know these parents and have seen how engaged and intentional they are about family time, quality time, play time and putting phones down past 5pm.
While this is a generation of parents distracted with more tech than ever
This is ALSO a generation of parents deeply conscious of this fact and working to both build AND be present.
Interesting dichotomy for sure.