My Gen Z daughter has emotional tools that I didn't have at her age. I'm envious, but I'm learning a lot from her.

• 05/21/2025, 6:18 PM
• businessinsider.com

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My 14-year-old daughter looked at me calmly and said, "I don't like how you talk to me sometimes." I froze. As a millennial, I never questioned how my parents spoke to me. Emotions weren't something we talked about, so I usually buried mine deep and kept going.