Cycle-breaking, attachment and cause-and-effect parenting are some of the top parenting styles now on the rise for America’s youngest kids, according to new research .

A survey of 2,000 parents of children ages 0-6 found that modern parents are using new styles, focused on healing generational trauma, or cycle-breaking (37%), forming strong and emotional bonds, or attachment (33%) and prioritizing real-world consequences, or cause and effect (31%).

Despite Gen Z being the first generation raised with “gentle parenting” in mind, only 32% employ this approach as parents, instead leaning more towards cycle-breaking parenting (41%).

Though still popular with millennials (41%), Gen Z parents believe that gentle parenting only works for some situations (43%) and has its time and place (38%)

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