This document discusses characteristics of Generation Y (Gen Y) parents born between 1980-1994. Gen Y parents tend to have softer educational values than previous generations, wanting children to find happiness and a passionate career rather than focusing on degrees or salary. They feel aversion to inauthentic or "perfect traditional family" marketing clichés. Gen Y parents also don't want to be defined solely as a parent, and dislike being told how to parent or that products will make them better parents. Instead, they seek partners to help with customized solutions.