



The urban Indian parenting split: new parents are rejecting old ways, except for the ultra-rich
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Urban India appears to be going through a parenting revolution. Only one in five persons interviewed in a recent Mint survey said they believe in raising their kids similar to how their own parents raised them.
The rest held polar opposite views in some way or the other.Let’s start with the eternal dilemma of child-rearing: should a child focus more on studies or extracurricular activities? This statement saw the biggest reversal in attitudes: 54% said their parents had prioritized studies for them; just 43% agreed with this view in their own role as parents.A generation gap was also seen in the value given to traditional and religious grounding over teaching how to be a responsible citizen. While 57% said their parents had picked the former, a smaller share (49%) chose it for their own children.These are the findings of the 13th round of a survey that Mint conducts online in association with YouGov India and Delhi-based think tank Centre for Policy Research.
All 12 previous rounds, conducted between 2018 and 2024, have thrown light on the beliefs, choices and anxieties of India’s young urban population. The latest one took place in March-April 2026, with 10,022 adult respondents across 207 towns and cities.
Around 53% were Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2008); 34% were millennials (born during 1981-1996).We gave respondents a set of questions to assess their parenting styles. The analysis described above is based on a question that listed six pairs of choices, of which they had to identify the one their parents had picked for them, and the one they had picked, or would pick, for their kids.
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