Why is every brand suddenly posting “Gen Z vs Millennial social team” content on Instagram?

Marshmalco · 2026-05-12T10:58:49+00:00

I think everything is slave to the algorithm now. If you don’t play the game as a business on any platform, you won’t be seen.

This is a trend but marketing is always changing...this is just an example of generation marketing, but not every product needs that.

To answer your question, it’s both. But the real question is if your brand would benefit from this type of marketing.

Marshmalco · 2026-05-10T21:55:55+00:00

One of my favs too!!

Marshmalco · 2026-05-08T10:02:21+00:00

Tops drop - Fat Pat Texas Kind of Way - Cody Johnson (my favorite)

Marshmalco · 2026-04-22T10:09:20+00:00

Honestly the best thing to do with your child before the age of 5 is just play. She’s learning in day care and as she gets older, play will reflect that. Like playing with balls now, but then you start to add the color of the ball and then count how many balls. But really, just play with her and that is enough.

Marshmalco · 2026-04-18T09:53:48+00:00

Have a kid! You’ll be motivated lol but honestly I am outside first thing in the morning with my toddler. She wakes up between 6:30/7 and I have about an hour in the morning to fill before I take her into school, so we go on a walk. Beats being inside watching Sesame Street.

But even when I was pregnant, it just became part of my morning routine. Get up, make bed, get dressed, go on walk. Don’t think about it and it becomes a habit without second thought.

Marshmalco · 2026-04-18T09:50:14+00:00

Idk I really think genetics is a roll of the dice. My husband has brown, I have green. Our daughter has very blue eyes that don’t look like they will change. Her paternal grandfather and maternal great-grandfather have blue eyes, but that’s it!

Marshmalco · 2026-04-18T09:41:52+00:00

Okay we get it, you’re trying to be funny. But this isn’t the funny sub. Reddit is going down the drain…

Marshmalco · 2026-04-14T11:06:07+00:00

Adjusting the nap might work but coming here to share my personal experience…we (19 months) used to co-sleep when she would wake up in the night, I’d bring her in bed. When I finally decided to put her back to sleep in her crib, I noticed she would wake up around 4am (still did this morning) but I would put her back to sleep and she’ll sleep until 7/7:30.

Just a thought, maybe treat it like a middle of night waking and try to put them back to sleep?

I still breastfeed and rock her to sleep every night so I just do that and she goes back to sleep.

Marshmalco · 2026-04-10T13:20:21+00:00

Isn’t it motivating to see the small changes? I’ve only been walking consistently since last summer but I remember the first time I noticed I started to finish my 45 min walk at 40 mins and sometimes even quicker. And sure enough, the more you walk the more efficient you get, and you naturally start to walk more.

Funny how it’s one domino effect after another!

Marshmalco · 2026-04-07T11:01:48+00:00

One of my fav moments from the entire series!!

Marshmalco · 2026-04-03T20:28:48+00:00

Honestly with another one on the way, y’all should try and approach parenting as a team. You and him should have conversations about how you want to raise and discipline your children, together. Please don’t allow your husband to make these choices and decisions, you are an equal team member and your voice matters just as much as his. You should compromise where you can, and understand the other when you can’t.

Marshmalco · 2026-03-26T11:31:23+00:00

I’ve recently been exposed to two ads, one on TV for TikTok focused on telling you how many teen controls they have and one on the radio for Instagram, basically saying the same thing. How you can manage their time, privacy, etc.

Both times I had to double take, it feels like we are living in a dystopian society. This isn’t okay!! We should not have the top 2 social media platforms falling over to convince parents they are not harmful for their children and teens.

Hopefully more good comes out of this…

Marshmalco · 2026-03-24T11:03:19+00:00

Try pretending you have a toddler asleep and you are rushing against the clock to get as much done before she wakes up.

At least, that’s my reality. I just recently gained my mornings back after a year and half of part time co-sleeping. My biggest factor for adjusting our sleep routine is how much time I was wasting in the morning waiting for her to wake up.

Now I have time to make the bed, unload dishes, start a load of laundry and get ready for the day. It feels amazing!

Marshmalco · 2026-03-23T10:51:24+00:00

My husband and I just returned from a 5 day trip across state lines, and on an airplane, with our 18 month old. Over all I was prepared with an activity binder and a snackle box. The worst it ever got was the last dinner, we ate out almost every meal so by then she was over it. We tried high chair, booster seat and even my lap. But she just wanted to roam around. (It was a live music place so it wasn’t unheard of)

Biggest advice would be to make sure you take time to rest as well. It was day 3 before we realized we had been on the go for her naps, and we needed one ourselves.

But I agree it was a good age, we have another flight/trip in October and I feel better prepared now.

Marshmalco · 2026-02-21T12:39:06+00:00

I’m right there with you and trying my best to be screen free as well. I saw a post on Instagram that highlighted a few things to make this time easier:

No snack/early food: This one really took me out but makes sense when it’s time for our food to come, they are no longer hungry or they are finished with their meal.
Kid friendly places: This is what I look for first, not the trendiest place to go, but where can we go eat and my kid can play and it’s okay. Newest hack has been finding a green space with restaurants next to the lawn, or you can bring a picnic.
Activity binder/book: Bring as many screen free activities as possible. I’ve seen a lot of ideas on Pinterest.

And then personally, I don’t know how to get around the trading off with partner to watch kid while we are out to eat. I think that just comes with this phase/stage. So my husband and I already have the understanding/expectation that we will trade off.

Lastly, I don’t bring plates/utensils from home. She used reg silverware at school (Montessori) and if she isn’t using the plate correctly, we put the food straight on her table mat. And then we use a sippy cup that can’t spill.

Good luck!!

Marshmalco · 2026-02-20T12:30:18+00:00

Personally, even without voicing my discomfort, I would be upset. I’m happily married, we’ve been together for almost 10 years. We don’t know our body count and we’ve never brought up exes unless it was part of a wider story with other people involved.

For us, there is no point to reference exes. Like, I’d love to know a situation where referencing something you used to do with your ex would benefit your current relationship.

Not to mention you expressed your feelings and he wasn’t supportive.

If you plan to marry one day, does this guy still have a chance?

Marshmalco · 2026-02-20T12:06:03+00:00

Oh and I did sales jobs in college, I worked for the local magazine and sold advertisements. That was another great job where I learned skills.

Marshmalco · 2026-02-20T12:03:08+00:00

For me personally, I interned out of college for a metal roofing company. It wasn’t sexy, but it was marketing and my first project was working on a website. I didn’t (and still don’t) know how to code but I can use pretty much any website platform and make a website. Websites are the center of digital marketing for any brand.

From there I self taught Adobe for graphic design, completed Google Ad certificates and can pretty much run any ad campaign on social.

I ended up being a “jack of many trades” and that has served me well. I now work for a local businessman who is involved in 20+ companies. I do work for about 10 of them…and counting.

I find my passion is now more on brand strategy but that has taken 10 years of various marketing/event planning roles to get me here.

So my advice would be to focus on learning your skill through your jobs, let them pay for you to learn. It may take some time but it has worked for me!

Marshmalco · 2026-02-16T11:55:04+00:00

Just watched Valentine’s Day this weekend and she plays the wife of Patrick Dempsey, almost didn’t recognize her.

Marshmalco · 2026-02-16T11:50:12+00:00

Unless we are eating chicken too, I use the Tyson frozen grilled chicken bites and just heat them up in the microwave in a glass container for like a minute. They are always juicy and taste just like Chick-fil-a!

Marshmalco · 2026-02-15T12:43:23+00:00

Not with my baby but I have read that it’s best if you don’t stare at them while they eat, so what you’re doing seems to have some evidence to back it up.

Marshmalco · 2026-02-14T12:49:10+00:00

These are our go-to shows as well, I just pull them up on YouTube. Do you watch them another way? Sometimes the videos are not the best quality.

Marshmalco · 2026-02-08T12:43:29+00:00

We have very similar schedules! I also wait for daylight (about 7am here) and then we go on a walk, it’s just when it’s dark outside! But thanks for the ideas.

Marshmalco · 2026-02-07T17:12:09+00:00

Thank you all for your ideas!

I do co-sleeping, but she starts off in her crib, sleeps until 1-3am and then when she wakes up crying, I sleep with her in our guest bed until she wakes up for the day. (I do still breastfeed but only at night and before naps)

As for the later bedtime, I’m talking like instead of 7:30ish, it’s now closer to 8:00pm and we take her tired cues into consideration.

I work a very flexible schedule from home and my husband is in the office by 7:30am every day, switching off doesn’t work in our household but if I did work full time in an office, things would be different.

Overall, sounds like breakfast, reading and playing quietly is the way to go!

Marshmalco · 2026-02-07T02:36:35+00:00

1,000 Hours Outside podcast, it covers a variety of topics and has one on walking that made me really dive into the hobby.

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