Editing Generation X (section)

=====Parenting and volunteering=====
In terms of advocating for their children in the educational setting, author Neil Howe describes Gen X parents as distinct from Baby Boomer parents. Howe argues that Gen Xers are not [[helicopter parents]], which Howe describes as a parenting style of Boomer parents of Millennials. Howe described Gen Xers instead as "stealth fighter parents", due to the tendency of Gen X parents to let minor issues go and to not hover over their children in the educational setting, but to intervene forcefully and swiftly in the event of more serious issues.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Howe|first1=Neil|title=Meet Mr. and Mrs. Gen X: A New Parent Generation|url=http://www.aasa.org/SchoolAdministratorArticle.aspx?id=11122|access-date=19 April 2016|publisher=AASA – The School Superintendents Association|archive-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107072813/http://www.aasa.org/SchoolAdministratorArticle.aspx?id=11122|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, the [[Corporation for National and Community Service]] ranked Gen X volunteer rates in the U.S. at "29.4% per year", the highest compared with other generations. The rankings were based on a three-year moving average between 2009 and 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Volunteering and Civic Life in America: Generation X Volunteer Rates|url=http://www.volunteeringinamerica.gov/rankings/States/Generation-X-Volunteer-Rates/2011|publisher=Corporation for National and Community Service|access-date=31 January 2013|date=27 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116084906/http://www.volunteeringinamerica.gov/rankings/States/Generation-X-Volunteer-Rates/2011|archive-date=16 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Volunteering in the United States|url=http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/volun.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040113073422/http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/volun.pdf |archive-date=13 January 2004 |url-status=live|publisher=Bureau of Labor Statistics – U.S. Department of Labor|access-date=20 April 2013|page=1|date=22 February 2013}}</ref>