I'm a self-proclaimed helicopter parent and I can't (read: won't) apologize for it. We live in a different time. With technology abundant, it's not only helpful but sometimes necessary to keep a watchful eye on my children. I don't want a repeat of that time my daughter got caught in a children's website chatroom using words she didn't even know the meaning of again. You may have an opinion, thinking I'm being overly protective or — gasp! — too controlling, but I see it as staying one step ahead of the dangers that lurk. It's called parenting and we all do it differently. This is my way.

Again, we live in an age where the internet and technology rule. We've advanced eons from when I was young and I only expect it to evolve further by the time I'm a grandparent. I get that some Generation X'ers or Baby Boomers may not quite grasp the appeal of posting our lives and thoughts and opinions on social media, but this is the way we connect now. I know, it's not as personal as a hand written letter or phone call, but it's how we do it. So either text, email, or Tweet at me if you want to chat. Otherwise, take a number.

My partner and I do let them occasionally play on our Kindle or tablet, and when we're in a pinch, our phones. We have a central TV with Playstation and Netflix for gaming and shows and no one is allowed on mommy's computer without permission and observation. Yes, our children reap the benefits of the things we've worked hard for, but they also have chores and responsibilities to earn their time. They're not entitled or ungrateful. To think otherwise reflects only on my parenting.

For many years, I was a vegetarian. It was both an ethical choice as well as an accomplice to my food aversions. Basically meat didn't (and sometimes still doesn't) do it for me. Once I became pregnant with our first born, my taste buds changed and, though I'm still majorly picky over meat, I eat it.

My views, however, aren't carried over onto my children — unless they choose not to eat meat. My son is notoriously finicky, just like me. He's not spoiled for having an opinion on what goes into his body. Even if we were to choose to raise our kids vegetarian or vegan, it still wouldn't be anyone else's business. As long as they're healthy, that's all that matters. If that makes millennial moms obsessively concerned with every aspect of our children's lives, so be it. We're striving to be better than generations before us.

Look, if my son wants to play with my daughter's dolls (as he often does), and my daughter wants to play with my son's superheroes (as she does), I'll be the first to encourage it. We do not live in the old-fashioned, stereotyped 1900's and I'm striving to raise compassionate, considerate, and empathizing human beings. The only way to do that is to let them walk in each other's footsteps. Judgements on my daughter's masculine shirts or my son's desire to paint his finger nails will be rivaled because, I promise you, these kids (and others like them) will be the ones who lead our country in equality.

I've been a work-from-home mother for years, though before that I worked outside the home. My partner works full time as well, which means I'm also the sole caregiver. It's sometimes difficult to get all the items crossed off my to-do list but I manage.

Long gone are the days women are expected to just raise the children and finally. Not only are we raising them but we're kicking ass in the workplace and in life. We don't need your opinions on how much easier it might be if we quit our jobs to stay home (or whatever sexist remark you want to insert bout our choices).

Yes, I know that parents before us spanked their children and the argument I often see is "we turned out fine and respect our parents for it." I argue that some who were spanked have also been hardened by that specific form of punishment. My dad still talks about being whipped with a switch or belt and it's obvious it affected him in irreparable ways. I, too, remember being spanked and how it made me feel. It didn't fix anything and honestly, I only felt like no one heard the reasons why I did the bad thing in the first place.

For us, we choose to find more sympathetic ways to teach our children what lesson is to be learned from whatever it is they've done. It doesn't mean I don't lose my temper (I do), but our generation believes that to evolve, we have to find new, more effective ways to raise our children, so they are more empathetic and aware of consequences to their actions and not hardened by life before they ever get out of the house to live it.

It's clear we're raising our children in a different era so it requires different methods. Whether you agree or not, one thing is clear: millennial moms are rocking this parenting thing.