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Millennials may be history’s most competent parents.

80后也许是最称职的父母

Some have called them “generation me”, but as millennials have families they are shifting their attentions — and their identities—to parenting.

解析：

generation me， 80后常被称为自我的一代

millennials 千禧一代，2000年左右成年的人

They are shifting their attention and identities to parenting. 他们正在把注意力和身份转移到养育子女身上。

parenting 育儿，养育子女

They embrace parenthood as a new identity

这些80后迎接自己作为父母的新身份，parenthood 家长身份

Millennial parents are more likely to say that parenthood is a major part of their identity than previous generations.

a major part of their identity than previous generation 和上一代人相比，80后认为父母身份是他们身份的重要组成部分

Their identities reflect not just their status as child-rearing adults, but also their personal, political and social ideologies. 

child-rearing adults 抚养孩子的成年人

children's personal, political and social ideologies 

Make way for the crunchy moms, free-range parents, babywearing dads, single moms by choice, positive parents — just to name a few.

crunchy moms 脆脆的妈妈，指不流于表面的知识，自己寻求更健康，更适合自己孩子的，为自己孩子做到最好的妈妈们

free-range parents 放养孩子的父母

babywearing dads 背带背着孩子的爸爸们 *i

single moms by choice 自愿成为单身的妈妈们

positive parents 积极的父母，尊重孩子，不打孩子，爱孩子

*i babywearing dads

Self-centered millennials become selfless parents

self-centered 以自我为中心的

selfless parents 无私的父母

For millennials, it isn’t just a change in lifestyle — less money, less sleep, more stress—it’s a change in how they are centered. 

a change in lifestyle 生活方式的改变

less money, less sleep, more stress 更少的钱，更少的睡眠，更多的压力

When asked to choose which they value more highly, being a good parent or having a lasting marriage, 61% of respondents chose being a good parent.

a good parent 一个好的父母

having a lasting marriage 有一个持久的婚姻

61% 的受访者选择做一个好父母

91% of respondents value “raising successful children” more highly than “living up to my full potential”.

people value A more highly than B 人们看重A多过B

raise successful children 培养成功的孩子

live up to my full potential 充分发挥我的潜力

Millennial moms & dads don’t just want to be parents; they are ready to be parents.

ready to be parents 准备好了要做父母

This is a generation of parents armed with unprecedented amounts of information about childrearing. And perhaps more importantly, a generation of parents who are eager to use that information to do a better job.

unprecedented amounts of information about childrearing 数量空前的育儿信息

people are eager to do 谁渴望做什么事情

a generation of parents 一代父母

a generation of parents who are eager to use that information to do a better job 这一代父母愿意为了更好的养育孩子而去使用网上的育儿信息

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