P.S. Anyone else dislike the widespread use of so many labels and generalisations, like Gen This, That & The Other?!
It's a shorthand that can help frame the person's perspective. Not all people of a generation act the same or were raised the same, but there is SUCH a different between Gen X latchkey kids and Millenial/Gen Z kids who've only ever had helicopter parents.
I have friends who still hire babysitters for their teens and I was annoyed with my parents that the hired a sitter for me the summer I was 11 in the weeks before and after summer camp. In my view, I got home from school alone and was in the house alone for a few hours every day. Why would two weeks of being home alone during work hours be any different? Compare that to my friends who haven't been to a concert since their first child was born 13 years ago, in part because the babysitter they hired doubled the cost of the evening out.