TikTok We’re no strangers to controversial parenting hacks — and honestly, if they work, they work. So what if you have to trick your kids to eat dinner by pretending it’s from McDonald’s as long as they’re eating it? So, when one mom suggested talking about your kids’ behind their back, honestly, we didn’t have many questions. Now, you might be hesitant. It’s impolite to gossip, you may think. And of course we’ve all been told, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all.” So, it’s a good thing we’re only saying nice things. “My...
Mom Offers The Perfect Technique For Parents Who Yell
TikTok We’ve all been there. Our kids are doing annoying kid stuff. Not cleaning their rooms. Leaving their dishes next to the sink instead of in the sink. Not doing their homework. Leaving messes everywhere they go. And goodness knows we try. We use our gentle parenting voices. We take a breath. We try our best to treat them with thoughtfulness and respect. But at a certain point, it just becomes too much and we snap. We yell. And within 30 seconds to a minute, we feel absolutely awful about the fact that we yelled. But TikTok creator Destini Ann...
A PSA To Parents: Don't Expect Babysitters To Clean Up Messes You Made
@maiyam18 / TikTok When I babysat as a young girl, my mom always taught me to ensure the house was picked up before the parents got home. So, after the kids went to bed, I would go around the house and pick up toys, wash the dishes, and tidy up. It didn’t really matter if the mess was made before or after I arrived to watch the kids, but looking back, maybe it should have. In a now-viral TikTok, one babysitter noted that parents shouldn’t expect their nannies and babysitters to clean up their houses, especially if the messes were...
Grown Son Realizes His Stay-At-Home Mom Worked Harder Than His Dad
@dillon.linen / TikTok In a recent TikTok, one grown son, Dillon, realizes something monumental about his dad. Now a father himself, he is seeing parents through a different lens, offering support and empathy for his mom while questioning some of the motives of his dad. For many Gen X and Millennial kids, their boomer dads were not around a lot when they were young. For the most part, they assumed that their dads were grinding it out at work until the late hours, providing for the family while our moms stayed home to take care of the kids. Even if...