1

Mom goes on strike after teenage son said he’d be better off without her. Did she go too far?

Every parent knows that sometimes their kids, especially teenagers, can say things in the heat of the moment they don’t really mean. But the mother at the center of this story took her teenage son’s outburst seriously and turned it into an opportunity to teach him a lesson. The question is, did she go too far to make a point?

A 35-year-old mom wanted to learn if she had been too hard on her 14-year-old son, so she shared her story on Reddit’s AITA subforum (we’ve abbreviated the forum’s name to avoid printing foul language). AITA is where people vote on whether the poster was right or wrong in how they handled a situation.

“Lately, he has been acting out a little at home and school, so I decided to sit him down to try and figure out what was happening,” the mother wrote in a post that received over 800 comments. She said that the boy had been cursing out his parents as well as his teacher.

2

Thief who broke into a bakery, sweeps the floor and takes some selfies before leaving with cupcakes

Stories of burglars breaking into a house or a store often create fear among people. However, this story—narrated by Emma Irvine (@itsemmaokayy on TikTok)—of a man breaking into her bakery in Vancouver is hilarious and making people laugh. In a video shared by Irvine, she begins: “This is the story of my business getting broken into last night at 3’o clock in the morning.”

While she narrates what happened at the store, the video plays the CCTV footage of the incident. “This guy showed up at 3’o clock and decided to hang out for a while. He sat outside for about 15 to 20 minutes, honestly, knocked on the door, and just sat there, hung out, chilled and vibed. And I just guess he got bored sitting there and decided to kick the door,” Irvine explains in the video.

3

Nurse explains how babies breathe in utero and the internet is amazed

There are so many questions out there that we don’t realize we want to know the answers to until someone else asks. Once the question is in the vicinity of our ear holes, suddenly we’re like, “Oh, yeah. How does that work?” That’s pretty much how this TikTok video went for a lot of viewers, myself included.

I have had four (yes, four) children exit my body, and it never dawned on me to ask further than the initial question of how babies breathe in there. It’s a question that most new moms either don’t think to ask or ask only once and get a similar answer to the one I received, which is that they take in oxygen via their umbilical cord connected to the placenta, so they don’t need to breathe in the traditional way we think of until after birth.

But when a new mom asked the people of the internet how her unborn baby was able to practice breathing without drowning, Jen Hamilton, an OB nurse, decided to answer in a video.

4

Mindfulness teacher shares the ‘7 things adult children may need to hear’ from their parents

Just like there are no hard-set rules for raising children, there is no perfect guidebook on how to be a supportive parent to an older child. As parents watch their kids grow and start their own families, it can be hard for them to navigate the new role they have in their lives.

That’s why Barb Schmidt, who goes by PeacefulBarb on TikTok, shared her list of the ‘7 Things Adult Children May Need to Hear’ from their parents. It’s a great starting point for parents who aren’t sure what their older children need.

Schmidt is an international best-selling author, sought-after motivational speaker, mindset coach and mindfulness teacher.

5

Dad ‘gentle parenting with malicious intent’ is making people laugh and sparking a new parenting technique

By now, everyone has heard of gentle parenting. Even if you’re not quite sure what it is, you’ve heard the phrase. Parents that use this style of parenting set boundaries with their children but with thorough explanations and a focus on healthy emotional development. One dad decided to spin the gentle parenting trend by implementing “gentle parenting with malicious intent” for his older children.

You may be wondering how one gentle parents with malicious intent. No worries, the dad uploaded a now-viral clip to TikTok, where it has over 4 million views, to explain. In the clip, “Ginger Jack” has the camera on himself as he talks to his kids about completing their chores without attitudes…and that’s where the twist comes in.