She’s not kidding around.
A millennial has gone viral on Instagram over a hilarious instructional video — where she tries to teach her boomer mother the art of “gentle parenting.”
In the satirical video, set to the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” theme, Taylor Wolfe shows herself correcting her mom, Sandy, in several different scenarios — a la Marisa Tomei in “Parental Guidance.”
First up is a playground setting where Sandy says “be careful” — only to be corrected by Taylor. Instead, the mother insists on using the phrase, “What’s your plan here?”
When two siblings were fighting, Sandy ordered them to “stop hitting your sister.”
She was corrected — using the word “stop” is a gentle parenting no-no, Taylor said.
The correct command would be to urge the children to use “gentle hands,” she explained.
The most surprising correction, however, was after grandma said “I’m so proud of you,” to a little one.
“That’s putting the focus on you,” Taylor said, insisting the right words instead are “you should be proud.”
In other situations, Sandy said “good job,” which her daughter corrected to “good choice.”
She also urged her mother to rethink the potentially frightening “Watch out!”
Instead, she suggested, ask the child, “do you feel safe here?”
And, apparently the words “hurry up” also cause a stir.
“If you rush children that makes them anxious,” Taylor said, before telling her child “no hurry” — despite the family running late.
“You always rushed us and I’m anxious,” Taylor tells Sandy.
In the comments of the video, many seemed to agree and get a kick out of the sarcastic clip.
“Proud of you for teaching her this,” a person commented.
“How can millennials even stand themselves?” wrote another
However, one person said the gaps between generational parenting aren’t as wide as we like to think.
“I’m a boomer grandparent and want to add that a lot of “millennial parenting” is entirely consistent with how I raised my daughter,” they replied.
