“This Trend Healed Me” — Millennials Are Breaking the Cycle 🫶👨👩👧👦
“I brought you into this world, I can…”
“…take care of you.” 🥹
A viral TikTok trend has millennial parents asking their kids to finish old school parenting phrases—like “Children should be seen and not…”—and the results? Sweet, hilarious, and surprisingly healing.
Instead of parroting outdated (and often harsh) discipline lines, kids today are offering answers full of love, curiosity, and joy. Why? Because they’ve never heard the original phrases.
They’re growing up in homes that explain instead of threaten. That say “I love you, but I have to go to work” instead of “I don’t like you.” That say sorry, talk about emotions, and break cycles—even if we didn’t grow up with that ourselves.
One mom put it best: “Millennials might be cringe, but we are cycle breakers.” 💔➡️❤️
Which toxic parenting phrase do you remember hearing? What would you hope your kid says instead?
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