On TikTok, a mother shares a video of herself throwing away her five-year-old son’s toys. The reason: he didn’t clean his room. The clip triggered discussions on the Internet.
Battle Creek, Michigan – “Eat up or it’s going to be bad weather tomorrow,” or “Don’t make that face or it’ll be like this forever” are phrases we’ve all heard at least once in our childhood. And these are just a few examples educational methods (*FR reported) that were passed down through generations. But there are definitely stricter and more unusual methods of teaching the offspring a lesson.
In Battle Creek (Michigan), a mother has now caused a stir on the internet with her method of upbringing. At the end of March, she shared the username on the TikTok video platform @tabathamarie a clip in which she tells how she punished her little son.
Editor’s note
This article was originally published on 05/17/2021. Since it is still relevant for our readers, we have reposted it on Facebook.
Mother throws away toys as punishment: “He’s only five. Serious.”
She asked her son to tidy up the children’s room two days in a row, she tells the camera. His answer was: “No, clean up, mom”. She then says with an ironic undertone, “Okay, I’ll be happy to do that” and films garbage bags, which she fills with her son’s toys.
The almost one-minute video has more than 3.5 million views and 600,000 likes and is dividing the online community. For some, this approach is too strict and “overwhelming”, others find it spot on. A user comments under the TikTok video: “Am I relieved that I’m not the only one doing it this way” or “I think it’s right, it’s been working for my little one since my first threat”.
The radio station HOT 104.5 shared the video on his Facebook page. Here, too, the opinions of users in the comments differ widely. “Why throw it away when you can donate it?” Asks a Facebook user, for example. “He’s only five. Seriously,” commented another user.
After getting rid of the toys, user @tabathamarie pops up a text that reads, “Mom doesn’t raise disrespectful men. If you cause chaos, kindly clean it up yourself. It’s not a mom’s job or a wife’s job.”*FR is an offer from IPPEN.Media.
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