A TikTok video from a user identified as Tori 🙂 has sparked discussion after she directly stated she does not practice gentle parenting. The clip, filmed in a car, shows her describing a common parenting frustration with explicit language.
On-screen text at the start of the video reads, “Sorry but I am not a gentle parent.” The creator then begins speaking directly to the camera. The video’s caption states, “I love my kids. #MomsofTikTok #parentinglife.”
The footage appears to show a woman with dark hair in a bun, wearing a floral blouse. She details a scenario where she asks her children to complete a task and they do not comply immediately.
Creator describes a cycle of requests and reactions
The woman in the video said she starts by asking her children to do something “nicely.” She provided the example, “hey, get up and go do XYZ.” She claimed that instead of listening, her children will stare at her, look down, or walk away to get a snack.
She described a situation where, according to her account, “30 minutes goes by, nothing’s been done.” At that point, she said, “Mom loses her shit.” She then explained her subsequent reaction to the camera.
“So I get up and I go in there, get your f—ing ass up and go do what I just asked you to do,” she stated in the video. She recounted that her children then appear “shell-shocked.”
The creator said her children respond by asking, “Why are you always so mad? Why are you always yelling at me? I didn’t hear you. I just wanted to get a snack.” She dismissed these explanations in the clip.
“Shut the f— up, bro, because you absolutely did f—ing hear me,” she said. “You chose not to listen. You chose to go do whatever the f— you want to do, and now you want to have this victim mentality and pretend that 20 minutes ago I didn’t just ask you to do something nicely.”
She concluded the point by reiterating, “Yeah, get your f—ing ass up and go do what I told you to do.”
Video draws mixed reactions in the comments section
The video, which has attracted a significant number of comments, shows a range of viewer responses. Some commenters expressed strong agreement with the creator’s perspective.
One comment read, “Mine don’t listen until I turn psycho😳.” Another stated, “I’m on mom’s side, I’m also that mom!🙌🏾.” A different user wrote, “Gentle parenting is for gentle kids.”
Other comments focused on the language used or added context to the scenario described. One comment said, “Heavy on the profanity bc get yo fuccking ass up 😭.” Another added, “not to mention we ask MULTIPLE times NICELY before losing our sht🥴🤦🏻♀️😂.”
A final comment from the provided section read, “FINALLY TikTok put me somewhere I need to be heyyyy yalllll.” The creator’s username appears as @vicrosee on the platform.
