Millennial Shows What It’s Like to Use the “Gentle Parenting” Technique on Stubborn Boomer Parents

Is this just what happens as you age or is this just a boomers thing? Like, why is the older generation so stubborn? It's like you can't have one productive argument with them ever… It's always been their way or the highway and as an adult it can drive you mad. That's why the “gentle parenting” technique can help keep you sane when handling your boomer parents. 

A follower of TikToker “The Anxious Millennial” commented on one of his videos that she uses the gentle parenting technique or her stubborn boomer parents and it tends to work like a charm. He found that so hilarious, he put on a little show of how that might go down. It was so friggin' hilarious that it went viral and viewers demanded more. So now it's become a series and the boomer parents vs their grown millennial kids is unfolding on TikTok and oh boy… What a doozy! 

Part 1

Millennial: "I think we just need to take a moment and calm down and try to…
Boomer: “I don't wanna calm down! I wanna be maaaad!”
Millennial: “Okay, and that's really great—I'm glad you're expressing yourself about your need to feel those emotions, but I think if we just took a second…”
Boomer: “NO. I don't need a second. I'm just mad. Let me be mad.”
Millennial: “Okay, we can take some time and we can revisit the topic of you assaulting our neighbor with a shovel a little bit later.”
Boomer: “He's the one who started it!”
Millennial: “Sure, sure. And I understand you feel like he had something to do with your aggression. But we're all responsible for our own actions, right? No matter how we feel we need to be held accountable for the things that we do with those emotions, right? And we've talked about ways we can handle those emotions, right?”
Boomer: “The breathing don't help!”
Millennial: "The breathing is a good exercise to do, but also being just aware of your surroundings, feeling the chair you're sitting in, smelling the smells, hearing the small noises—just grounding yourself and feeling the moment. 
Boomer: “F*CK THAT SH*T.”

Part 2

Millennial: “Why don't we just slow things down for a second? Seems like you're trying to express to me that you're feeling angry. Am I right?
Boomer: *Intense breathing*
Millennial: "That breathing is good, but why don't you try to slow it down a little bit, can you do that?
Boomer: *holds breathe*
Millennial: Dad?
Boomer: “You tried to kill me!!”
Millennial: "Alright… Now that you're breathing again, can you tell me how you feel? It looks like you want to say something. 
Boomer: “Yes, I feel… like… I would like… to sh*t a nuke.”
Millennial: “Wow. Dad, it sounds like you're having some big emotions there!"

Part 3

Millennial: “Hey dad, you're looking a little frustrated there. What's going on?”
Boomer: “Nothing, I just can't get this goddanm thing.. this gotdanm.. GODDAMN.”
Millennial: “Okay, that's a good place to start. Why don't we start out by defining the problem?"
Boomer: “Huh?”
Millennial: “Let's start off be defining…”
Boomer: “I'M TRYING TO GET THIS PDF. WHAT IS EVEN THAT?!”
Millennial: “Okay, so you're having a problem opening up a PDF on your phone, is that right?”
Boomer: “Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh.”
Millennial: “Why don't we put the phone down for a second and have a little talk?”
Boomer: “I just don't understand why it's so damn complicated! I'm just tryna download a PDF on the phone to send to Barb and boys and I can't do it!”
Millennial: "Okay, and I understand technology can be very difficult sometimes, I've had problems with technology in the past myself. Would you define this as like a big problem or a little problem?
Boomer: “What the hell is that supposed to mean!? It's a big f***ing problem! I can't do it! Look! It's just spinning! There's a little circle spinning at me, IT'S MOCKING ME!”
Millennial: “Okay, let's put some things into prospective—what would be a little problem?”
Boomer: “You.” 
*stare off*
Boomer: *rolls eyes* “Stubbing my toe is a little problem.”
Millennial: “Okay, good. Thank you for that. Now what would be a really really big problem?”
Boomer: “BIDEN.”
Millennial: "…Okay, well, this is a little problem. Good luck with your PDF. 
Boomer: “YOU'RE JUST GONNA ABANDON ME IN MY TIME OF NEED?!”