'Millennials are itching to treat Gen Alpha the way Boomers treated them': Mean mom mocks daughter for not knowing how to boil eggs, gets dragged by the internet

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Dec 22, 2023 11:00 AM EST

I would never claim to be an expert on this topic, but I feel like one of the most important parts of being a mom or dad is teaching your kid the life skills they will need to survive as an adult. It's inevitable that every parent will leave a couple of gaps — they're only human! — but the main thing is that the effort and thought are there.

There are plenty of disagreements to be had about exactly what experiences parents should be transferring to their children. However, most can agree that shaming them for the things they don't know is not the best strategy. When one TikTok mom decided to respond to her daughter's faulty attempt at boiling eggs by publicizing it on the platform, the wider internet didn't take it well. At that point, aren't you just telling on your lackluster parenting skills while expecting people to congratulate you for it?

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    im BIG dominican @lareinanegraa_ Follow When parents post their kids making a mistake to clown them I just wonder at what point do they realize they are the problem.... She asked her child to boil some eggs and peep the caption Umm your child doesn't know how to boil eggs because of you not bc they are gen alpha
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    LIVE Following For You Y'all for real? What Octavea We thought GEN Z was bad GEN Alpha next level #genalpha #boiledeg... more New Everybody - @Nicki Minaj Q Search. The Egg Cleanse Q + 44.4K 8 1707 3290
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    Trill Hippy @HallTreniece. 17h Replying to @lareinanegraa_ I think some people don't understand that the skills their children lack are their fault like you're showing us you haven't taught your child this skill
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    June Rems @JuneRems. 21h Replying to @lareinanegraa_ Meanwhile, my Gen Alpha knows how to do his own laundry, clean his room, clean his bathroom, boil his eggs, make himself a grill sandwich, and all because *brace for impact* my wife and I taught him all of this properly.
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    × Mr. Respect @arianesvow - 20h Replying to @lareinanegraa_ and @EmiRentheFairy It's not funny to be made fun of by your own parents.
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    Cheekywitchx @cheekywitchx Follow Replying to @lareinanegraa_ Ok, so....kid wanted em poached sorry mom, too fancy for you
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    Highly @highlyher. 18h Replying to @lareinanegraa_ Ouuu She's Poaching Them All On Her Own, Next Level Tingz 212
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    Travis Flesher @Travis Flesher Follow Replying to @lareinanegraa_ lol, I microwaved steak until someone showed me the way. It's called learning. Or more specifically it's teaching the next generation how to learn. Familiar with the knowledge pie chart? Let's teach our youth of the possibilities they don't even comprehend! ALL POSSIBLE KNOWLEDGE what you don't know you don't know what you know what you know you don't know
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    Angel is a Menace... @_Be_not_Afraid Follow Replying to @lareinanegraa_ Parents: fails teach there kids to do things Also parents: posts their kids failing at things they failed to teach them for internet clout
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    AshleyStevens @The_Acumen · 1d Replying to @lareinanegraa_ I hate when parents do posts like these. They aren't funny and the joke is at their kids expense.
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    Michelle Readatrix @MsMichelleR Follow Replying to @lareinanegraa_ I used to work at an animal shelter. People would turn in their neglected and starving animals saying their kids weren't caring for them. How DOES a child learn responsibility if the adults don't teach it? They saw you ignoring the same empty dog bowls.
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    Sarah @swrightKC. 1d Replying to @lareinanegraa_ parents: *do anything but parent* parents: 'my child is stupid because they were born in the year i gave birth to them'
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    beau @allthenastiesss 1d Replying to @lareinanegraa_ also asking someone to hard/soft boil eggs without explaining how is asking for failure. there's multiple steps involved that even full grown adults struggle with
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    Co Imani @OhHeyImani_. 1d Replying to @lareinanegraa_ This reminds me of when my dad was posting a bunch of memes saying millennials didn't know how to drive a stick. I was like... literally who would be the one to teach me that, FATHER?? He never taught me although he claims it to be so necessary.
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    SOUTH SIDE SQ... @Infernalle Follow Replying to @lareinanegraa_ Some millennials are just itching to treat Gen Alpha the way boomers treated them. It's embarrassing.
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    @HebbonM. 1d KayLuv Replying to @lareinanegraa_ And she admits in the comments that she never directly showed her how and just assumed she knew bc they've cooked together before
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    mea @dijonistaa. 1d Replying to @lareinanegraa_ this was a completely logical thing to do if someone didn't know how to hard boil an egg. and this technique is called a poached egg. she should've told the child how to do it
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    CrabbyAshley @CrabbyAshley. 23h Replying to @lareinanegraa_ I was an adult chopping an onion for my mom and she said, "who taught you to cut an onion?" "Not you!" She backed off real quick. This kid can't be older than 12, so whose fault is it?
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    Quiddity @QuiddityJones. 1d Replying to @lareinanegraa_ ...That's poached eggs. Bad on the parent that didn't realise that cooking technique.
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    Rei The Overthinkin... @reiyujigo Replying to @lareinanegraa_ "My kid can't boil eggs Follow 99 Urm...did you show them? Because when I wanted to cook my own eggs, my mom showed me. When I wanted to learn how to make pancakes, she showed me. You....you gotta TEACH kids, y'know? What's common sense to you hasn't clicked for them yet
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    Myles @deadporg. 1d Replying to @lareinanegraa_ The oldest gen Alpha is 13. You clowning a child for not knowing how to cook? That's something they learn from their parents.
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    Polly Pocketknife @polypocketknife Follow this is literally so logical. kids know you don't eat the egg shells. every other way to prepare eggs starts with cracking them. if you've never seen a boiled egg before why would you assume the shell stays on during boiling. why can't adults just give explicit direction to kids?
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    Parents: BitterestBuggy... @DustyBugz Parents: don't teach their kids how to do things Kids: don't know how to do things GIF ALT Follow
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    RM Virtues FREE P... @rmvirtues Follow I hate that so bad. There's a lot of "common knowledge" i didn't learn til l was in my 20s bc I didn't have parents who actually raised me. I'd be a lost cause if not for the internet & even that was a lot of trial & error
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    HD oxtail hater @beifongsss. 1d thank you, everyone complains about gen alpha/young gen z and acts as if their shortcomings are inherent to the year they were born and not the fact that many of today's parents are quite frankly not parenting at all
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    STOP DatNoFact (@dat... @datnofact Follow A parent mocking their own child's inability to do basic cooking is such a self-own.
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    Flighty Broad Eva @WorstGirlEva Follow 6 YEAR OLD CHILD: mom can you tie my shoelaces? MOM TAKING A PICTURE AND POSTING ON TIKTOK CAPTIONED: this mfer doesn't even know how to tie his own shoelaces
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