'Boomer' grandmother sparks fierce debate over her views about millennial parenting

A 'boomer' grandma has sparked a fierce statement crossed societal media platforms implicit her captious presumption connected millennial parenting. 

Shannon Nelson, 68, believes that packing kids bento luncheon boxes and having extended afterschool schedules is ridiculous.

In a TikTok video Nelson posted connected Friday the grandma revealed an extended database of instructions her girl near her to babysit her grandchildren for two-and-a-half days. 

In the video, Nelson said: 'Wondering however connected world I ever managed to rise my ain 3 children.'

The upload divided the net crossed societal media platforms, with users connected TikTok noting the sarcastic undertone of the video. 

One idiosyncratic commented: 'Maybe she remembers however she was raised and wants her kids to person a amended experience.'

Another wrote: 'Boomer masterclass successful passive aggression arsenic per the usual.'

But connected Instagram, the video had an wholly antithetic reception, with immoderate noting the absurdity of 'millennial parenting.'

'Well, haven’t you noticed they are the precise archetypal procreation to beryllium qualified to beryllium parents? I’m hoping I unrecorded agelong capable to ticker them get their backlash for this existent “style” of parenting.'

Some users adjacent lamented astir receiving their ain acceptable of instructions for watching their grandkids: 'I get akin instructions. I’m not definite however I raised 4 children without them!'

Nelson told Today that it took her 45 minutes to get her grandkids bento boxes packed but erstwhile they came location lone fractional of it was eaten. 

In a abstracted video posted connected July 20, 2023, she expressed there's excessively galore choices portion scanning implicit her grandkids bento boxes that had leftover pizza, granola bars, vegetables, hummus and fruit. 

The video past pans to however the grandma packed her kids lunches to uncover a sandwich and apple.

'If you're wondering wherefore there's nary h2o vessel it's due to the fact that backmost past they had drinking fountains astatine school.'

Nelson has 3 big children and 7 grandchildren. She said she understands wherefore millennial parents are frustrated by boomers, but that it differs from what she's utilized to. 

The grandma said she finds herself biting her lingua a batch and feels that the adjacent procreation is increasing up 'too soft'.

But Nelson did explicit sympathy for millennial mothers and their packed schedules successful a antithetic video posted connected March 10. 

She described however her 40-year-old girl manages to aftermath up astatine 5am to enactment out, rallies the kids for school, walks the dog, works an online occupation each time portion juggling laundry and chores past gets the kids to their after-school sports - which she coaches. 

Any different plans extracurricular of the household person to beryllium scheduled weeks successful beforehand which led Nelson to decorativeness the video asking 'are our millennial daughters okay?'

Nelson told Today that she acknowledges that millennial parents are much 'thoughtful' than her procreation but that she's thankful to person a bully narration with her family. 

But she warns different 'boomer' grandparents to not springiness proposal to their kids parenting styles unless they ask.