In the last seconds of the clip, a girl in pink pajamas stands on the patio with both arms stretched over her head, and then an orange butterfly lifts off the flowers she grew, right in front of the camera. The text that opened the video already told you where this was going: “POV: your … Read more
“As a parent and a psychologist,” she begins from the driver’s seat of her parked car, “I don’t tell my children they have to clean up all their toys.” She lets that hang for a second, then goes further: she does not tell them they have to clean up any of their toys, “for that … Read more
The first shake produces a shower of orange and yellow snack crumbs. The second brings out two crumpled snack bags and a plastic cup. By the third, the patch of grass and gravel beside the rear tire is covered in stuffed animals, a pink toy pig, a purple toy and, lying among them, a black … Read more
“Can I make it?” That was the question a seven year old asked after her mom agreed to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for dinner, and the mom who posts as courtneyasmom admits her first instinct was to say no. “I was tired. A tad overwhelmed,” she wrote in the text over her video. “I … Read more
A girl in a white hoodie and jeans runs across the grass with a pink toy in one hand, heading for a yellow and gray inflatable. Another little girl is already climbing in. Within seconds both girls are at the entrance, an adult is bending in from one side, and the text on screen reads … Read more
The text message at the top of the screen is four words long: “why did you shoot me.” Under it sit two voice notes from her son, and under those, her two replies in blue bubbles. One is a long, drawn out laugh in capital letters. The other says “SORRY BABY.” That screenshot is the … Read more
“I hate you! I wish I had a different mom.” According to a post on the Instagram account thevesta_real, those were the words a 16 year old shouted at her mother after being told no to a sleepover. The mother’s answer is the reason the post exists: “You can hate me right now. But you’ll … Read more
Thirty seconds into a baking lesson, a little girl in a sequined bunny T shirt looks straight into the camera with her mouth ringed in white powder, and her mom’s caption reads “Stop eating it.” The dry cake mix was supposed to go in the bowl. The next line on screen is simply “Literally.” The … Read more
A boy swings a long stick through the air, and on the end of it a ball of flame trails smoke across the grass. Behind him a second boy lifts his own burning stick out of a stone fire pit. The camera stays put, framed by patio chairs and tree branches, while one line of … Read more
“Beta, your kids will only be this little once.” That is the line a mother of twins who posts as wealthhubindar says she has never been able to shake. According to her caption, her own mother said it when she was weighing whether to bring her parents over to help with the babies so she … Read more