The camera is pointed down at a gray tile kitchen floor and a pair of feet in white socks. Then another person bends over, grabs one sock at the toe and peels it straight off the foot of the woman filming. Then the other one. “This is motherhood,” the woman behind the camera says. The … Read more
“What is falling from the building? Are those people?” That is the question @soltsahar says she heard from her daughter after she “decided to watch a documentary about 9/11,” according to the text on her short TikTok. She had not realized the girl was paying attention. “I didn’t think she was watching,” she wrote in … Read more
The bonnet comes off, and the reaction is instant. The younger of her two girls, in a pink tank top and checked shorts, throws both hands to her face. Behind her, an older sister in red holiday pajamas is holding the baby in front of her, and all three are looking up at the camera. … Read more
“My preteen son just asked for us to have more family traditions on a regular day rather than holidays.” That line sits across the top of an eight second TikTok from Jennifer Beard, who posts as @mamabeardteacher. She looks into the camera from a sunny room, tucks her hair behind her ear, and lets the … Read more
She is mid makeup, sweeping a big powder brush across her cheek in front of the bathroom mirror, when her daughter appears in the dark doorway behind her in pale pajamas, holding a cup. The first words in the video are the question every parent dreads at that hour: “Did you just wake me up?” … Read more
“Are you choking? Oh, my gosh. Are you okay?” Partway through a morning vlog, that is what Nyla, who posts as @nylabrelsford, says when her 2 year old starts choking at breakfast. Her caption fills in the rest: on day one of solo parenting, her son “choked on a piece of bacon.” After a quick … Read more
“My four and a half year old has been hit twice by the same boy at school, and both times she’s told him, please stop. I do not like that.” That is how @haleyreidtay, who goes by Haley on TikTok, opens a short video filmed from the driver’s seat of her car. She then tells … Read more
“Stop. Look at me in my eyes when I’m talking to you.” That is the first caption on screen in a TikTok compilation posted by @fuhzy909, captioned simply “Father son conversations.” A dad in a neon yellow work shirt sits on the couch with his young son on his lap, a hearing device visible behind … Read more
“You thought I was gonna feed you?” The question comes from a little boy sitting cross legged on a beige couch with his newborn sister lying across his lap, a white stuffed animal tucked against his side and a black TV remote in his hand. His mom, who says she was dealing with mastitis at … Read more
On the Saturday before her daughter arrived, Lovina posted a video of herself taking care of her baby chicks. She did not know it while filming, she now tells her followers, but she “was actually in early labor and did not realize it until several hours later.” She shares that in a 99 second update … Read more