What is a \u2018boy mom\u2019? TikTok trend sparks controversy TIKTOK: chezchanelle \/ lauraelizabethgrahamMoms across the world have been criticized in a new controversy on TikTok, with many viewers claiming boy moms are \u201ctoxic\u201d for their parenting style. While most trends on TikTok are wholesome and fun, you may occasionally find problematic ones, like the chroming challenge, or the smashing ice cubes trend. The latest one to spark backlash across TikTok is the viral \u2018boy moms\u2019 trend, which sees mothers explaining why they\u2019re teaching their sons to cook. Here\u2019s everything to know about it. What is the controversial \u2018boy moms\u2019 TikTok trend? On TikTok, the term \u2018boy moms\u2019 usually refers to moms who treat their sons differently from their daughters in a way that becomes problematic. The \u2018boy moms\u2019 trend started after TikToker lauraelizabethgraham posted a video of herself and her young son in the kitchen cooking. \u201cMaking sure my son can cook so he\u2019s not impressed by your daughter\u2019s [Stouffer\u2019s] lasagna,\u201d she wrote over the clip. \u201cHe\u2019s gonna need a home-cooked meal, Felicia.\u201d Soon enough, many \u2018boy moms\u2019 started sharing similar videos. \u201cTeaching my son to cook so he\u2019s not impressed by your frozen pizza daughter,\u201d content creator chezchanelle wrote on her post. \u201cTeaching my son how to cook so he\u2019s not impressed with your dusty daughter\u2019s takeout skills\u201d sivanaylarichards captioned her clip. However, many other mothers slammed the trend, dubbing the moms \u201ctoxic\u201d for their dubious logic behind teaching their boys to cook. One posted a video of her son preparing food, writing \u201cteaching my son how to cook in case he ever needs to\u2026 feed himself. I\u2019m not putting that dusty MIL energy out there.\u201d \u201cTaught my 12-year-old son how to cook so you daughter doesn\u2019t have to deal with a man who thinks cooking is a [woman\u2019s] job,\u201d another mother shared in her clip, throwing shade at the \u2018boy moms\u2019 trend. TikTok users also criticized the fad in the comments, suggesting that parents should be teaching their sons to cook because it\u2019s an \u201cessential life skill,\u201d rather than belittling women and perpetuating the notion that they should be confined to domestic roles in relationships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is a \u2018boy mom\u2019? TikTok trend sparks controversy TIKTOK: chezchanelle \/ lauraelizabethgrahamMoms across the world have been criticized in a new controversy on TikTok, with many viewers claiming boy moms are \u201ctoxic\u201d for their parenting style. While most trends on TikTok are wholesome and fun, you may occasionally find problematic ones, like the chroming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}