Should We Just Let Kids Do What They Want? Experts React To Controversial TikTok Video

The pros and cons of being a "yes mom."

Once again, parenting styles have become the conversation du jour on the internet, this time courtesy of one Kira Osuna, who posted a video of her toddler drawing on the floor (with her full permission) on TikTok.

“Healing my inner child is letting my 2 year old color on the kitchen floor while I’m cooking,” she wrote in the caption to the clip that has since gone viral. “She asked me first and I said yes. She tried to ask if she could color on the cabinet and I said no and she listened. She knows this is only allowed right here. But she had the most fun and it can all be cleaned.”

As social media users are wont to do, they took to the comments section of the post to either exult the praises of Osuna’s rationale or to completely slam her parenting skills.

“Saying no won’t hurt your kid,” one user noted.

“It’s not healing anything other than letting your kid boss you around,” another commented. “This is what’s wrong with kids: parents are trying to be their friend.”