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

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.”

And then on the flipside, “This is how a true artist is created,” someone wrote.

Others also offered advice on how to continue being a “yes mom” without running the risk of ruining a home.

“You know what would be cool [?] Designate a wall in your house to tape on giant paper and that can be the coloring wall,” yet another follower suggested.

If there is one thing that Osuna’s post made clear, it’s that people have a whole lot of opinions when it comes to parenting. We aske d child psychologists and family therapists to share their thoughts on this video and the commentary around it.

What kind of parent would let kids color on floors?

According to Courtney Morgan , founder of the mental health therapy practice Counseling Unconditionally, the viral