Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

As a Gen X watching this... Yeah, would've been different #parentingreality #toddlertantrums #genx

13 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Dr. Jameca Cooper. This content was uploaded by Dr. Jameca Cooper. This is a YouTube clip titled "As a Gen X watching this... Yeah, would've been different #parentingreality #toddlertantrums #genx" (created 2025-11-13T22:00:36Z). The excerpt is a short, informal spoken exchange between two unnamed speakers reacting to a toddler's tantrum. They discuss frustration with gentle parenting, note the mental-health impact of public tantrums, frame the reaction as typical of Gen X, and include an offhand remark about physically handling the child. The tone is colloquial and reactive; speakers are not identified beyond Speaker A and Speaker B.

I hate it! I hate it! Oh my gosh.
Watch out! Someone gonna do something? See, this is really bad for my mental health. Yours too, because y'all expect people to be in the stores with these little kids having these tantrums, especially people from Gen X like me. And we don't really deal with all that stuff well, this gentle parenting. You just letting them yell? No, because I just want to pick the little child up and let— toss her just a little though, just a little lightly to get her to calm down.