A mom’s gotta do what a mom’s gotta do.
How someone chooses to parent their children is a personal decision — but when you share on social media how you go about it, people are bound to share their ruthless opinions.
That’s what happened to a Massachusetts mom named Nicki Marie when she posted a TikTok video of herself pushing her two kids in a stroller while at Disney.
No, these weren’t toddlers getting wheeled around — they were grown kids — 8 and 10 years old, to be exact.
“When I got divorced, one of the first things I thought was, ‘How will I do Disney with just me and two kids?’” Nicki Marie told Today.com in an interview.
To find a solution to her problem, Nicki Marie brought her stroller — nicknamed “Kim” into the mix.
“I’m trying to let down my guard so my kids see me having fun. I bring a stroller because I’m anticipating what could go wrong that day,” she said in the interview.
Technically, no one has publicly shamed this mom’s stroller using ways, so she’s the one doing the teasing: “I’m making fun of myself before you point it out to me,” the mom said.
Despite poking fun at herself, she doesn’t think too much about what other people think especially with her iconic voiceover choice in the video she shared, that said “And she gave no f—s.”
However, people online have mixed thoughts on this single mom’s stroller-loving ways.
Most were positive and in support of her smart tactic.
“We went to Disney for the first time in March. My boys are 8 & 9, kinda wish we would have done a stroller lol.”
“I fully support this. There is no way to make your kids walk these insane miles in the heat without taking a little water break in a shady stroller.”
“My husband and I are going next week, I’m just trying to figure out if I can have him push me in a stroller.”
And of course, there were some haters — as expected.
“Absolutely not. My kids very rarely used a stroller and had no problem walking, including at Disney when they were 3. Hauling a stroller sucked.”
“None. Zero. After 30,000 steps and bell to bell, I’m not schlepping all the stuff and sleeping kids.”
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