She said yes to babysitting — then listed every reason she shouldn’t have to. A viral tweet about boomer parents just set the internet at war, and tonight we dig into the contradiction.
A daughter asks her mom to watch the grandkids. Grandma says yes… then drops the conditions: she might bail last minute, she doesn’t want to discipline, she needs to leave early for a church function, and she “just wants to be Grandma.” Millions watched. Half the internet called it honesty. The other half called it a refusal dressed up as love.
Tonight on Avoiding Babylon, we break down the viral tweet, the generational fight it exposed, and what happens when family keeps the title but drops the duty — through a Catholic lens on family, sacrifice, and order.
