Things are getting tense over on parenting TikTok.
It all began when a parent took to TikTok to explain that she wasn't pleased when her daughter's teacher called her out after her child brought in just six invitations to her birthday party.
Clearly concerned that some kids may feel like they were missing out, the teacher pointed out that there are 27 children in the class. The mother reportedly responded: "Ma'am, this is a birthday party, not a soup kitchen."
Now another teacher - who goes by the TikTok handle @sydneyyythekydneyyy - has swooped in to defend her fellow educator.
In a comment on the video, she wrote: "I'm a teacher, and I've watched kids be devastated they were left out. Just don't pass them out in class…simple."
After garnering a mixed response, Sydney decided to create her own video to set the record straight.
Deeming the comments she got on her initial post, "so privileged" and "so vile", Sydney stated that you don't have to invite everyone, "but then just don't pass out the invitations in class."
She cited one of the comments she had received (That's not the parents' problem), and did not hold back: "A lot of these people are just projecting onto the kids," Sydney said. "They're acting like these kids think the world is sunshine and roses, and everything revolves around them."
She continued; "Newsflash: My kids know life isn't fair. You know how I know that? I have students who live in cars. I have students who have dead parents. I have students who don't know where their next meal is coming from."
"A lot of times, it's the students with the hard home lives who have trouble socializing and making friends aren't invited to the birthday," she adds. "I'm not going to let you be the reminder that they didn't win the popularity contest this year. Do that…on your own time and leave it out of the classroom."
Go Sydney!
