Mom Blames Tablets ‘Impulse Control’ Five-year-old Daughter Unwrapped All Christmas Gifts Before Her Parents Got Viral TikTok

New Jersey mom Several theories have been put forward by her daughter, aged 5, about why she thought it acceptable to open every single one. Christmas Give the gift before anyone else.

Jessica Ciraulo posted the original clip to TikTok December 25th, saying that her daughter “woke up and opened every single present in the house,” Includes “her sister’s, my husband’s, and mine.” The video gained a lot of views quickly. 

“You want to talk about a major parenting fail,” In the video, the mom of 42 years said that her daughter was seeing a mountain full of boxes and wrapping papers all over the floor.

“I was so looking forward to, like, a magical Christmas morning. I spent three hours wrapping these presents,” Ciraulo continued. “We didn’t get to watch her open a single present.”

“What are we doing wrong here that our daughter would think this is okay??” In the video caption she asked, and said she was “open to suggestions.”

TikTok users voiced their opinions. 

“This is so not a parenting fail. You cannot control your kid’s actions even if you try. You’re likely a good momma with all that effort. Don’t sweat it,” One popular comment is:

“Honestly mama, sit her down, and then explain what she did, why you’re hurt by it and ask her why she did it,” A second person may be suggested.

“Every day this app confirms my decision to never have kids,” A third person was observed.

Ciraulo was contacted by several people. She told them InsiderThe video was used to exploit her daughter, she claimed. “I wasn’t ‘shaming’ her in my video, though, and I would never do that publicly or privately. That is just not the way we parent,” She told the publication.

In a follow up videoThe mom claimed that she had given some toys to her daughter as punishment. She also claimed her daughter wasn’t a “bad kid” But “lacks impulse control” And “made a bad decision” It is partly due to the “amount of time that she spends on her tablet and some of the things she’s learning there.”

Insider heard from Ciraulo, that her behavior led to her taking the initiative. tablet Her daughter used the device for five hours daily, and she was unable to leave it behind. “She’s not getting it back, maybe ever,” She elaborates.

“It was teaching her to be competitive and materialistic in an unhealthy way,” Ciraulo continued. “She would also watch a lot of YouTube videos of other kids playing those games, and that was reinforcing those concepts.”

She confirmed that her daughter was aware she had to wake her parents before opening the presents. 

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