Counselor explains why Gen X doesn’t want to care for their elderly parents

TikTok is more than just a place for funny videos and dancing challenges. The app’s videos cover everything from fashion to politics to psychiatry. A new video from TikTok’s “Cursing Counselor” is giving users an answer to why many Gen Xers don’t want to take on the responsibility of caring for their aging parents.

‘Cursing Counselor’Discuss ‘Basically Feral’ Gen X Kids

Janet, the Cursing Counselor (also known as Janet), posts videos on topics such as emotional neglect, forgiveness and accountability. When discussing these topics, she often considers the Gen X experience. Janet discussed the topic of Gen X parents taking care of their aging parents in her most recent video.

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“I’m Gen X,”She started. “In my generation, we were basically feral. We sort of raised ourselves. Our parents were very busy doing their own things—lots of working parents, especially newly working parents—and so, we were latchkey kids.”

She acknowledged that she was not a professional, but it was a fact. “problematic,”Working parents abandoning their children was “unavoidable.”Janet said that Janet was right. “emotional neglect”Gen Xers remained loyal to this belief.

Counselor: ‘We Were Not Taken Care Of, But Now We Are Expected To Take Care Of’

“We came home from school, we made our own dinners a lot of times, nobody really checked our homework or helped us with school or anything like that, because again, they were really busy,” Janet explained. “We didn’t have a lot of people to talk to, or our emotions were not seen as important.”

These issues of emotional neglect are resurfacing now that Gen Xers face the reality of their aging parents. “Now our parents are older and they need us,”She spoke. “And many of us are struggling because we were not taken care of, but now we are expected to take care of, and that’s creating a lot of issues.”

Viewer reactions: ‘Yes My Parents Need Me—I Don’t Want To Help Them’

The Cursing Counselor’s words clearly resonated with many of her viewers. “Yes!”One person spoke up. “It’s all emotional, yes my parents need me—I don’t want to help them. I keep telling myself I’m not guilty for not helping. Don’t come for me.”Another writer wrote: “This is my life right now! My mom was never really a mom (raised by grandma) but now mom has to live with me. I have so much rage for her I can’t cope!”

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Though this hasn’t been a universal experience for Gen Xers, The Cursing Counselor’s Gen X-specific videos are connecting with viewers. Many people who saw this video were happy to see that others feel the same about caring for their aging parents.

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