In recent years, we've seen a push among parenting communities to be more mindful of their children's personal boundaries.
This often takes the form of respecting and enforcing their decision not to feel obligated to show family members certain kinds of affection as children. But this philosophy becomes just as relevant when those children come of age.
After all, how many stories have we have of in-laws snooping around in their children's homes uninvited and trying to make decisions that aren't in their power when a couple is in the birthing room?
And it is this cultural context that makes it so easy to understand why one mom's TikTok viewers were less than impressed when she played an invasive prank on her son. That said, it's hard to think of an era when it