A millennial mom recently went viral asking “toxic” boomers to stop bullying kids they don’t know into conversation.

TikTok: @Kay.n.zee

She recounted a time when a woman commented repeatedly on her daughter’s appearance at Target. “I don’t think you’re pretty,” she said, but the stranger persisted. 

“I told my daughter that she knows she’s beautiful, but she doesn’t like talking to strangers.”

The maker of a TikTok #toxicboomer video questioned, "Why would you want to plant that idea in her head?" in a follow-up video.

"Millennial parents are putting a lot of effort into ending these harmful cycles, but they just discard it whenever they have the chance to pass it on to a helpless child."

On another outing, she said, a “boomer man” praised her daughter’s “perfect olive complexion” and asked “where” she was “from.”

Last month, in another video, she responded to a viewer’s question about what a “good boundary” should be for these types of interactions.

“I don’t mind the interactions as long as the daughter doesn’t mind them,” she said. “But if a child isn’t responding after you’ve tried talking to them a few times, you shouldn’t be trying to get a reaction out of them the way that that woman did.”

The videos started a cross-generational discussion about parenting. While some parents lamented a day in the future when strangers were unable to connect, others expressed discomfort when strangers approached their kids.

Boomers spend so much time talking about stranger danger, only to turn into strangers we don't want to talk to, one viewer wrote. 

"I had boomers reaching into my pram bassinet trying to touch my newborn," another said. "Like no madam, we're trying to go grocery shopping."

According to Kay.n.zee, she received a lot of criticism, including calls to her “a little brat,” “rude,” and “despicable.” One person wrote, “What a sad world you live in where you don’t want anyone to speak to your children!”

“What did I say?” she said.

She did not reply to Business Insider’s request for comment.

In addition to her “controversial parenting choices, Kay.n.” has also said that she doesn’t force interactions with her daughter, doesn’t hug her, and doesn’t expect her to blindly respect elders.

She also says that she reserves screen time for her daughter when she’s not feeling well, and hasn’t taught her to associate sweets.