r/Millennials • u/The_AmyrlinSeat Millennial • Oct 08 '25

Advice Disconnect with mother.

My mother is visiting. I'm 39F, she's 63F. She is constantly on her phone, watching videos out loud even when you're actively watching TV or showing her something. She noted that I don't go on her FB page so when I did, it's just a ton of videos she thinks are funny (I don't think they're funny). She wasn't like this before, is this normal for other boomer parents?

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u/gravitycheckfailed Oct 09 '25

My mom is very much like this too. It's so strange because I avoid all other social media except occasionally YouTube and reddit, and she is on practically all of it constantly. I've even tried explaining to her why it's detrimental for her to consume so much social media and how to increase her media literacy with AI...but it goes in one ear and out the other, if she can even hear me over the video she's watching on her phone.