- Are you kidding me, people?
- (FBE) Now that you've seen a few of these TikTok trends,
we actually wanted to see if you could recreate
that last one? - Oh, hell no.
Oh, no, no, no.
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- (FBE) So Trudi, how much do you know about TikTok?
- Oh my God, I don't know much
except for I do know it's goofy as hell.
- TikTok, I know my middle schoolers are
obsessed with it.
- My kids use it and I'm guilty of using it myself.
- I've seen a few of them. My kids have shown me
a few of the little snippets. They keep begging me
to try and do something, but I've resisted.
- (FBE) Well, since you are all parents in this episode today
and this app is very popular with kids and teens,
today we're gonna teach you a little bit more about TikTok
and show you some weird and popular trends
to see what you think about this social media app.
- Okay, good. So I can spy, low key.
Okay.
- (FBE) So, for this first one, we have a recent trend
where people attempt to gain fuller lips with some glue
with many people calling it the lip challenge.
- Is it called the Kardashian challenge?
(rimshot)
- This child's putting glue on her lips?
- Are you kidding me, people?
- Whoa.
- Ooh.
- Why? Why?
- Yeah, keep doing that and then now you're gonna
have this wrinkle up here and people are gonna be like,
"What happened to your face?
Did you get cut?"
- You already have lips.
- I can't believe this.
- Hilarious.
- Yeah, that's me. That guy is me.
- I like his expression. That was good.
He's like, "What the hell are you doing?"
- I feel this could save me a lot on plastic surgery.
Thanks, TikTok.
- I think it's cool for a picture,
but these people cannot be in a laugh challenge.
A little laugh, a little smile.
The whole magic is gone.
- I just wanna know what kind of glue they're using.
- It looks like her lip's stuck to her nose.
- It looks insane.
- They don't think that looks good, right?
- Don't try this at home, kids. Especially if you already have
fabulous lips.
- What's so prominent in social media,
I feel they just wanna do what all their
Instagram stars are doing and they all got these lips
acting like they were born with them.
No.
- (FBE) So, next we have a popular TikTok trend
from earlier this year, which we actually covered
with our kids. - Oh God.
- (FBE) It's where teens and kids flaunt their
expensive lifestyles, with the trend being called
rich boy check. - Oh Lord, okay.
- (boy) Yo, rich boy check.
- 'Cause you know that guy, he earned it.
Look how hard he works here on TikTok.
- God, yeah. Whoo.
- (boy) Rich boy check.
- And you drive those.
♪ (classical music) ♪
- I can't right now. That's not yours.
- You know dang well that's not his stuff.
- I mean, it is good. If a kid is broke
and watching this, they might get inspired,
but I can see that also some other people could
get upset about it, too.
- I have literally never ever-- would never put something
out going, "Rich person" and then showing off stuff.
I just think that is new money trash.
- That gets people robbed. That's what people don't understand.
You're supposed to be quiet with your money.
Anybody asks me, I'm broke.
- (boy) Rich boy check.
- Yo, mommy and daddy money check.
- Wow, that's a lot of clothes, though.
- For sure he's sitting in his parents' house.
These are all little children.
- (boy) Yo, rich boy check.
- Y'all better stop telling your parents' business.
- My whole apartment is the size of his closet.
- It's nice.
- Was that a middle finger? Really?
- I will be showing off my wheelchair.
I got some rims that are very expensive
and these freaking rims, I'll be like, "Homie,
rich boy check."
- Not my values. Hope it's not my kid's values,
but you guys, you keep rolling,
'cause you know what? Someone's gotta do it, I guess.
- (FBE) So next, we have a TikTok trend where
people are showing what bad decisions they make
even knowing it's not good for them
and some are calling it the bad for me challenge.
- Okay, I might not hate this one.
♪ Was it bad for me? ♪
- "Not going to school and lying to my mom that I'm sick."
- I should not be laughing at this.
♪ No thank you is how it should have gone ♪
♪ I should stay strong ♪ - Okay, that one's funny.
- But he's not going to school.
What a rebel.
- Yeah, that's an old school trick right there.
"Mom, I'm sick."
- They be telling all their business.
That's why they be getting in trouble.
You're supposed to keep that on the hush.
I'm so glad they didn't have cell phones
when I was in school. Lord, I would have gotten
in so much trouble.
- Investigative time has been cut down tremendously
by social media. I just gotta log on
to their accounts and it's all there.
They can't help themselves. They have this innate need
to just share everything with everyone, even if it's
something that could possibly get them in trouble.
- "Be the bigger person and just walk away."
"Run them over with my lawnmower."
♪ I give in so easily and no, thank you ♪
- You know I wanna see what happens.
I wanna see what's he doing with a lawnmower.
♪ But I give in so easily ♪
- I can't. Oh my goodness.
They are funny.
♪ I should stay strong but I'm ♪
- Eh, it's just not funny.
- That was actually-- I enjoyed that one,
'cause you be feeling like that about people sometimes.
- Who hasn't felt that? Let's just be honest.
That's pretty clever.
- "Talking back to your mom knowing you will get in trouble."
"Don't talk back to your mom and listen."
- This is my older daughter right here.
She got a lip on her. She got mouth.
- Look at-- how cute are these guys?
♪ Is how it should have gone ♪
- Get it, mom. Okay.
- How do these trends get so popular?
How?
- Don't talk back to your mom or dad, please,
but if you do, run after.
- Some of the looks that I've given my daughters,
I'm watching them go down the rabbit hole on disrespect
and then they have that little fear in their eye
when I give them that look. They're like...
- (evil laughter)
- (FBE) So, we have one last TikTok trend
and it's a little hard to describe, so without
further ado, here is what some are calling the #Roasted trend.
- Roasted trend? Okay, I'm scared now,
but let's see.
- (girl) I would roast you, but my mom said I'm not
allowed to burn trash.
- Oh snap.
- (girl) I would roast you, but my mom said I'm not
allowed to burn trash.
- That's really painful. I'm sorry.
I guess I'm just not into these quick six second type things,
you know what I mean?
- That was actually my favorite. I like that.
That was creative.
- If I saw my kid's TikToks and they were doing this,
I'd probably say, "What the hell is wrong with you?"
- (girl) I would roast you, but my mom--
- Oh, here we go.
- Oh, they're gonna say the same--
whoa. Godzilla butt.
- (girl) I would roast you, but my mom said I'm not
allowed to burn trash.
- I feel like that's what my ass is getting to.
- I sense a trend in terms of a big ass.
- So it's the same roast over and over,
but it really is in the sashay away
that takes people down.
- Oh, all right. Oh Howie.
- Oh, Howie Mandel.
- Hilarious.
- It says "moist" on his butt. No, not my favorite.
- He looked like he had a saggy diaper.
I'm hoping he was doing it sarcastically.
- Oh God, now TikTok's over when the grownups come in,
when Howie Mandel's taking to task, it's over.
- I like this trend. I'm like--
I might have to download it or something.
- (FBE) Now that you've seen a few of these TikTok trends,
we actually wanted to see if you could recreate
that last one? - Oh, hell no.
Oh, no, no, no. Nope, nope.
That's not happening. Okay, I'll--
all right, I'll subject myself and my family to this,
but fine, that's fine.
- The butt one. Let's do it.
- (girl) I would roast you, but my mom said I'm not
allowed to burn trash. (gun cocking)
♪ (Dance of the sugar plum fairy) ♪
- (girl) I would roast you, but my mom said I'm not
allowed to burn trash. (gun cocking)
♪ (Dance of the sugar plum fairy) ♪
- (girl) I would roast you, but my mom said I'm not
allowed to burn trash. (gun cocking)
♪ (Dance of the sugar plum fairy) ♪
- (girl) I would roast you, but my mom said I'm not
allowed to burn trash. (gun cocking)
♪ (Dance of the sugar plum fairy) ♪
- (girl) I would roast you, but my mom said I'm not
allowed to burn trash. (gun cocking)
♪ (Dance of the sugar plum fairy) ♪
- (FBE) So, TikTok is a social media video sharing app
meant for creating and sharing short lip syncs, comedy,
and talent videos. So, users often repeat trends
across the platform using similar music,
which you saw a little of today. So users can also follow
each other, like their content, and more, similar to other
social media apps. So, do you know if your
kids are on TikTok? - Absolutely, yeah.
I have two girls and they're on it for sure.
- Yeah, my 20 year old daughter is
and my nine and seven year old are on it, yeah.
I don't really be following them. I just hear the talking about it
all the time.
- I know they've seen them, they share them,
they won't admit to me if they do have them,
'cause I feel like they're afraid that I will
indeed get the app just 'cause I would be that mom.
- I know at least one of them is.
As long as it's done in a positive manner
and not done to ultimately hurt anybody,
I think it's fine. I think it's fun.
- I feel like it gives kids a chance to express themselves
and channel their inner actor, actress, artist, whatever.
- (FBE) So, there is a variety of content on TikTok
with some of the trends that circulate on the platform
being known as cringey, while some of them
are super creative. Like some of the other
social media apps, it gives users a chance
to create and invent online trends that can spread
around the entire world, so what do you think it would
have been like if you had had an app like this
when you were growing up? - I think it would have been
just like today. We would have been cutting up,
figuring out all kinds of ideas to be able to do that.
- It would have been-- I would have been dancing
to Bell Biv DeVoe Poison, all those '90s music
just making a video. Having the bob hairstyle
and MC Hammer pants. Ooh, I just showed my age.
- Listen, I've said it before and I will say it a million times
over, it's a really good thing that we didn't have these
things when I was growing up because when I was 19
versus 49, things were quite a bit different
and I've calmed way down and yeah.
I'm not the same person I was at 19 years old.
- It would have got me out of a lot of trouble, I think,
'cause to be honest, as a kid whenever I thought
about joining anything that had to do with art,
I would think taking the bus a long way down
to west side of LA, so by then,
most people gave up and we end up doing
other things.
- (FBE) So finally, after learning a little bit more about TikTok
in trying out a trend yourself, could you ever see yourself
getting more into TikTok? - I would--
I'm sure my children wish I would say no,
but I'm definitely going to download the app
onto my phone.
- No, 'cause I'm a grown woman and I'm just not into it
like that.
- I might show up every now and again.
I don't know. We'll see.
- Yes, I could see myself doing more videos on that.
It was fun.
- Possibly. If my arm was turned
a certain way, yeah, possibly.
- I would wanna try it, yeah. I would try--
I think I would like to try it. It looks really funny
and simple.
- Yeah, I'm about to-- as soon as I leave here,
I'm going home. Let's go home and do
something crazy.
- It's probably gonna be a no, yeah.
- I feel like grownups should not be allowed there,
but maybe secretly, I'll start my own TikTok channel.
I could see where it's addictive.
It's a good distraction.
- Thanks for watching Parents React.
Shoutout to Michael Mckee.
- What's your favorite TikTok trend?
Let us know in the comments.
- Bye.
- Hey everyone, Lauren, producer here at FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode of College Kids React.
If you wanna see more episodes like this,
make sure you check them out from all the generations.
Links are gonna be down in the description.
Bye, everyone.