I’m 27 years old and my parents insisted on practicing my new work commute with me – most people think it’s cute but some say I’m childish

By Jessica Taylor For Mailonline

Published: 09:05 BST, 22 September 2023 | Updated: 09:13 BST, 22 September 2023

A 27-year-old woman who is about to start a new job has sparked debate online after revealing her parents insisted on ‘testing out’ her new commute before her first day.

TikTok user Stizz Chung, from Seattle, posted a video on the platform which explained that, even though she is in her late twenties, her parents still wanted to try out her new commute with her to ensure she would find her way to work safely and efficiently.

In the video posted on the social media platform, the content creator joked she was a ’27-year-old teenage girl’ as she filmed herself on the train platform as she waited for the train she will soon be taking every day to get into the office.

In subsequent shots, she films herself sitting on the train while her father sits in the seat next to her, while her mother is in the row behind. 

She posted the video with a caption which included her mother’s words: ‘On Thursday we will practice going downtown.’

Seattle-based TikToker Stizz Chung, 27, revealed her parents tested out her commute with her before she started a new job

The video also shows the content creator’s parents walking ahead of her once they get off the train downtown.

While some people thought the 27-year-old’s parents were sweet and caring for helping their daughter with her commute, the post has sparked a debate about how old is ‘too old’ for your parents to be helping you out.

One person wrote: ‘This is so lovely. As an adult who was left to adult from way too young, hyper independence is ok but this – and then posted two emotional looking emojis.’

Others agreed with the sentiment, with another person writing: ‘I love it. Hyper individualism is killing me, I love seeing families connected with each other like this.’

The content creator filmed herself walking along the train platform to get to downtown Seattle for her new job

A third viewer said the parents’ care for their daughter was ‘such a safe thing to do’.

She said: ‘So family knows your routine to work in case something even happens to you.’

One woman, who is 36 years old, even said her father had done the same thing for her a few weeks ago when she started a new job.

However, reposting the TikTok video on Twitter, one woman said the clip was proof that there is ‘something seriously wrong with this generation’.

She said that people in their late 20s were ‘infantilized and proud of it’. 

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I’m 27 years old and my parents insisted on practicing my new work commute with me – most people think it’s cute but some say I’m childish

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