A mother is going viral on TikTok for what she is teaching her son by breaking gender stereotypes.
Payal Desai, a content creator and blogger in Texas, has posted a series of videos on TikTok teaching her seven-year-old boy various things so that his future partner "doesn't have to suffer" with him.
One of the most popular videos shows Payal teaching her son "about the importance of quality skin care" so that someone else's daughter "doesn't have to justify her $200 serums."
@payalforstyle No dust here. #dustyson #dustydaughter #trend #boymom ? original sound - Bryan
"Teaching my son how to clean up after himself, so your daughter doesn't have to deal with a son who has been taken care of all her life," she wrote in another video.
@payalforstyle No dust here. #dustyson #dustydaughter #trend #boymom ? original sound - Bryan
Payal, who has two sons, Carter, 7, and Dev, 3, explained to Insider that she wanted them both to know "the power and privilege they will have in the world as men."
"I want them to be aware of that, to always be allies [with women], to understand the responsibility that comes with their role in life," she said, adding that her husband supports her by being a role model for their sons. "They don't often see defined gender roles in our home."
@payalforstyle #mindfulness matters. #dustyson #dustydaughter #trend #boymom ? original sound - Bryan
Payal said the main thing she wanted her sons to learn from the lessons was that "gender roles only exist as long as we define them."
