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Dad perfectly captures out how an age-old parenting default no longer works, thanks to Alexa

Parenting looks astronomically different than it did when we were kids, and we know one of the major culprits of that is technology. Back in the day, there was no such thing as a “tablet kid,” there wasn’t an app that tracked a kid’s every move, you couldn’t get answers to your burning parenting questions from endless online forms and parent groups. Twas a different time, indeed.

Of course, these modern day conveniences have all kinds of pros and cons attached to them, as one dad, Josh (@amberandjoshofficial) demonstrated in a now-viral video posted to his TikTok. In the video, we see him try—and fail—to use the age-old parenting saying that’s always bought them juuuuust a little more time from demanding kiddos, otherwise known as “just a minute.”

Thatis,untilnow.Turnsout,intheageofAlexa,“justaminute”doesn’tcutit.Becausekidscanandwillbeusingthatrobotagainstyou,justlikehisowndaughterdid.PoorJoshwasjusttryingtofinishwashingthedishesbeforegettingtheglassofmilksherequested.Butunfortunatelyforhim,assoonasherepliedwith“justaminute,”sheimmediatelyaskedAlexato“setthetimer.”Ruthless. @a