Caitlin Emmaline (@caitlin.emmaline), a certified nurse midwife (CNM) and mom of soon-to-be two kids, shared a free toddler arcade hack she uses to keep her son entertained on TikTok — and people had thoughts.
Emmaline has 53.8K followers on TikTok, and she shared what she called a “hot tip” in a video that quickly went viral, amassing over 12.5 million views.
The tip boiled down to simply taking her toddler to a local arcade, but not actually buying tickets or tokens to play any of the games. Instead, Emmaline lets her toddler run around, “dance,” climb on and off the rideable and interactive games, and press buttons to his heart’s content.
“He’s having a great time,” she added. “I spent zero money. He doesn’t know what the h*ll is going on.”
Emmaline explained in her video that she had posted her original “hot tip” arcade hack a year ago, and in her newest, follow-up video, she noted that a year later, she is still taking her toddler to the arcade without paying for rides or games. And he’s still having a fantastic time.
“A year later, it’s still tried and true,” she said.
