Young Woman Praises Grandmother Who Raised Her Like a Mom in Touching TikTok Video

Young Woman Praises Grandmother Who Raised Her Like a Mom in Touching TikTok Video

  • A young South African woman shared a video on TikTok to appreciate her grandmother, who raised her
  • In her emotional post, Ninothando Khumalo opened up about losing her parents at a young age
  • A parenting expert spoke to Briefly News about the significance of grandmothers in many SA families
  • The video touched many netizens who shared their own stories of being raised by their grandmothers
A young woman honoured her grandmother for being her single parent
A woman thanked her grandmother for taking on the role of being her parent. Image: @ninothandokhumalo1
Source: TikTok

A Mzansi woman had social media users chopping onions after sharing a heartwarming video appreciating her grandmother for raising her.

Young woman embraces gogo as her parent

A TikTok video shared by Ninothando Khumalo (@ninothandokhumalo1) shows her smiling and beaming joyfully as she hugs her grandmother before the camera.

In the post, Ninothando disclosed that her grandmother assumed the position of being her single mother after she sadly lost her parents as a child.

Read also

TikTok video captures woman's gogo experiencing first flight out of KwaZulu-Natal

"God has decided to take both your parents at your baby stage, but your grandma decided to become your single parent, " Ninothando captioned the post.

The unique love offered by grandmothers

Parenting expert Jonathan Hoffenberg of The Parent Centre told Briefly News that grandmothers, especially in South Africa, play a significant role in children’s lives.

"Many children are taken care of by grandparents, especially in the case that parents are not able to raise the children themselves. Traditionally the grandmother is more involved in caring for children.
"Grandmothers can also can be very involved in the lives of their grandchildren and have the link to being spoilt and cherished."

SA touched by granddaughter-grandmother bond

Many netizens responded to the clip with sweet and emotional messages as they admired the post and Ninothando's bond with her gogo. Others shared how their grandmothers also raised them.

Read also

Woman shows off what she spent her first salary on after being unemployed for months, Mzansi touched

Ndi said:

"Cutest video I’ve seen on TikTok today ❤️☺️."

khaya said:

"Thando umyenzani ugog wami❤️❤️."

soo_milla replied:

"Chopping onions."

ANGEL SHILUVA MAVUYANGWA. replied:

"I so wish I had a grandmother/father ."

replied:

"We have the same situation."

His Feelings. commented:

"Granny's to the world ."

noluna ❤️ said:

"This reminds me of the relationship that I had with my late grandmother ❤️."

Masetshaba Motseotha reacted:

"Nibahle ♥️."

pheellomol commented:

"Le botsana kamoka ❤️."

Loving gogo buys her grandchild a new iPhone

In another story, Briefly News reported that a young woman took to social media to show how her grandmother spoiled her with a brand-new phone.

A video posted on TikTok by @siimply_kea shows her at an iStore with her gogo as she picks out a new Apple device.

Many netizens responded to the video with sweet and funny comments, highlighting how fortunate the young woman was.

Read also

Mom's TikTok video goes viral, shows off hilarious struggles of having twins

Source: Briefly News

Authors:
Nothando Mthembu avatar

Nothando Mthembu (Senior editor) Nothando Mthembu is a senior multimedia journalist and editor. Nothando has over 5 years of work experience and has served several media houses including Caxton Local Newspapers. She has experience writing on human interest, environment, crime and social issues for community newspapers. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree and an Honours Degree in Media Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, obtained in 2016 and 2017. Nothando has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. Email: nothando.mthembu@briefly.co.za