grey rocking

These, too, have helpful handles with followings on TikTok. One is called “grey rocking”, the practice of staying in contact with toxic family members while not being drawn in by their provocations, instead simply nodding, smiling and going along with what is being said, while taking none of it in and remaining entirely emotionally uninvolved.

2026 January 22, Emma Brockes, “David and Victoria Beckham learned the hard way – modern kids go ‘no contact’ with no guilt or stigma at all”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2026