Mom Talks One of Her Twins Invited to Birthday Party Without the Other (Exclusive) [Video]

A twin mom shared a parenting dilemma on TikTok recently — and got quite a divided response.

In her TikTok video, Kristen (@thefoxsaystwins) details a situation in which one of her 5-year-old identical twin girls was invited to a party and the other seemingly was not. When it comes to her twins, she says, her gut tells her it’s “all or nothing.”

Kristen’s video went viral after people thought her take was wrong.

“I’ve been active on TikTok for five years and I’ve had some other things that are controversial, but this did not feel like something that was going to be that,” she tells PEOPLE. “I was incredibly surprised by the amount of negative feedback in response to the situation.”

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Taking a glance at the guest list, Kristen noticed the …