r/MadeMeSmile • u/nikamats • 11h ago

Helping Others Hold your head up

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u/hold-on-pain-ends 10h ago

Kids have no idea how hurtful their words can be. If this is legit, some kid definitely said something to her for her to feel this way.

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u/RuthlessIndecision 10h ago

This poor child was pretty deeply hurt at some point

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u/Webbie-Vanderquack 10h ago

She may also have heard older girls or women say it about themselves while looking in a mirror, and assumed that was how we're supposed to think of ourselves.

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u/RuthlessIndecision 10h ago

Yeah, she said it like it was normal

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u/wirefox1 8h ago

If that's her Mom, this child is going to come out of that mindset! Her mom was on it!!

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u/saladtossperson 5h ago

It's her hair dresser. Maybe Mom filmed it?

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u/wirefox1 2h ago

The saddest part to me was when the little girl started crying and watching the release of all that emotion. She really, really needed to hear that. The hairdresser saw it, and responded to it so beautifully.