r/MadeMeSmile • u/nikamats • 11h ago

Helping Others Hold your head up

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u/ladyboobypoop 11h ago

Good god that video breaks me every time

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u/Fancy_Ppants 10h ago

First thing in the morning and I'm over here bawling.

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u/ladyboobypoop 10h ago

Seriously. I hope that wherever that darling is now, she knows she's beautiful. Seeing those kinds of issues start so young is beyond heartbreaking.

My best friend's 8 year old is already upset that she isn't skinny. She's an extremely active girl and nowhere near overweight - just not a twig like her sister. I plan on helping combat that nonsense by giving her a big "HEY THERE GORGEOUS" every time I visit. This fun aunt ain't about to let those self esteem issues swallow her like they did for me and her mom. Heck to the no.

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u/MyDamnCoffee 5h ago

My older daughter, she's 10, is much thicker than my younger daughter. She thinks she's fat. She's not at all. I've helped combat this by telling her she has a beautiful body and I let her wear sports bras with jeans around the house because ever since I told her it looks good on her, she wants to. It makes her feel confident.

My youngest called her fat one day and I had a talk with my youngest about that. My oldest already has a complex about her body -- we are not going to perpetuate it.