"So sick and tired of kids saying something to Thai because she wears superhero shirts to school! Teacher getting a call! She cried about it this morning."
>:(
this is not acceptable. this is downright rage-inducing. messing w/ this girl? because of SUPERHERO TSHIRTS??? this is like messing w/ my own child. we go to cons w/ her & her family. we hang out at kickboxing class. shoot, we have more pix of her on our fridge than we do of our own son.
i know kids can be stupid & use a strange logic that we grown people just don't get, but this needs to be nipped in the bud. i remember once upon a time when self esteem wasn't an issue for me. i mean, every kid coming into the world has unlimited potential to do great things...until they are told by someone else they can't/don't/shouldn't. i use to be the fastest runner in school & queen of the monkey bars (i had the blisters on my palms to prove it). then 6th grade hit & i was made fun of because i didn't play quiet games during recess.
& it didn't quit there. i withdrew further into myself when in 8th grade was told i was suppose to draw flowers instead of dragons. & then in high school i was 'weird' because i read (for fun, not for homework) at lunch instead of gossip, didn't wear make up, didn't go on dates. &, oh yeah, i didn't care for new kids on the block. i know, ole weirdo janet.
it wasn't until i hit my mid-20s before i realized i was tired & unhappy of trying to fit in & hiding the things i liked, all for people who i never saw again & did not matter whatsoever in my life anyways.
a girl doesn't have to wear pink or draw only flowers & unicorns or wear hannah montana shirts or like princesses to be a girl.
she can dress up as her favorite superhero.
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| best black canary EVER! |
she can be in ballet.
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| graceful. |
she can whoop some tail in kickboxing class.
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| she's smiling because you think she's cute & can't hit hard. |
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| country fiddlin' or classical. |
she can have taekwondo family fun time, too.
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| choke him out!!! |
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| in yo faces, haters. |
dear thai:
i know sometimes it's hard being 10, trying to figure out who you are & where you fit into this world that can be full of people who, at times, are rather stupid & slow to realize that not everyone's a cookie cutter clone.
you are an individual. you are ok to like the things you like and enjoy the things you do because those things make you happy. and too bad if it bothers someone else so much that they feel they need to make fun of you. those people need to find a hobby, like knitting, if they really don't have anything else going for them.
keep wearing batman tees. keep playing w/ star wars legos. keep reading comic books. one day you'll understand that you are an AWESOME kid. everyone who love you already know your awesome-osity is boundless. :)
love <3<3<3,
~~me
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| that's right. wear that superhero tshirt, miss thai. |
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