The old ways of ignoring how people are feeling and telling them to bottle up their emotions to deal with it alone are done. We dealing with feelings now. We’re helping each other.
We all learn from each other.
I’m proud of this kid, too. Crying doesn’t diminish you no matter who you are; everyone has the right to their feelings.
“It’s OK for macho men to show every emotion available right there, you know. Because I’ve cried a thousand times [and] I’m gonna cry some more. But, I’ve soared with eagles and slithered with the snakes and everywhere in between and I’m gonna tell you something right now: there’s one guarantee in life and that is that there are no guarantees, yeah. And…understand this: nobody likes a quitter, nobody said life was easy. So if you get knocked down, take the standing eight count, get back up and fight again and you’re a macho manic, dig it.”
I read this in his voice. Oh yeah!
couldn’t even say anything because he was right.
The next step is admitting that the kid was right. Dont just let him have feelings. Validate those feelings.
Endorphins helps a lot, we should normalize crying.
This is why as a dude, I hate the patriarchy.
patriarchy breeds toxic masculinity
and it harms men/boys as well as also being misogynistic
Patriarchy doesn’t just harm women. I feel like it’s a really key point to understanding feminism in practice.
The kids are alright
Holy fuck
I work in a school (grades 7-12, so meybe older then the original post), and if I saw a student cryting, the first thought isn’t ‘just man up’ its ‘are you ok? How can i help? What can I get you?’
Imagine restricting crying via the use of authority, that’s some villain shit.
What an odd cropping job.
Most of the toddler YouTubers these days share that sentiment. 100% the new normal, for the better for once.
Really respect when people publicize their private learning moments this way. Well-delivered too.
Nobody cares about crying unless you cry about stupid things. If a toddler cries because they can’t have an entire pack of oreos, it’s normal, but if an adult cries for that reason then they should grow up. If a child cries because they skinned their knee it’s understandable, but if an adult does, then they need to grow up.
(((big boy)))
