Reese Barcelon
Sometimes people are forced to be like someone else just because of the dictations of the society. Nowadays, they are mocked and judged just because they do not fit the standards set by other people. It seems like a person is cannot be socially accepted if he/she doesn’t meet the requirements such as being physically slim.
However, when this kind of cruelty has already been generalized, the children perceives it as proper since most people are doing it, and this is when it becomes absolutely wrong.
A Twitter user named Briseyda Ponce posted on her account saying that her eight year old cousin named Allyson Baires asked to join her in running after her classmates, including the little girl’s crush Hector, called her fat.
Based on the pictures, Baires isn’t really fat which makes it questionable what made the other kids think otherwise. How slim do they want the little girl to be?
Ponce agreed to take her cousin with her, but during the mid run, Baires suddenly pulled out a quick snack.
The netizens sent tweets to Ponce with messages of comfort and encouragement for her cousin. According to them, the little girl shouldn’t let herself be defined by other kids’ perception. One of them even said that she can eat if it makes her happy.
Ponce told her cousin that it is alright if she wants to join her usual exercise, but it shouldn’t be for the sake of being accepted by her classmates but rather for the reason of being healthy.
Kids as early as such age should be taught how to love and defend themselves, while on the other hand, parents should teach their children that bullying is not a simple thing and should not be tolerated.
