Luken is five years old and loves to paint his nails in many colors. And is that, To which little one it is not surprising to see her little hands full of color? My children certainly love it, both my girl and my toddler!
But it seems that some classmates in Luken's class don't understand his tastes and when the little boy wears his painted fingernails tease him. Disgusted to see him so sad, his father has decided to support him with a simple gesture that has revolutionized Facebook.
They call her girl and ladybug
Luken lives in Biscay and is five years old and, from time to time, likes to paint colored nails. However, this simple gesture so natural and fun for him is not well received by some of his classmates that when they see him they laugh and They tell her she is a "girl" or a "ladybug."
Obviously, Luken gets sad and when he paints his nails he always asks his parents to clean them before going to school to avoid teasing his friends.
So his father, Jesus, has decided to publicly support his son by sharing a post on his Facebook profile that in a few days has gone viral:
"My son loves to paint his nails and I support him by letting me paint them. I do so, because lately he asks us to clean them before going to school because some of his 5-year-old classmates make fun and comment that she is a girl or a ladybug and he gets sad "
"We try to convince him that the problem is the one who looks without seeing, but it is hard to see him that way. Although what saddens me the most is the state of the brain of those children who are undoubtedly being channeled towards retrograde, outdated ideas and sexists. "
"I ask parents to think about the kind of ideas they are implanting in those developing brains and that they will cause scars. In addition to what it will cost to erase them, if it is possible. Live the colored nails. Long live Luken "
The publication has been shared by almost 40,000 people in less than a week, and Jesus admits feeling overwhelmed by comments of encouragement and solidarity of the tens of thousands of people who have been moved by their history.
Further, many confess to having lived similar situations with their sons, not only for nail polish, but for wanting to play with toys that society considers to be "as a child", for disguising herself as a princess or for combing her hair in a certain way.
Days later, Jesus again thanked the signs of love and support for his son Luken and invited him to reflect on the way parents sometimes address our children, in what we tell them at a given time and in how we transmit our messages:
"Do not start this because my son suffered bullying, they are 5 years old and I don't think they know what that is, some kids just repeat things they hear. Surely in my case, the parents of those kids had no intention of inciting anything , I think, because it has happened to me sometime, it was an excuse for not attending to the child at a time when perhaps there was no time or desire to get involved in painting his nails "
"The problem is that certain comments or quick responses must be thought of, since a brain of that age does not go to the rhythm of an adult."
"What makes me happy and is encouraging me a lot is that thanks to this" anecdote "a wave of rejection has been generated towards people who harass, discriminate, separate, forget or despise the weird one, different from the special one or the normal one, but from in a conscious way. On principle I always believe in the good faith of people and I blame everything on ignorance or imprinted feelings "
Children are children and should be able to have fun as they would like
Unfortunately, this debate is not new.. Recently we have seen it with the catalogs of sexist toys for Christmas that condition children to play with certain toys based on their sex or the role that society expects of them.
On some occasion, we have also echoed protests by parents who complained about the discrimination their children had suffered because they disguised themselves as princesses or because they had long hair.
And I wonder, is this really the society we want to leave our children? A society that encourages criticism and discrimination since childhood?Surely if we stop to think carefully about what we say to our children or how we proceed when they are ahead, we may realize that on more than one occasion we have screwed up with comments as appropriate. And it is that many times We are not aware of what we can influence your behavior.
That is why it is essential that the change takes place in us, the stupid ones, and let the children freedom to play, grow and develop as they wish. Because they are not born programmed to criticize the differences, nor to be sexist.
Children, like children who are, just seek to play, have fun, dress up and blow their imagination and creativity. And both boys and girls can do the same things and no one should stop him or criticize him. Let's end gender stereotypes and let children be just children!
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