Last night after dinner I was listening to some music and the video for This is Me from the Greatest Showman came on. Kat was bopping around enjoying it until she looked at the screen and saw the bearded lady, then started the questions.
“Who’s that? Is she a man? Why does she have a beard? I don’t like this song.”
Oh baby, you don’t like this song because the singer doesn’t look the way you think she should? Time for A Conversation. I explained that the lady had an imbalance that causes extra hair to grow on her face, that she wasn’t a man, and we should listen to her song and enjoy her voice just because. Kat wasn’t buying it. We listened to the song again and really focused on the words, and I tried to bring it back to her level. I asked her what if someone didn’t want to play with her at school because she had blue eyes? Wouldn’t that make her sad they didn’t want to get to know her, just because of one thing she couldn’t change? She agreed, finally, it’s hurtful to judge people by how they look. We need to give everyone a chance to be our friend, and by their actions and words is how they get to stay our friend.
Love yourself, my friends. The good people will come your way.
