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An incredible mom told her 5-year-old son, Sam, that he could pick out whatever shoes he liked from the store to wear for his first day to pre-school. These are the shoes he wanted, and though nobody gave him grief at school over his selection, once Sam's mom posted the picture to Facebook it was the adults who became bullies. Details follow.
After selecting the pink flats, Sam's mom kindly pointed out that the shoes were meant for girls. "Ninjas can wear pink shoes, too," Sam replied.
Sam's sister takes the story from there on her cheekily-titled "Hold Me Closer Tony Danza":
Sam went to preschool and got several compliments on his new shoes. Not one kid said anything negative toward him about it.
However, my mom received about 20 comments on the photo from various family members saying how “wrong” it is and how “things like this will affect him socially” and, put most eloquently by my great aunt, “that shit will turn him gay.”
My mom then deleted the photo and told Sam that he can wear whatever he wants to preschool, that it’s his decision. If he wants to wear pink shoes, he can wear pink shoes.
Sam then explained to her that he didn’t like them because they were pink, he liked them because they were “made out of zebras” and zebras are his favorite animal :)
Bullying one's own nephew? Classy!
What does it say about society when a group of adults could stand to take a lesson in humanity from a class of pre-schoolers?
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