Food For Thought
By MandaLee
@MandaLee (3804)
United States
April 14, 2017 1:42pm CST
Mom and I went to the thrift store yesterday. Some sweet boys were lost and asked me to help them find their Mommy. There was no employee around, so I asked a passerby to help them find their Mommy.
This experience once again reminded me that children are children and are sometimes curious about differences or challenges, but they are not stopped by them. My wheelchair did not hinder or scare the children from asking for my help.
No, it is adults who are hindered by and would be well served by beginning to acknowledge and overcome their own negative, discriminatory biases and stereotypes against someone who might be different from them in some way. We are all the same at heart.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
14 Apr 17
Did they find their Mom in the end?
It must have been worrying for you as well knowing they were a bit lost.
Children are magic.
They see things so much differently to us.
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@MandaLee (3804)
• United States
15 Apr 17
@lovingangelsinstead21
I don't know. I certainly hope so. Children are so very special.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
15 Apr 17
@MandaLee
Yes they are I learned that in several places where women with children of that condition talked about their daily struggles.
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
14 Apr 17
Children are perfect and beautiful until we ruin them with our darkness and idiotic prejudices. I hope the kids are safe and that Mom will watch them better next time!
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