Growing up I was told to man up or walk it off. Proud of this kid

The old ways of ignoring how people are feeling and telling them to bottle up their emotions to deal with it alone are done. We dealing with feelings now. We're helping each other.

We all learn from each other.

It's ok to have a cry. But then ya gotta wipe your face

I'm proud of this kid, too. Crying doesn't diminish you no matter who you are; everyone has the right to their feelings.

"It's OK for macho men to show every emotion available right there, you know. Because I've cried a thousand times [and] I'm gonna cry some more. But, I've soared with eagles and slithered with the snakes and everywhere in between and I'm gonna tell you something right now: there's one guarantee in life and that is that there are no guarantees, yeah. And…understand this: nobody likes a quitter, nobody said life was easy. So if you get knocked down, take the standing eight count, get back up and fight again and you're a macho manic, dig it."

couldn't even say anything because he was right.

The next step is admitting that the kid was right. Dont just let him have feelings. Validate those feelings.

Endorphins helps a lot, we should normalize crying.

This is why as a dude, I hate the patriarchy.

patriarchy breeds toxic masculinity

and it harms men/boys as well as also being misogynistic

The kids are alright

Holy fuck

I work in a school (grades 7-12, so meybe older then the original post), and if I saw a student cryting, the first thought isn't 'just man up' its 'are you ok? How can i help? What can I get you?'

What an odd cropping job.

Imagine restricting crying via the use of authority, that's some villain shit.

Really respect when people publicize their private learning moments this way. Well-delivered too.

Most of the toddler YouTubers these days share that sentiment. 100% the new normal, for the better for once.

::: spoiler Post would be more wholesome with accessibility. Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative such as link:

• usability
  • we can't quote the text without pointless bullshit like retyping it or OCR
  • text search is unavailable
  • the system can't
    • reflow text to varied screen sizes
    • vary presentation (size, contrast)
    • vary modality (audio, braille)
• accessibility
  • lacks semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
  • some users can't read this due to lack of alt text
  • users can't adapt the text for dyslexia or vision impairments
  • systems can't read the text to them or send it to braille devices
• web connectivity
  • we have to do failure-prone bullshit to find the original source
  • we can't explore wider context of the original message
• authenticity: we don't know the image hasn't been tampered
• searchability: the "text" isn't indexable by search engine in a meaningful way
• fault tolerance: no text fallback if
  • image breaks
  • image host is geoblocked due to insane regulations.

Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images. ::: I vaguely recall a similar interaction between a child & adult when I was a child where the child basically responded to them with incensed, furious rage that set across the idea that the adult should take their stupid opinion & go fuck themselves. That kid took no shit from anyone & set them straight.

(((big boy)))

Nobody cares about crying unless you cry about stupid things. If a toddler cries because they can't have an entire pack of oreos, it's normal, but if an adult cries for that reason then they should grow up. If a child cries because they skinned their knee it's understandable, but if an adult does, then they need to grow up.