I have two awesome kids and I’m super proud of them a lot. They are both friendly, smart, and totally different from each other.
In this post I’m going to brag on my daughter, just to warn you.
If you don’t want to know the incredible thing she did this week, stop reading now.
If you do want to know what she did this week to make me so proud, please continue reading.
She’s in eighth grade and taking a leadership class. This past week they were assigned to give a short, informative presentation, like a TED talk, but only about 2 minutes long.
The students picked their topics and some were; the importance of the gas light in your car, art, phobias, being a blonde, being a brunette, there was even one about TED talks.
My daughter chose to talk about mental health disorders. She wanted students her age to understand how common mental health disorders are, how they affect people’s lives and not to make fun of people who have them.
She cautioned people to not use the names of mental health disorders lightly. For example, saying you have OCD because you’re organized. She informed her classmates that saying those sorts of things can really hurt someone suffering from that mental health disorder
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The best thing is she didn’t even tell me about the talk; she usually goes about her school life without telling me what she’s doing. A student in her class told her mom about my daughter’s talk because it made such an impression on her. That mom came and told me.
When I asked my daughter about it, she shrugged it off like no big deal. She just thought people needed to know.
I can not put into words how proud I am.
#endthestigma
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