r/MadeMeSmile • u/astral12 • Jul 29 '24

Little girl performs by herself Good Vibes

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u/stuffebunny Jul 29 '24

This makes me sad. Someone oughta come help this child.

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u/Lord_Sauron Jul 29 '24

This comment section and post sucks. There's a kid who's terrified and freezing up and it's in the goddamn r/mademesmile subreddit. Ugh

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u/BigBaboonas Jul 29 '24

IKR? Who smiles at this?

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u/achyshaky Jul 29 '24

I mean, I had a little smirk of recognition cause I know the pain.

It's a shitty situation and I'm sure it was his parents or school who put him up for show, which should just stop happening. But little dude's still gonna be okay. Woulda hugged him if I could, but all I can do is commiserate through a video.

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u/Kinsir Jul 29 '24

Exactly that.

With a bunch of children just repeating long series of moves they were trained to do. Not one child is smilling. They look like marionettes that are dead inside.

This comment section makes me sad...

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u/Far_Safety_4018 Jul 29 '24

I work with children and the amount of boo-hooing about this little boy is absurd. You assume all adults were ignoring him, but probably not. There’s definitely an adult communicating with him off stage, and he’s staring directly at them. Most likely mom, a teacher, or a helper is off stage supporting him nonverbally.

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u/Kinsir Jul 29 '24

The boy is actually my least problem tbh. His partner iritates me way more. The fact that she basicly does all the moves, quite robotic, witout any emotion in her face...

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u/Far_Safety_4018 Jul 29 '24

She’s like 4. Kids suck at things. It doesn’t mean they shouldn’t do them.

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u/Kinsir Jul 29 '24

Once again, Im not talking about the quality of the dance, but it doesnt feel like any of those children have fun doing this. I really get the feeling that the kids really dont like to do this, and thats not a good thing.

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u/Far_Safety_4018 Jul 29 '24

I think they’ll survive. Consider yourself immeasurably lucky that you’ve never witnessed actual child abuse.

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u/Kinsir Jul 29 '24

Come on. What youre saying is basicly: "Hitting you in the face is not bad, have you ever seen murder!?"

Im just getting the same vibes like from those little miss contests. This is not good for children and we should stop idolizing it, and call it "cute"

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u/Alarmed_Scientist_15 Jul 29 '24

Every childhood thing is like that. I went to see my bosses 6 year old sing in the choir at Xmas and all I could think was: did they really spend a year rehearsing for this?!

It was so ridiculously awful. Dance rehearsals, same thing, piano rehearsals… uuuugh. It is what it is, we get through it.

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u/Kinsir Jul 29 '24

This is not what i ment.

The comments here treat this like a "cute" and "lighthearted" thing with children. But this rather looks like a chinese propaganda show with the children having a very bad time on stage, after probably having a really bad time prior.

The kids rather remind me of circus lions that were beaten in order to do what they were told to...

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u/Alarmed_Scientist_15 Jul 29 '24

Yeah, I think it is stretching a bit and projecting things we don’t know. Just because they are asians we can’t safely assume “chinese propaganda”. Can we? Come on!

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u/Kinsir Jul 29 '24

I defiently doesn't want to project here. Im sorry if came across like that.

But i saw some of those events where children had to perform in chinese shows and stuff and it really remembers me of that. - High level of expectation - children that feel very emotionless - show must go on whatever happens

And all in all this just doesnt feel right for me. This feels very forced and not good for any child.

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u/aieyeia Jul 29 '24

I agree. This comment section does suck. The kid will be fine. It's important a child learns how to self soothe a little at his age. He's not in danger. No one is doing anything to him. He could be upset about something completely unrelated. Maybe he got his toy taken from him. Maybe he didn't realize an audience would be scary. Everyone needs to stfu and stop being overly sensitive. You guys could have used some of this medicine right here. Clearly none of you have reproduced.

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u/ertgbnm Jul 29 '24

It's cute. The kid is perfectly safe, in a clearly supportive environment. He's gonna be fine. Stage fright, mistakes, and embarrassing things like this are all part of growing up. It's one of the many varied experiences that makes life worth going through in the first place.

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u/Kinsir Jul 29 '24

"Perfectly safe"

This kid is in high emotional distress and just lives through the moment that will scar him for a long while, and end up in high stress if he has to perform/function in public....

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u/LosWitchos Jul 29 '24

dude it's a school play. it happens sometimes. kids are usually fine afterwards. he was probably nailing the reheasals and then froze up on the main stage for some reason.

Sometimes, even when we're kids, we have to go through the rough. I've had some moments like this before as a kid but I just look back and laugh at it now.

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u/Alarmed_Scientist_15 Jul 29 '24

Exactly. Been there, crying on stage. I am the first one to tell the story and lol about it.

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u/Working-Region-6441 Jul 29 '24

But it’s a boy crying and girl just doing what she was taught so people can project their own failed relationships on some 4 year olds and act like this is some grand act of feminism.

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u/Thicc-slices Jul 29 '24

What are you on about?? 🤣😂

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u/No_Ice8945 Jul 29 '24

People think a little girl just dancing and ignoring her surrounding is funny. You’re making it about feminism?

Jfc. The internet a ridiculous place. 

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u/Working-Region-6441 Jul 29 '24

There’s like a hundred comments calling her a strong independent woman who doesn’t let herself get dragged down by "men" (in this case a distressed 4 year old). The only thing ridiculous here is you ignoring all of that. Get lost.

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u/Alarmed_Scientist_15 Jul 29 '24

This isnt about feminism. This is about being gracious and pushing through in a difficult/tricky situation. It just happens to be a girl. But if it was one of the boys to the left, it would have given the same message. That’s when it shows clearly why seeing the world as binary is problematic. You can’t empathise with the girl because she is a girl and you aren’t. Women shouldn’t empathise with the boy because they aren’t of that gender. It is ridiculous! It is about people and a lesson for anyone.

The only thing about feminism in this whole thing is how threatened men like you feel when a girl manages to be independent and self-secure.