Tagged as: affirmation, self-esteem, The Help
WORTH SEEING: Poster – “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” The loving words of encouragement by a maid/nanny to the little girl constantly berated by her mother in the movie “The Help.”
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Yes, we should all encourage and affirm one another, at all ages, but developing children and young adults, especially.
If only all children heard this!
Yes, we should all strive to teach and inspire our children – not to mention, learn them good grammars
@MMM – I struggle with the incorrect grammar in this quote too, but have come to the conclusion (for my family) that the message is much more important here. There is plenty of time to learn correct grammar. All children get mixed up about how to use words appropriately, but eventually get it right if they are well teached.
Fair point, I agree wholeheartedly.
Considering the era that the maid came up in…. all that should matter is the intent to love a child who was clearly not loved by her own mother. The maid was just slight years away from laws that banned blacks from reading and writing!
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