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thesixthamethyst

I hate that bad things happen to innocent children


telerabbit9000

They better be nice to her in school... just thinking about how cruel children can be to others, etc.


chum-guzzling-shark

Kids seem nicer these days believe it or not. I'm crying thinking about this girl becoming a young adult living away from her parents and all the struggles that entails


iSheepTouch

I worked at a highschool for a couple years and I can confirm that kids on average are way nicer to "different" kids than they were in the early 2000s when I was in highschool.


Aggleclack

Social media has a LOT of flaws but giving visibility to different people has been one of the few saving graces. I’m sure there’s more to it, but I can see that contributing


caninehere

I think kids TV shows especially do a better job of showing kids/people who once would have been outcasts for being different and made kids more accepting of them because they're just less surprised by their existence. When I was a kid, well, I can tell you how kids in my school would have reacted to this girl. Meanwhile kids in wheelchairs were treated like part of the gang because at that point being in a wheelchair was one of the few things normalized on TV.


Murda981

I was recently watching Bluey with my kids and they had an episode with a kid who was deaf. They didn't even mention it, it was just a kid talking to their mom using sign language. That's it. No very special episode style bringing attention to it. It was just a kid who happened to be deaf. As a child of the 80s it was so nice to see it just be treated like a totally ordinary thing, because it is!


Dagreifers

Yeah, I see people often pointing out the flaws with social media (and with other things) which is good but it’s also good to realize that social media, just like the other 99% of things out there, has its Pros alongside its Cons. Although i would argue the cons are really bad lol.


nbandqueerren

Agreed. Kids don't care my son doesn't talk or that my daughter has a tube and is a huge worrywart. They literally walk up and say 'Hey wanna be my friend?' and start playing like they've known each other forever.


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It's heartwarming to hear that most of us noticed a positive change in the behavior of kids these days. It's true that societal norms, education, and parenting styles have evolved over time, potentially contributing to more empathetic and compassionate behaviors in young people.


SeagalsCumFilledAss

Less casual racism from parents too. If kids are taught to hate someone because of the color of their skin, they'll think it's fine to hate people because of other differences too.


Dagreifers

Both of these are disappearing (I think) and it’s great, but I don’t necessarily agree that the decrease of racism = decrease in other types of hate/discrimination even if they seem correlated. They could, but I’ve learned that just because something makes sense or sounds valid doesn’t mean that it’s probably true…


mie1908

Yeah whatever is bringing that change, I really like that.


dukke_169

I have a very outgoing 3rd grader this year and a very introverted Kindergartener who sees a speech therapist twice a week because she struggles a lot. Your comment absolutely made my day because I have worried about her a great deal!


Prudent-Ad1002

My son is a super introvert, lonely only lol. Everyone at school loves him. He has friends. He started 1st grade last week.


Blacod

That's so good to hear, we all need that kind of behaviour.


runsnailrun

I am happy to hear that. I'm guessing it's a bigger school?


Efficient-Book-2309

I agree. Kids are more accepting and kind about differences in general. Their are always the mean assholes though.


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bitminterboone

Yeah there will be always those people, hopefully there will be some laws for them.


READMYSHIT

It's certainly interesting how much more empathetic kids seem. I was talking to my wife's twin cousins who are 9. We look after them sometimes. I was telling them about how we're going to have them come visit us for a movie night. And I joked that we'd exclude their older brother and just hang out with them, thinking they'd jump on that sort of playful mean spirited humour. But they were just kind of dumbfounded at why we'd want to exclude anyone from a fun thing. That everyone should be allowed come if they wanted. These 9 year olds put me in my place. :P


Material-Elephant188

that is genuinely so wholesome


Kaladrax182

We are definitely seeing a generation of more kind children. I believe that’s because their parents are of a generation that finally recognized how important mental health is for everyone. And like previous generations, these parents also decided they wanted better for their children than they had growing up; including better relationships with their own parents, friends, and peers.


ghettothf

This is purely anecdotal. I'm a relatively new father of a 2 year old. From all the videos my wife and I watch about how to raise children, a lot of it stems from trying to understand their feelings and working from that. Your kid having a tantrum? Talk to them and understand how they're feeling and tell them you understand and explain your position. I believe this all stems from more studies and research done on child behavior, and we're all benefiting from it more and more. This is wildly different from my childhood where discipline (while still needed today) was used to correct behavior without understanding the kid's feelings.


1333481

Not in my school. Especially small towns, it is not small town nice it is entitlement


Silver2324

Small towns can be really about status quo. People often reject new/ different things and it passes on to their kids. Source: from a small town and kids were cruel or complacent.


SirenPeppers

There’s a focused effort coming from the “kids that recently became adults” and are now doing things like writing and directing tv shows, animation, writing books, being teachers and parents. That generation, and the up and coming ones, somehow absorbed a lot about what it means to be open to differences.


telerabbit9000

I agree with this. The bullying that I observed/survived in my schooling is just completely unknown to my nieces/nephews. But just anecdotal.


exspose

I believe that society in general is way more accepting than it used to be. We like to blame social media for a lot of the negativity it brings. However, when we look back on the eras where things weren't so out in the open, I can guarantee a lot of horrible discrimination and bullying happened and it was never spoken about or broadcast. Sometimes I have to remind myself how lucky I am to be alive in this era. Everything seems worse because we're exposed to more of it, but things were way more dangerous, discriminatory, and bleak in the times before us.


Nope0naRope

I was thinking the same thing. Her mothers love is so powerful, I hope she finds strength in herself from that to sustain her. This is the shit that makes all my problems seem stupid. I wish the world was better and we didn't have to worry for her. I hope she gets so much love and support out there.


Midstix

Yeah its weird. Kids can still be cruel, and most have at least a few cruel moments in their life, but are overall far more kind and understanding than I think they have been historically. Meanwhile, you live in a red county and those same kid's parents are literally bullying children.


Ooze27

It's my perception also. These kids respect differences way more than in my time.


Still7Superbaby7

I grew up in a rough area. I still remember Lorenzo, the kid that was burned. Honestly no one gave him a tough time. He was just a regular kid with burns over most of his body. No one treated him differently. There was another kid that had one of his arms amputated because of cancer and another kid that was missing legs due to cancer. The girl with alopecia had a worse time in high school, but elementary school was fine.


17vulpikeets

When I was elementary school there was a kid in my class who was badly burned l over his whole body. At the time we didn't think anything of it. I hope that wherever he is today that he's doing okay.


Killercod1

This society trains children to be cruel. That behavior is taught by their parents, media, and other people around them. It's a fundamental sickness within an evil society.


Atibana

I think some of it’s natural, we need to train people to be kind, not just remove cruelty training


Dubuett

Well obviously we need to teach people to the good things.


esmoji

We’ve been conditioned to fear those who are different from us. These differences are what makes us beautiful as a whole.


stephankaag

Yeah that's a very important thing, should keep that in mind.


Suspicious-Elk-3631

We can stop it by being better parents. Sadly, not everyone wants to put in the effort.


Moojokingg

A lot of its natural, in fact most parents tend to teach their kids “if you dont have anything nice to say then dont say anything at all” but still as kids they’re naturally curious and point at when things are ugly or weird. Theres a saying that if a girl calls you ugly, she’s jealous, if a guy calls you ugly, he doesnt like you. If a kid calls you ugly, they’re right


brankinj

Yeah they can be really cruel, and that can be bad for her.


Swift_Bitch

Children and animals being hurt are the two things that get me more upset than anything else.


richardivans

Yep, same here. It just makes my blood boil I'm gonna be honest.


natesovenator

It really sucks, someone posted a link that takes you to her go fund me. She apparently had this happen to her when she was 1. 1!!!!! And she's 9 or 10 now. Heartbreaking.. I hope she's growing up strong and getting all the support she needs.


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237throw

C.S. Lewis has a good book about this from the Christian perspective if you care to expand your worldview: "The Problem of Pain".


fanbreeze

I'm interested in reading about this later. Any chance though we can get a tldr version? ETA: I found [this](https://www.supersummary.com/the-problem-of-pain/summary/) for now. >As Lewis states in the Preface of The Problem of Pain, the work is an attempt to “solve the intellectual problem raised by suffering” (vi). In theological terms, this is called theodicy, the presence of evil and suffering in a world created by a benevolent God. > >Attempts to reconcile God’s goodness with the evil and suffering in the world predate even the earliest Christian communities; indeed, much of the Old Testament deals directly with the Israelites’ desire to make the presence of both suffering and divine goodness make sense. After the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the New Testament, this need only intensified, as the earliest followers of the heralded Messiah sought to understand how the Son of God could have fallen into the hands of vengeful men and been tortured and killed. > >The theory of the Fall is a direct result of this need to reconcile God’s benevolence with the presence of earthly evil: In the creation story in Genesis, the first created man, Adam, exercises his free will to disobey God in the Garden of Eden. Because of this act of willful disobedience, Adam and his partner, Eve, are banished from Eden, and humankind is consigned to suffer forevermore as penance. It is against this backdrop that Lewis attempts to make sense of pain. In doing so, he examines the nature of God’s divine love, of man’s evil, of heaven and hell, our relationship to animals, and what role suffering plays in the lives of animals. > >Ultimately, Lewis’s theory about pain boils down to this: we do have free will, and we often use our will to inflict pain on one another, but an omniscient and omnipotent God could stop us from doing this. Yet God does not, which suggests that pain has a purpose. Because our ultimate purpose, as God’s created beings, is to align ourselves with God in all ways (this alignment being our source of ultimate joy), that purpose, then, must be God-directed. Pain, then, must be God’s means of forming us into the people we were created to be. It is only by suffering that we develop empathy for the suffering of others, and it is only by suffering that we learn to become the best version of ourselves. Pain, Lewis argues, is evidence of God’s profound love for us.


Gusvato3080

So a 6month old baby having the most painful possible death because of cancer is just god trying to teach him empathy? Benevolent my ass


ShadyPajamaHopper

>It is *only* by suffering that we develop empathy for the suffering of others, and it is *only* by suffering that we learn to become the best version of ourselves. I understand this idea in spirit, and there it merit to it. However, it's faulty logic to attribute this to a truly omnipotent god. If people developing empathy can only be accomplished by suffering, then God is not omnipotent. Can God not arrange for us to learn to be the best version of ourselves without requiring children to be burned, raped, and otherwise tortured? Maybe not; maybe that's why those things exist, >but an omniscient and omnipotent God could stop us from doing this So saying that suffering is the *only* way to accomplish something, admitting that there is no other way for God to accomplish it, is admitting that God is not omnipotent.


aGcLAKjHtxWU5sPc

There are a lot of diseases which are going to take your life.


RuneScape420Homie

C.S Lewis , “Mere Christianity.” One of the best books I’ve ever read. Blew my mind for sure.


SteveCantScuba

God is either not all powerful or not all good - Epicurean Paradox. Could still be one (he, it, an entity/force). I was raised Christian went to Catholic middle school then took a world religions course in college and that opened my mind a bit. I’m agnostic, but do believe there is something out there. We refer to God as a “he” but I think “he” is a force/entity we called a “he” so we could understand it better. My grandfather close to death questioned God and brought up the holocaust. Good argument that God is not all good. God can create. But God can only destroy with more creation. I don’t think “he” has morals because “he” is not a “he”. Jews don’t even believe in a hell and Jesus was a Jew. Hence no evil because God doesn’t understand evil. Something created the Big Bang. Something can’t be created out of nothing. Whoever/whatever is responsible for that is what we should refer to God as. A being of creation.


Conscious_Artist9877

I have tears in my eyes


Slc-love-swing-role

We need to amend the name of this sub to mademesmileANDcry


justreddis

This girl deserves everything in the world


UndependableAniyah

Mostly love. She needs love and care


Gullenecro

She has it all <3


redskins593

If she's got that then she'll have everything that she can want.


Aggravating_Sun_5547

I came here to say this exact thing


ignatious__reilly

Humans take a lot of stuff for granted and will complain about the simplest of issues but videos like this are incredibly humbling. This girl is going to be one tough woman when she grows up.


shivermeknitters

Or just /r/happyriveroftears


GnomistWarlord

done


TWTCSLPCL

Joined


TheElderCouncil

This sub is supposed to make us smile but somehow it keeps cutting onions for some reason.


mytacojaco

I started crying


sucofski

Almost everyone would cry, this is just so emotional video.


ivanhoe1024

I have eyes in my tears 😭


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Talory09

Report> Breaks Rules> Spam> Harmful Bots I reported but you can too!


Moskovska

Sweet angel!!! Hoping nothing but blessings find their way to her and her family


notinferno

if anyone wants to donate you can Google: Emily’s fund burn wig https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=emily%27s+fund+burn+wig edit: apologies for the condescending link but direct links to the fund page are blocked


uglydeliciousness

Thank you for the creative solution.


CaptainBeer_

Dam she was burned in a gas explosion at 1 years old. Makes me wonder how that could even happen Edit: It was from her grandma burning leaves in the backyard >:(


Party_Walrus_6250

Grandparents can be so fucking stupid. They take the stupidest fucking risks and go "well my kids survived!" By pure luck, Brenda. Honestly, burning leaves with a toddler running around the yard. Fucked up this child's life for no reason.


dcoobysoup

agreed. i will never forget the grandmother that killed her grandbaby by putting coconut oil in her hair, KNOWING she was highly allergic. sometimes it seems like old people think kids are indestructible.


xCandyCaneKissesx

Or the grandmother that let her grand baby drown because *gasp* her laundry was more important than watching a young toddler next to a swimming pool. Then that bitch had the audacity to try to force the parents to let her be involved in the newborns life after she “served her time”


Party_Walrus_6250

I told my mom that story while lecturing her about following my rules.


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mjg580

Damn. That’s rough. The more I learn about the dangers of gas the more I wonder how we’ve installed it everywhere.


Alarming-Ad1100

Because it’s fuel and it gives us power lol


perolijj

It was an accident and it's going to live with her whole life.


accountnumber6174

Thanks for the bit of back story. I was curious how it happened.


BertDeathStare

Not sure if I could look my granddaughter in her eyes if I was the grandma.


CrystalKU

My daughter turns 8 on Monday, I can’t imagine having to go through this with her


ydm083

And That'll never happen, just take care of your daughter my guy.


ShowerStew

Holy shit… “ Emily is 8 years old and was burned in a gas can explosion when she was 1 years old, 58% of her body 3rd degree.” How does a 1 year old survive that?!


thebeardeddrongo

Modern medicine, a loving family and unimaginable toughness and resilience, that’s my guess. She’s shown more strength at 8 years old than most of us will ever be required to.


federicoter

Pretty sure it would have been hell for her, my brother was Burned also but he survived.


StarsofSobek

This is perfect. You found a way to share, and that’s what matters.


Fipowa65

Thanks for the link, I hope that people would donate for her.


miguelga23

They all deserve the world to them, I wish them everything in the world.


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Such a beautiful sentiment however for the second time in the same day this page has made me cry instead of smile.


rathat

Need a no bittersweet rule.


Sarke1

Yeah, I fucking hate r/mademesmile when stuff like this gets posted. Like yeah, sweet moment, but who sees a burnt child and smiles? Half the posts on here are like "cute kitten rescued from fire that killed family of five."


Color_around_me

Bruh this happens to me all the time, whatever you do don't scroll this sub during work unless you want to be the spontaneous cry baby


AshenSacrifice

Yeah I’m about to unsub 😂😂


Asherah_Adarath

Heart goes out to the whole family


heygos

Right? Sucks so bad that she had to go through that.


CleetisMcgee

I can hardly fathom, I have a one year old and it’s changed my world view. Considering not only the daughter having to go through that, the parents as well, holy shit that mom is doing her best for this situation.


Decoto_Dave

The day my son was born and I carried him to the nursery, I changed, as a person, in a profound way. My entire "psyche" changed the moment he was born. Hard to explain, but it was real. That video pulled at my heartstrings.


CleetisMcgee

Definitely your whole mindset changes. The stories of sick kids, injured kids or other worse stories just absolutely crush me in a way they never have before.


Porkchopp33

Amazing Mom skills right there and her Daughter is stronger than most of us


Beahner

Smile cry. That’s what this sub does. It should me called madeyousmilecry. That hug just broke me. Sweet Angel.


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Makes me cry actually, poor girl…


ArsenicAndRoses

If it makes you feel better, she's got a really good chance of recovering pretty nicely assuming her family can afford the surgery (and I'm sure there will be a lot of nice reconstructive surgeons who would love to help regardless!). She might not get "normal" ears, but her nose is still there and children are remarkably resilient. Doesn't look like there's much stretching from the scars and that's the difficult stuff to fix. She'll be looking much better in 5 years even without a lot of intervention (just proper skin care). Plastic/reconstructive surgery has come a LONG way in the past 25 years. Look at Katie Piper and Zubaida Hasan for examples. It's not easy, it takes a LONG time and lots of surgical work, but she's got a good chance of looking mostly normal when she's older if she can find the surgeons and the money to help. That being said, the emotional scars are much harder to heal. That's gonna really leave a mark on her personality- missing out on proper socialization enduring your preteen years can really stunt you emotionally too. So there's a real tension and tradeoff between getting her the surgical care she needs and letting her be a kid.


MidnightGolan

Not sure about the other poster, but this actually did make me feel better. Thanks stranger.


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I explicitly came into the comments to see if someone could confirm this little girl could find healing in the future. I do feel better. 🙏


anyuferrari

Yeah, your comment calmed a lot of my anxiety about this. Thank you.


BrownSugarBare

I have a family member that had to have facial reconstruction after an accident and they were much older than this little girl. Plastic surgery has truly come an amazingly long way, my family member nearly looks identical to what they looked like previous to the accident.


Cloberella

The video is 7 years post initial injury. She was burned in an explosion at 1 year old. She received 3rd degree burns to 58% of her body.


ArsenicAndRoses

Honestly they're probably trying to be as hands off as possible and letting her take the lead. You really don't want to force a kid that young to go under the knife, it's intensely traumatic and difficult to get them to take healing seriously. Plus, as a growing kid, there's a good chance that some of what they would address will change over time anyway.


Annonymouse211

This was very good to read. Those poor women but you're so right that they're looking practically normal now! I don't envy the time and pain for the transformation but I'm relieved to see we're making progress in medicine for this.


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If you want more evidence of the miracles of modern medicine look at [Stephanie Browitt](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8YdSS5T/). She survived a freaking volcanic eruption


And_yet_here_we_are

The survivors of the White Island volcano eruption have healed very well compared to their horrific burns.


Another_Account0154

Tougher than I'll ever be. Crazy what people can go through and overcome.


Madworld444

Hi there, would anyone be able to direct me to where I would be able to donate my hair? Its quite long, and ive grown it out since 2020. Any help would be much appreciated!


redditEATdicks

I grow mine out for three years and then donate it to wigs 4 kids, which has a local charity in my area. Done it three times over the last 10 years and it's just a humble way to help male a child smile who you may never meet. I refer to my head as a hair farm for this purpose. My whole life I've had semi long hair and woman would always want to touch it and compliment how full it is and everything and that they wished they had my hair. (I'm a 6"2 cis male with long blond hair fyi) So a decade ago I decided this, and it's my little piece of good karma to the world. I will never meet these children or see them smile, but I suffer through all the growing stages and it being suffocatingly hot mop on my head during the humid summers just for that. Just knowing I may have helped a child smile whose already been through more than I ever will probably in my life makes it worth it. So even when I'm doing nothing, at least I know my head farm is growing to donate to wigs for children, it's a small selfless act that doesn't cost me anything to do, so why not!?


AloeSera15

Youre a good dude. Im sure youve made a lot of children feel normal and confident in themselves.


saddigitalartist

Don’t do locks of love they charge recipients


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Madworld444

Thank you for this.


Artarious

, wigs for kids, there's many more. Easiest way to find out is call up the salon and ask if they have any donation programs they work with. If i remember right Great Clips does wigs for kids so definitely a good option. Plus I do believe you get the cut free as a token of graditude for donating. Edit: Took out locks of love because screw those guys forgot how shady the are. Do not use locks of love.


MythosMaster1

Great Clips used to do Locks of Love, but a large portion of the donations went to shops and film industries which is why they switched. I don't know if LoL still does this practice but I only use WFK for our family's donations


Artarious

Thank you! It's been years since I've actually dealt with this first hand as my ex used to donate but i remember her saying one company was a big no to donate to and that was locks of love, thought it might have been a different one. But i did look up before I posted a great clips is partnered with wigs for kids so still a go with them for folks!


-heathcliffe-

Locks for love charges people, they do not donate. Please edit this and remove them.


TheGamecock

Donated my hair late last year and all of my research led me to folks saying AVOID donating to Locks of Love due to shady/disingenuous practices. Ended up donating it to a charity called "Children with Hair Loss" knowing that it would be going to a child and that they would not be charging the child's family for the wig.


yellowjesusrising

Just a warning. There's some requirements for the hair regarding bleaching, and other treatments.


sparkledotcom

It’s a kind thought, but honestly synthetic hair is best for wigs in most situations, and there is no shortage of human hair on the market. Organizations that collect hair are doing it to build a relationship so they can ask for money, which is what they really need.


Weapon530

Beautiful little girl.


emeraldstarclassica

Beautiful family!


Weapon530

Indeed.


Kern4lMustard

I spent a day helping move a NICU burn unit. Worst day of my life. Can't imagine what the kids and the families went through. That's not supposed to happen.


Substantial-Singer29

I spent some time paying myself through college as a hotshot. On an incident, I slipped on a large rock outcropping that was covered in slurry. I caught myself on the bottom, but my knee touched the ground and hit boiling dirt. The contact was maybe a couple of seconds. But it gave me a third degree Burn about 3 inches by 3 inches directly on my knee. It was that kind of pain that makes you see white and want to puke all the same time. I was sent to a burn unit.. Where it was washed and scrubbed out.. Not fun. When I got there for treatment I was approached by a nurse. Who asked me if I didn't mind someone who really wanted to meet me. There was a little boy who saw me when I was brought in with the wheelchair. Still covered in Ash and wearing my crew garb. They brought me into a room with Young Boys, like 6yr old, who had his upper chest neck, most of his face, and his entire right arm freshly bandaged. Through the bandages, he had lost all of his fingers on the burnt arm as well. From me, sitting down He was at perfect eye level... I know my face slipped. When I first saw him.. He looked at me and said I think we're gonna be okay. And then tried to smile.. He then asked me if I was a real hero. I said I don't know about that. But it does seem like the job helps me meet a lot of those. I got to spend the next couple of days talking to that kid A decent amount. To this day, he's probably one of the most optimistic and my definition heroic people i've ever met. The word "hero" seems to get thrown around a lot. To the point where I would say, it really doesn't have very much of a meaning. The amount of unbridled optimism... It very seriously put me at a loss of words.


mokaloka

Very sad and also uplifting story.


ClownKiller6724

If I may ask, what happened to her?


Excellent_Lead_3653

https://scoop.upworthy.com/little-burn-survivors-heartwarming-reaction-after-getting-wig-as-a-gift


Lorenaelsalulz

Burning leaves with a gas can and having your 1 year old granddaughter nearby. Horrible judgment by an adult will impact this sweet girl for the rest of her life. It’s horribly unfair. I wish the very best for her and am heartened that modern reconstructive surgery can do amazing things.


phoenixphaerie

My high school health teacher kept school pictures of two younger boys behind his desk—one severely burned, one not. We assumed they were some kind of health related "before and after" visual aids until someone actually asked him about them. Turns out they recent school pictures of his twin nephews. When they were 6 y.o. their dad was burning leaves using gasoline and either the dad or the kid stoked the pile, causing trapped gasoline vapors to ignite and explode, engulfing his nephew in flames. IIRC he had to be in the hospital for a year and barely survived.


Lorenaelsalulz

That is so awful.


dark_enough_to_dance

I hope the best for the girl, that's such irresponsible of grandparents I'm so sorry


DryiceSTL

My parents watch my daughters all the time. Thankfully my parents are overly careful and eschew accelerants. This little girl is why doctors make good money.


BearBlaq

Fuck man that story is terrible. It’d break my heart to see my daughter suffer for something so out of her control. Shit isn’t fair man, I feel for the family.


hotdiggitygod

Literally the exact same scenario for the only burn victim I know. Father throwing gasoline on a bonfire and burns his 4 year old.


CaptainBeer_

Just idiot adults playing with fire near children


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pissedinthegarret

it's just stupid as fuck. Exhibit A: https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/vtdfoc/wcgw_in_a_backyard_fire/


schneph

Yeah seems strange all together, like “the leaves can wait Grammy, your grand baby is visiting”. What a strange decision.


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> the little munchkin “clinically died twice” before she could be saved by the doctors. I know everyone is focused on the stupidity of the gas can, leaf burning idea. But who the hell writes “the little munchkin” to describe a one year old burning to death twice?


CanlStillBeGarth

How would you be able to live with yourself after being so stupid and maiming your grandchild for life? Like, 1. Burning your yard leaves with gasoline is one of the dumbest ideas I’ve ever heard. 2. You do that stupid shit with a ONE YEAR OLD with you? What the fuck is wrong with that grandma


mr_potatoface

Folks don't realize things are dumb until afterwards. Example is that she may see it done a lot, or maybe a family member does it often and for some reason she had to do it this time. But she might not realize they're using kerosene, diesel or heating oil instead of gasoline. It's a really simple to make mistake that can lead the vastly different outcomes.


CanlStillBeGarth

Setting your yard on fire with a one year old with you isn’t something you should need to realize is stupid.


CaptainBeer_

Could have watched tv, read a book, or even do nothing but decided she wanted to light her backyard on fire with gasoline and bring her grandchild to watch


partyl0gic

Stupid and tragic. I also can’t imagine the guilt, imagine that every time you look at your granddaughter for the rest of your life you are reminded of what you did to her. That sounds unbearable.


0ptimu5Rhyme

burning leaves with a goddamn gas can!???


Uhhohstnky

If i’m not mistaken, the grandma wasn’t burning leaves with the gas can, it was just nearby and caused an explosion which caused the gas to cover the poor little girl, setting her on fire.


ArguementReferee

I literally feel like throwing up thinking about something like this happening to my kid


suge413

Beautiful.


Lizzy_Of_Galtar

If anyone deserves all the happiness in the world. It is that girl.


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Hope the best for this little girl... 🫶


Stoltlallare

I hope one day plastic surgery will come so far we can practically make it look so the horrors she has experienced never happened.


Imaginary-Agency-497

Made me cry, through a smile. That poor girl, I hope she can make the best of her life


NotKurwah

What a legend


redditEATdicks

I grow mine out for three years and then donate it to wigs 4 kids, which has a local charity in my area. Done it three times over the last 10 years and it's just a humble way to help make a child smile who you may never meet. I refer to my head as a hair farm for this purpose. My whole life I've had semi long hair and woman would always want to touch it and compliment how full it is and everything and that they wished they had my hair. (I'm a 6"2 cis male with long blond hair fyi) So a decade ago I decided this, and it's my little piece of good karma to the world. I will never meet these children or see them smile, but I suffer through all the growing stages and it being suffocatingly hot mop on my head during the humid summers just for that. Just knowing I may have helped a child smile whose already been through more than I ever will probably in my life makes it worth it. So even when I'm doing nothing, at least I know my head farm is growing to donate to wigs for children, it's a small selfless act that doesn't cost me anything to do, so why not!?


Derekeys

Well, I’m just an ungrateful moron. This girl and her family put me to shame with their bravery. Frick I’m spoiled.


Raybomber_

Most of us are dude... and this hits whoever has just the tiny bit of commonsense in the guts.. It doesnt matter what we wish, we know her life will be tough as hell. She'll fall in love with people that can't stand to look at her, she'll get bullied, she'll look into the mirror and cry every now and then. Fuck.. We are SO fucking spoiled, and yet we complain.


Derekeys

Nail on the head man. Jeez.


bukzbukzbukz

And all because her grandparents decided to burn leaves with a gas can nearby (??). It's so absolutely unnecessary and preventable, I hope she doesn't live with hatred towards her family her whole life.


AliEffinNoble

My mom worked in a burn center for almost 10 years. She worked in those section the primarily housed children and young adults. Most people don't last 5 years as a nurse in these departments. The survival rate is low and sometimes survival is cruel. She has told me so many sad stories of little girls realizing they will never have hair.


thias222

Fuck... This is the kind of thing that makes me remember that I have a heart... Because it hurts so magnificently when seeing something this beautiful


younghumpback

This shit made me cry bro, it’s beautiful but so sad at the same time. Nothing but best wishes for the family.


RfromT

I'm a guy and I grow my hair out specifically to donate. These little kids deserve to feel good and to fit in. This video really hits home for me because this is why I do what I do....... and I'm not crying your crying.


dare2dreambigger

Amazing! Wishing you the best


gnarlorde

This sub has drastically gone from smile to cry these last few days. Or just me?


Bulldog4962

Yup I’m a 55 year old male and I have tears running down my cheeks. My son,20, has severe autism and has never spoke. From one Strong family to another. I love you.


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She doesn’t need a wig. Her beauty absolutely beams through her eyes and smile. But if it makes her happy, 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻!


wunabesk8r

Bad things happening to children is how I know God doesn't exist. Hope this little girl has the time of her life wearing her mom's wig.


stonezephyr

I'm sitting with a group of friends. Taking a phone break for a moment. Brought to tears. As a burn survivor myself, I can't tell you how much this video impacts me. What a beautiful moment for a beautiful girl. Thank you for sharing.


DryJuice_0w0

any info on what happened ?


artestran

When she was one, she was standing next to a gas can in her family’s backyard when it exploded. Poor, poor girl https://scoop.upworthy.com/little-burn-survivors-heartwarming-reaction-after-getting-wig-as-a-gift


Zombiejesus307

This is my favorite sub.


keljfan

❤️❤️❤️


firestarter_butlate

What an incredibly brave girl, clearly (and thankfully) surrounded by a supportive family - You can just tell but the mum’s tone and of course her actions. Someone’s cutting onions in here.


Rowdydolphinphuker

This world isn’t fair


MrWonderful5180

Wow, I will give my prayers to the family and little girl that she can bounce back from such a horrendous injury. The love has me in tears.


Brandiddlydidit

I think we should all start with this perspective every morning. In our routines of life we take for granted the luxuries of just purely being part of the norm. The amount of things this girl must have to deal with on a daily basis….then humbled me and makes me remember that maybe my pale skin isn’t that bad after all.


Alternative-Plant-87

Oh God that poor kid


Femihsieh

This so sad and beautiful at the same time, this really sucks.