A day of shopping with her daughter made Brittney Johnson realize just how much her actions impact her child. from the way she talks, acts, treats others, and herself.
The pair were walking through the mall when the mother watched as her daughter chatted with a man at Starbucks, told a woman in a restaurant "please," "thank you," and "I just love your hair!"
The little girl happily gave a high-five to the carousel worker, and gave her extra tokens away to another girl, but the moment became crystal clear to the mother when she was trying on swimsuits.
Johnson posted a fitting room photo with her daughter, about her mommy moment:
Her daughter was trying on a swimsuit top when she said:
"Wow I just love cheetah print! I think I look beautiful! Do you think I look beautiful too?!"..when it hit me that she only says what she hears. What she sees. I tell her that she is beautiful every single day." …show more content…
She is polite at the order counter because she hears me when I'm polite to strangers everywhere. She gives compliments to people she doesn't know because she loves how it feels when she hears them.."
Johnson made sure to to try her best to make sure her daughter would keep acting that way, by choosing her words carefully:
"When we are in a dressing room, with swimsuits of all God forsaken things, there is a split moment when I have the power to say "wow I have really gotten fat this year" OR "wow I love this coral color on me!" And those are the words burned into my daughters brain."
The mother wrote:
"When it comes to manners, be an example. When it comes to kindness, be an example. And when it comes to body image, be an example."
She knew her example would be what her child would be following while she grew up into a
The pair were walking through the mall when the mother watched as her daughter chatted with a man at Starbucks, told a woman in a restaurant "please," "thank you," and "I just love your hair!"
The little girl happily gave a high-five to the carousel worker, and gave her extra tokens away to another girl, but the moment became crystal clear to the mother when she was trying on swimsuits.
Johnson posted a fitting room photo with her daughter, about her mommy moment:
Her daughter was trying on a swimsuit top when she said:
"Wow I just love cheetah print! I think I look beautiful! Do you think I look beautiful too?!"..when it hit me that she only says what she hears. What she sees. I tell her that she is beautiful every single day." …show more content…
She is polite at the order counter because she hears me when I'm polite to strangers everywhere. She gives compliments to people she doesn't know because she loves how it feels when she hears them.."
Johnson made sure to to try her best to make sure her daughter would keep acting that way, by choosing her words carefully:
"When we are in a dressing room, with swimsuits of all God forsaken things, there is a split moment when I have the power to say "wow I have really gotten fat this year" OR "wow I love this coral color on me!" And those are the words burned into my daughters brain."
The mother wrote:
"When it comes to manners, be an example. When it comes to kindness, be an example. And when it comes to body image, be an example."
She knew her example would be what her child would be following while she grew up into a