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Little Girl's Daily Affirmation Makes Us Happy
Filed under: Media, Amazing Kids
"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me."
Sometimes you need a little Stuart Smalley to get your day started. But now that we and some 650,000 others have seen "Jessica's 'Daily Affirmation' " video on YouTube, we're totally using her empowering -- and, yes, adorable -- words (complete with dance moves) to get our days started and our self-esteem boosted.
"My whole house is great. I can do anything good. I like my school. I like anything. I like my dad. I like my cousins. I like my aunts. I like my Allisons. I like my moms. I like my sisters. ... I like my hair. I like my haircuts. I like my pajamas. I like my stuff. I like my room. I like my whole house. My whole house is great. I can do anything good. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I can do anything good, better than anyone!"
The video was posted last June, but, as these viral often things go, it's blowing up all over Facebook today. We would have happily written about it back when it first posted, especially since some of our team members were out of work then and could have really used Jessica's rosy outlook.
Now, say it with us: "I can do anything good, better than anyone!"
And speaking of doing things better, our sister site, Urlesque, nabbed an interview with young Jessica, now 12 years old. Click here to see the upbeat tween today.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 14)
5-16-2010 @ 8:30PM
erin said...aww! that girl is so cute! i'll watch this video every morning now
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5-20-2010 @ 11:44PM
Javier said...lol she definitely is cute, man people have been over protected way too much, this girl was adorable and i amusing, big ups to the parents for raising a happy n loving little girl.
5-21-2010 @ 3:11AM
shirlees76 said...Cute Kid. Not Funny. Not Dangerous.
5-21-2010 @ 9:31AM
Tamara said...Though I enjoyed hearing this beautiful child's zest for life, I cannot (as an RN who works in a Pediatric ER) condone where her parents allowing her to stand on a bathroom sink countertop. I have seen more than my fair share of head trauma from children who were allowed to climb places people don't belong (ie countertops) and, in some cases, these children have died. This girl could easily sing, dance, etc., with her two feet planted solid on the ground .. not on a countertop. I will pray that their local Child Protection Services does not view this video.
5-21-2010 @ 10:33AM
SAM said...Yea,and maby you could all get together and have a couple of Rockstars and get the day started.....WEHEW!
5-21-2010 @ 11:07AM
Susan said...So adorable, what an optimist!
5-20-2010 @ 9:38PM
qtrapchic8 said...More houses exsist with that horrid tile? My mom, grandmother and my homes all have it! They both combated it with wallpaper, this person used white above and mine's been baby blue (yuck!) since I moved in. I may have to steal the white idea. Or try brown.
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5-21-2010 @ 12:18AM
L said...How can you watch something that is inspiring and meaningful and actually notice the tile??? She thinks her house is great! That is the point, don't you get it???
5-21-2010 @ 1:38PM
Julie said...Just had to say...the tile comment is SOOOOO not the point. But since you mention it, I have the same pink and black tile in one bathroom and baby blue tile in another and I LOVE them both. I love my house...I love my bathrooms...I love my colors....
5-24-2010 @ 5:18PM
Mary said...Well, what d'ya expect with these stupid cheap developers? As for all this goo-goo, most kids whose parents teach 'em self-respect can go on being optimistic at 12. But she's no cuter than any kid in my family was. And tell her to slow down when she talks--I couldn't understand a word she said!
5-20-2010 @ 8:12PM
Bleu said...This child is not funny, nor is the video amusing in any way. Her parents should be forced to take proper parenting classes for allowing a small child to stand on a bathroom vanity. Would this video have been funny if she slipped and fractured her skull? I doubt if this is the first time she has stood on the sink. Shame on her parents and shame on anyone who finds children doing dangerous things amusing.
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5-20-2010 @ 8:18PM
shelle said...I agree with Bleu.
5-21-2010 @ 12:56PM
Michele said...I bet she'd even like you! You and the world need to lighted up. There's many messages in this script....number one thing I like to teach my children is look for the positive....anyone can be negative!
5-20-2010 @ 8:40PM
kingl57 said...I agree with Bleu, nothing amusing about it.
5-20-2010 @ 8:47PM
sueb said...You know what they say "they don't all make it".
I think she is adorable.
5-20-2010 @ 8:49PM
jean mcale said...You're an idiot. When did people start overprotecting their kids so much? I miss the days where kids could be kids without snotty know-it-all strangers giving their 2 cents. So she's on the vanity--big freaking whoop. Kids play on jungle gyms 10 times as dangerous as this situation. You sound like one of those neighbors everyone hates. Calling social services every time you see a kid with a bruise on her shin.
get a life
5-20-2010 @ 9:08PM
jillian said...yeah it would have sucked but you know what i thought it was cute that she espects herself loves everything about her life and shes just a little kid and you know what you probably did some dangurouse stuff when you where little!
5-21-2010 @ 8:27AM
skatelikecrazy17 said...oh give me a break way to be a kill-joy, i'm sure your very fun at parties
5-20-2010 @ 9:14PM
nicolewiley1107 said...Bleu
Almost 150 people die in fatal car accidents every day...maybe we should keep our kids from riding in cars too! Get a life!
5-20-2010 @ 9:49PM
lilfinevine said...I AGREE!! What kind of parent runs to get a camera when there kid is standing on a vanity ( water ppl) that might be slippery ( ill give them the might) if the parent was next to them the whole time and filming okay I get it, but all I could say was OMG please dont fall lease dont fall you are jumping and dancing on a vanity where are Child services, you have tiles in a bathroom , its the number one place for accidents but this is the place to record... why couldnt they record in another room is beyond me, the kid waited on top of the vanity for so called parent to get camera so you couldnt just take her to a SAFER place...CALLING CHILDRENS SERVICES....put your kid in danger to make her a utube sensation great they must of brought the parenting by DINA LOHAN book