THIS IS THE BEST COMMERCIAL EVER
I’ve reblogged this so many times because I truly think every parent should involve themselves with what their child enjoys.
Not to mention this is an act of solidarity. He’s saying “even if the entire world is against you, I’m on your side.” Which I think is important for a kid to know. He’s refusing to be a bully to his child, even if he doesn’t understand.
I work at Hot Topic and we had a white suburban dad in who was buying matching heavy metal/screamo band shirts for him and his teenage daughter and said “To be honest, I think this stuff sounds like garbage, but she likes it so we listen to it together and we’re going to the concert for Christmas.” And it was just really heartwarming to see him so involved in his child’s life and validating her interests.
I WILL NEVER NOT REBLOG THIS.
“I don’t get it, but I love how you love it” is one of the best things anyone can say. My entire family asks questions about comics because they want to share my enthusiasm for them and support me, even though they otherwise wouldn’t pay attention to the industry at all.
I cried when I first saw this
This is amazing and really important
I went though a goth faze in my teens (like most) and I wanted more than anything to paint my room black. My mom was supportive of my personal expression in terms of my clothes and hair and accessories but she was genuinely concerned about the toll a black room would take on my mental health (I was already prone to recurring depression at that point and still am). I begged for months to repaint my room, but she wouldn’t budge.
One weekend i spent with my dad and when I came back she had repainted my room. A beautiful deep blue on three walls (my favourite colour), lovely sky blue on the ceiling,and one wall was black. The black wall had been sanded smooth and painted with several coats of chalkboard paint. She gave me a couple boxes of chalk and told me to have at it. I LOVED that black wall and wrote on it every day. I drew on it, I doodled, I wrote out my favourite emo song lyrics, wrote reminders for myself, anything I wanted. It was my favourite part of my room and was something that it would have never occurred to me to ask for. It was something only my very creative and clever mom could have come up with and I’m still grateful to her for it.
In retrospect, a room of black walls would indeed have been encouraging a reacurrence of my depression and my moms answer was the perfect compromise. That black wall ended up being the most colourful part of my room.
Wow this is really beautiful. You have a great mom
I too went through a goth phase. My parents were okay with it because I was ‘exploring a facet of my identity’ or some junk. I’d paint my fingernails black on weekends and take it off on Sunday nights. I liked wearing black clothes. Was usually just a black fitted shirt or sweater and some black dress pants. Oh and boots. I loved wearing boots before my feet betrayed me. ( I never dyed my hair black because I do like my blonde hair. )
I remember asking my parents if I could paint at least one wall in my bedroom black. Dad was 100% on board because he’s dad and has zero future sight. Mom, on the other hand, gave me a solid no. I was upset at first but she explained the why.
I was prone to random bouts of crying because I used to hold everything in until the proverbial flood gates burst. Having to excuse myself to go to the bathroom to cry and then come back to class with my eyes all red and swollen. Classmates teasing me about it while my teachers politely asked me if everything was fine.
Mom explained that a black wall wouldn’t be doing me any favors emotion wise. Sure I was upset because I was a teenager and hadn’t gotten my way. But fast forward a week and I came home from school to find a beautiful black lace canopy on my bed and a couple packs of safety pins. ( my bedspread couldn’t be pure black because of the small orange tabby cat though. )
So it wasn’t black paint but it was enough for me. Enough to show me that my parents were like: ‘Hey, you’re different and that’s okay. We still love you.’
I miss this commercial.
