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TIShe could’ve cowered in embarrassment. This age is tender. These girls are becoming so conscious of their bodies, so desperate to belong.
But Campbell chose honesty instead. She told her new friends why her eyes cross and how her brain works.
And instead of marking her as different—it became the very thing that connected them.
The truth has a way of doing that.
You cant be embarrassed by something you don’t call bad. Campbell navigated this moment with ease because she’s been taught that the ways she differs are worthy—not wrong.
Now a lunch table of girls knows that too.
The language we give our children becomes the voice they most listen to.
Let your words be kind.
Let your acceptance be loud.
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