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Last Friday night around 11 pm, Hudson {a 9th grader} noticed that he had missed a call and had a voicemail on his phone. We were all standing in the kitchen while he listened to the message. First a puzzled look came over his face, and then a bemused smile. The message was from three 10th grade girls whose voices were all chiming in; saying that they were just making some calls to people they really like to tell them how great they are. They went on to tell Hudson what they like about him and what makes him especially cool. This was no teen prank with a sarcastic undertone; their message was positive, specific, and kind.

How fantastic is that?!? Especially for a 9th grade boy — who happens to exist on the very bottom of the high school food chain.

And then, this Youtube video came across my laptop {via Upworthy}. And it made me think that maybe there’s more good news out there in the world of teens and social media than we give them credit for. Wouldn’t it be amazing if the giving of compliments were a new thing? {Is it?}

We can hope! Here’s the amazing story of Jeremiah, and his mission to spread kindness throughout his high school through his WestHighBros twitter feed. It gives me chills of optimism and happiness!

 

 

I love knowing that this kind of thing is happening among teens. It’s good news!

So “thank you” girls! Thank you for taking a moment to say something nice to my son. What you did may seem small. But, it looks like you’re onto something very big!

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Tags: Hudson, teens