Jameela Jamil is fighting for you to accept your kids just as they are | SamanthaSMorris
of her parents Ali and Shireen. This was in 1998 when Jamil, then 12, had returned home from school and confided in her parents that she had been deemed the heaviest girl in her class and ridiculed for it.
The film, aimed at children aged eight to 12 and their parents, is stuffed with inspirational interviews with kids who have overcome cruel judgment as a result of, among other factors, having autism, disabilities, diverse gender expressions, or bodies that don’t resemble the influencers they see on Tik Tok. Jamil and Australian comedian, who appear in the film, share their own experiences with how others made them feel less-than, and offer words of encouragement.
And all too often it’s parents who are wreaking this type of havoc on their children’s hearts, say psychologists. “It’s a fundamental rejection of who the person is,” says Callegari, who has helped clients through this experience. “And therefore creates a really deep, deep sense of loneliness. That [feeling of] ‘I am all alone in the world, I don’t have a safety net’. And that is incredibly scary.Loading
“All these things I was saying to other women and people around the world,” – Jamil frequently gives speeches and hosts a
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