Nothing is going to stop this young lady! In the comments at YouTube, her parents say that this was really just a one-time affirmation, but that Jessica, now 12, is a straight A student and an athlete. -via Holy Kaw!
felixthecat
She’s lucky that she didn’t fall from there and crack her head open like an over-ripe melon on the toilet or the tub.
Muzition
Why was someone filming this instead of stopping her from standing on the sink cabinet thingy?
Louis
I think it was pretty funny kid need to have a little fun and it looked like she was being supervised by the camera person.
miliano2.0
Felixthecat
Everyone knows that if she fell and hit her head on the toilet she won’t have “cracked her head open like an over-ripe melon”. She would have come up with the idea for the flux capacitor.
endgame47
“Just Do It! Is it in you? I’m loving it, you magnificent son of a bitch!”
AMCabral
This is a really interesting “half full/half empty” test. Half the folks say “Yes! Go for it! Little girl against the world!” and the rest say “Oh! Get down from there before you get hurt!” I was one of the latter, and I’m kind of embarrassed about it.
-T
felixthecat
I’m not embarrassed about it. Look at the size of her head! A toilet is like a magnet for it. Good thing this was a one-time event.
ted
Something seemed very sad about that whole speech. Sounds like the insecurity of someone driven to overachieve by demanding parents.
I like my house?
And, yes that looked like a dangerous thing to do.
MilesLand
Judging by her coordination maneuvering over the sink, as well as skillfully descending the counter with the grace of a rock climber, I’d say she was more than safe. Great thing to see in a country with such an inadequacy complex.
Candu
She seemed to have no issues staying rock solid on the counter. Plus, she was on a roll and unless she seemed to be in immediate danger (and she wasn’t).
She seemed to be an enthusiastic, heppy little girl in a great mood. Let her be.
Life will kick her in the teeth soon enough and she’ll need that confidence to pull through it- and I bet she will.
Fran
Oh, good heavens. It’s amazing how fragile the world is today. I have a picture of myself balancing on the very top of a swing set when I was her age. She seemed quite well balanced and the videographer was right there.
Cute video and kid!
felixthecat
A kid in my kindergarten class died when he stood up in a shopping cart, but fell out and cracked open his head.
But who cares? He had fun, and he would die sooner or later of something or the other anyway.
LisaL
Yeah, I’d rather a kid be safe than do something like that.
I know how easily it is for a kid that age to get distracted for one second and BAM in to the floor they go.
AMCabral
This comment thread is becoming as depressing as that little girl felt awesome.
-T
H. Hardy
So when boys climb trees or even get banged up and break arms, “boys will be boys”. But god forbid a little girl take the risk of climbing and standing on a counter two feet off the ground (with her weight very solidly balanced, as others have noted)–how awful and what horrible parents for letting her take a physical risk! They should have swaddled her in sparkly pink bubble wrap and never let her get up from the couch in front of the TV.
Of course, these days, it sounds like many Americans don’t even want boys to take physical risks. We’re all so afraid of the freak accident that we’re becoming afraid of life.
LisaL
Who the hell said anything about it being ok for boys getting hurt but not girls?
Stop trying to make that an arguement when it’s not even what anyone is talking about.
It’s not about being overbearing people, not letting kids do anything fun blahblahblah.
Kids can have just as much fun when they’re not dancing around on a damn bathroom counter where they could easily trip, stumble, whatever and bash their head on every hard surface in there.
India
I get the sense that this little performance triggeres something in people and that the comments about safety are a smoke screen behind which to hide from whatever we don’t want to face. Instead of rushing to judgement, why not make an attempt too just “be” with the video and allow ourselves to notice our deeper feelings? Could be interesting.
LittleMomentsofAwwws
Awww .. that’s the right attitude! You go Jessica!
Thanks Neatorama! This video has been shared on Little Moments of Awwws.
S. David Z. H.
I thought that this was hilariously sweet …she just seems like happy, well-adjusted little girl being a kid.
And kids don’t get hurt as easily as parents nowadays seem to think. Parents in the 60′s would pretty much just kick their kids out in the morning and have them come back in time for dinner. The death tolls weren’t as high as you might think. I actually had a similar upbringing, spending my first few years in a small “hamlet” right next to a beautiful forest reserve. I ran around in the woods all day, climbing mountains (pint-sized ones, but they seemed sizeable at the time)
and simply having fun. Only very rarely did I get hurt, but I *always* had fun.
felixthecat
I have examined my deeper feelings, and have sent for DVDs of the Jacka$$ series for my children. I hope that they will survive reenactments of the stunts, but if not, I can always adopt some kids to replace them.
And isn’t that what life is all about? No, not contrived videos with misleading titles, but about taking risks, endangering oneself, and trusting the balance of children on counters in small bathrooms? I think that it is.
AMCabral
Here we go (via Neato Bambino):
http://www.neatorama.com/neatobambino/2010/05/11/thudguard/
This should keep everyone happy.
Geoffrey
Cokehead’s “Daily Affirmation” (Parody of Jessica’s) http://bit.ly/b4nU7U
sharon
I totally agree with
AMCabral– How sad that the majority of comments are of fear and disapproval rather than on the wonderful, positive energy and attitude. Kids should be able to be children- climb trees, stand on things- not be raised where the FIRST criteria is to fit the mold, be ‘correct’ and to never do anything risky.
Michelle
I disapprove not of her being up on a counter, but of her overly rosy attitude toward life. I believe that, in order for children to grow up to be healthy, well-rounded human beings, they should be exposed early on (as in around Jessica’s age in the video, if not younger) to a realistic outlook on life with both positives and negatives. An overly positive outlook on life is far more dangerous than standing over a bathroom sink – it sets one up for a lifetime of crushing disappointments and to make foolish decisions based on love and trust.
Miss Cellania
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Ali
I think it’s nice to see a kid so happy. Taking risks is part of life, guys.
lishalishalisha
You guys, you guys…
She can do anything good! Including standing on a sink. Yeah.
Allison
The little girl did not fall. She did not hit her head and die. What’s done is done, quit being such pessimists and enjoy life; they aren’t forcing you to let your children stand on counters. Let them raise their kids how they want. This movie was put up to share something positive not for them to get advice on how to be a parent. Judging by the intellect of their four year old I’d say they were doing a damn good job.
TDB
C’mon that was cute. She was being watched. I thought she had a positive attitude, which is awesome. Seems like a happy kid. And that was no more dangerous than playing on the monkey bars at the playground. Do we want all kids to sit around on the couch becoming fat little blobs because everything is just too dangerous? No wonder there is a childhood obesity problem in this country. No bike riding, no tree climbing, no monkey bars, no skateboarding…it’s all too dangerous. Better just play video games.
Cartma
lmao these comments made imagine her fall off and open her head while talking
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