In a world where sharing such small parts of life is a norm especially for parents who are always on the lookout for ways to share their children’s moments. Natasha, a keen mother, is the same, of course. The toddler’s life is an inspiration, and she shares new TikTok videos and photos of her one-year-old son Raedyn and their family. Nevertheless, in contrast to so many others, Natasha undergoes a shower of negative comment and trolls mainly due to Raedyn’s look.
Being a Reality Show about Online Parenting
Thus, Raedyn has Pfeiffer syndrome which is genetic disorders that impact on the skull, face and limbs. However, there are some features of this syndrome And Natasha does not notice that her son is completely flawless. “I will continue to tell his story,” she declares with lots of confidence. “They said that he looks different; but they are wrong because he is as good as he is perfect.”
In particular, cynical people may be found on the Internet, who will not hesitate to criticize and make others feel terrible. The following remarks are thrown at Natasha time and again – “What kind of life will he have?”; “Why would you make him live like that?” These comments are not solely limited to social media; in the real life, complete strangers feel free to offend her by asking questions like ‘What is wrong with your kid?
The Weight of Judgment
These occasions affect Natasha I still could not help wondering how such moments affected Natasha. “It is tiring,” she says, “being on the receiving end to defend Raedyn’s disability.” She gets annoyed how people pay much attention to him physically more than they acknowledge him their child with his individuality, character, hobbies, and pleasures. ‘He goes to school and plays like the other kids… yes he is ‘different’, but what does that mean?
Natasha is ambitious in the pursuit of making people accept Raedyn as one of them for one reason or the other. “He should be allowed to live like any ordinary person”, she says which tells us a lot about the kind of world we would wish to live in. Being tired of concern that originates out of sheer ignorance is a common thing that she complains of. “They don’t understand that I am just a mom and my son is just a baby, we have quite a simple life even with his diagnosis.”
A Call for Change
Due to the disability, Natasha wants to fight against prejudice on her social media accounts. That is why she has raised the topic to make others accept disabled people and focus on the outcome and not the visible disabilities. “We’re just a normal family,” she says, which, to me, is a message that everyone has a story, and everyone has his or her own challenges.
Natasha’s story with Raedyn is not just about a woman’s struggle with child rearing; it focuses on the suffering woman’s fight for accepting and embracing the unusual rather than the all-too-common prejudice. “Maybe someday the world will embrace disable people as they are without prejudice of how they look or what they are capable of,” reads her parting shot.
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