Heartwarming Wisdom from a Four-Year-Old: "I Don't Want You and Dad to Be Mean to Each Other"

"Mom, will you be my friend?" With these words, a four-year-old named Tiana from the U.S. began a 'serious' conversation with her mother. This conversation, reminiscent of 'a call to action', was recorded by her mother, shared on social media, and quickly went viral.

When her mom agreed to be her friend, the young girl raised her hands and said, "Try not to raise the flames too high to be a friend. I want everything to be calm, okay? Just try your best. I don't want you and my dad to replace each other and go back to being mean to one another.

"I want you and my dad to settle your argument and be friends. I'm not trying to be mean; I just want everyone to be friends. If I can be nice, I think we all can be nice too. I'm not trying to be mean. I'm trying to do what's best in my heart. Nothing else. I want you, Mom, my dad, and everyone to be friends. I want everyone to smile, not to be angry. I want everything to smile. Especially Grandma, everyone."

At this point, the delightful child smiled broadly and repeated her wish for everyone to keep smiling—again and again. Then she continued: "And about my dad and you Mom, I think you can do it. I think you can tone down your mean feelings and lower the flames to a low level. I am not trying to act like a bully; I'm trying to be stable. On the ground. In the center, where my heart is. My heart is something... and everyone else's heart is something too... and if we live in a world where everyone acts mean, we'll all turn into monsters in the future.

"What if there's a little man, what would he do? So no one will be here, only the monsters instead of us. We all need to behave like humans. Everyone. Including me, and you Mom, everyone. I want everything to calm down and just be as good as possible. That's it."