Artist’s Reminder That “‘Bad’ Kids Need The Most Kindness” Will Pull On Your Heartstrings.

As parents, we have all seen the neighborhood “bad kids.” We tend to warn our children away from them without hesitation. X user Doe Kawaii sent us an important message via a 9-post comment on her timeline. Her post reminds us that most bad kids act out for a reason and that rather than ban them, we should show those children the most kindness. Whether a child is yours or a neighbor’s, Doe’s message hits the heartstrings with a twangy pluck.

Doe begins with a post about bad kids and how we must remember that they need kindness the most. She elaborates that a boy in her neighborhood was just awful. Then, one day, she caught him watching her drawing outside with her children.

It all starts with a few simple words. For Doe, she asked the boy if he liked drawing. The conversation was short, and he challenged her to draw the manga character Naruto. Doe drew Naruto and saw the bad kid’s features soften a bit. It takes very little to make every child feel “heard.”