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Rumer Willis has just uncovered the messy side of baby care by giving a video that parents easily sympathize with and that melted their hearts. The actress posted on her Instagram a clip taken from Jim Carrey’s movie “Liar Liar”, which describing perfectly the toddlers’ cravings and the mothers’ weaknesses of the very early morning. Along with the video, Willis called for ‘snacks and reinforcements’, thus admitting the global tiredness of this particular child-rearing phase.
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The video shows Jim Carrey as a toddler in full negotiation mode, displaying all the emotions and making all the unreasonable demands. In the piece, Carrey imitates a toddler shouting ‘It’s blue’, then talking to himself doing ‘all the things that you want to do’ selfishly. Willis’s choice of scene could not be more right both in timing and accuracy for parents today who struggle with toddlers.
Parents did not take long to react, and the sympathy was overwhelming. ‘And why so early? Mine start at five sometimes,’ that’s what one parent wrote who very accurately described the morning battle. This comment started a debate about early rising, which is a common problem for most parents. Another user replied ‘Girl, you are lucky! Mine woke me up at 2:00 am,’ which in turn pointed out the harsh side of parenting, where every parent has different experiences, but all are tired equally.
Most people seemed to agree with the truth of the clip. ‘It could not be any more perfect,’ wrote one parent, and another added ‘Funny, because it is true.’ You can find the echo of that feeling all over the comments with many people telling how the video was a perfect representation of their daily life. There was even one user who said that it was Willis’s own facial expression at the beginning of the video that ‘sells this the most,’ admitting that every parent at some point made the same expression during similar incidents.
Some of the comments came from a more philosophical angle regarding the toddler experience. ‘Yah girl-this toddler game is some ancestral deep journey,’ one person said implying that the difficulties of parenting tie generations together. Someone else was sharing knowledge from parenting that is further down the road, saying, ‘Sometimes it continues through their teen years,’ giving both warning and support to those in the earlier stages.
The choice of Jim Carrey was especially pointed out by many commenters. ‘Only Jim Carrey could make this work,’ one person noted and another said ‘Jim Carrey does make the best toddler.’ The characteristics of physical comedy and over-expressive emotions that Carrey shows are certainly those that the parents can relate to, as they can often see these traits in their children during the meltdowns.
Some of the commentators recounted their own specific problems that were in line with the theme of the video. ‘It’s like every day a new traumatic experience before 8:30 am,’ one parent confessed. ‘Getting dressed or going downstairs is a drama,’ another one added. ‘Omg, the facials for my 7-year-old,’ confirming that the dramatics do not necessarily disappear when children grow older.
The video undoubtedly struck a chord with the audience concerning the widely shared experience of parenting small kids. As one of the commentators aptly put it, ‘This is the most accurate depiction on the internet.’ The combination of Willis’s relatable caption and the perfectly chosen clip generated a moment of empathy that was experienced by parents all over the world. Even those who were not in this stage of parenting anymore participated and one of them said ‘Yeah, I don’t miss those days,’ giving a sort of encouragement to those who were presently going through the toddler-parenting struggle.
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Willis’s post is, in fact, a reminder that even celebrity parents have to face the same problems as the rest of the world when it comes to bringing up children. The response was so massive that it demonstrated to the world that sometimes the best parenting tip is not a tip at all but rather a prevailing understanding that others are going through the same thing and are therefore able to share it through the medium of storytelling. The post served to create a virtual ‘support group of parents’ who synchronized their joys and laughter over the toddlers’ crazy reasoning and the incredible tiredness of early rising. Rumer Glenn Willis continues to share these relatable family moments.
