A man gave out hundreds of free hugs at the Pittsburgh Pride Parade last weekend, and what he learned was simple: it shouldn't be hard to give kids acceptance and love.
After giving free hugs all day at Pride, this dad wants parents to step up and just love their kidsat the Pittsburgh Pride Parade this past weekend, and what he learned that day was pretty simple: it’s easy to give your child love and acceptance, and not doing it leaves them with an emotional burden that he can’t imagine.
“Imagine that your child feels SO LOST FROM YOU that they sink into the arms of a complete stranger and sob endlessly just because that stranger is wearing a shirt offering hugs from a dad,” he wrote. “Think of the depths of their pain. Try to imagine how deep those cuts must be. Please don’t be the parent of a child that has to shoulder that burden. I met WAY too many of them, of all ages, today.
“[His parents] haven’t spoken to him since. He cried on my shoulder. Sobbed. Squeezed me with everything he had. I felt a tiny bit of that pain that he carries with him every minute of every day. He was abandoned because of who he loves. And on June 9th, 2019, he was participating in a celebration of love when he was brought to his emotional knees by a shirt that said ‘FREE DAD HUGS’ on a complete stranger.
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