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You is Kind, You is Smart, You is Important -Free Printable

March 21, 2014 By: Anita

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You is Kind, You is Smart, You is Important -Free Printable

I love the book and the movie The Help. If you haven’t seen it yet I highly recommend it. In the book and movie the maid, Aibileen Clark, tells the little toddler girl she nannys, Mae Mobley, “You is kind, You is smart, You is important.”

You is Kind, You is Smart, You is Important -Free Printable

The reason why I LOVE these three words is because they are meaningful and significant to a person’s divine worth. If children grow up believing that they are kind, smart, and important, it will help them combat the shallow and insignificant roles the media and modern day culture try to enforce.

For example, it would have been much less meaningful (yet much more media-like) had Aibileen said, You is Beautiful, You is Skinny, You is Wanted. Yet those things are what our little girls and young women and even older women are told that their worth is dependent on. And men are being raised up to believe those things as well. All you need to do to is to turn on the radio, watch most T.V. stations and movies, or skim through magazines to see these skewed beliefs being taught about the worth of women and men.

Recently, I noticed that I often compliment my nieces on how ‘cute’ they look or how ‘beautiful’ they are. In contrast, I usually tell my nephews how ‘smart’ and how ‘talented’ they are. After a while, I realized that by doing this I was supporting these mixed up ideas about a person’s worth. I realized I should be complimenting both my nieces and nephews, as well as other friends and family on more substantial qualities like intelligence, good choices made, kindness, talents, great ideas, and other non-physical characteristics.

One of my favorite scriptures in the Bible says, “Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; …. the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.” And that was especially true in Mae Mobley’s case. Her mom was very shallow in most respects and made multiple comments (in the book) about her weight and appearance. Aibileen knew that her mom was judging her on how she looked so she made a special effort to reinforce her intrinsic value by telling her that she is an important, kind and smart little girl. Mae Mobley loved Aibi for showing her unconditional love.

Making an effort to give our children, family, and friends meaningful compliments that are based on their true worth will help them feel unconditional love…something our media and culture are not giving them.

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  1. Cheryl Rahkonen says

    March 25, 2014 at 8:47 pm

    I love this article. I read this and had to stop and evaluate the things I say to my children and grandchildren. I love them all but never thought about the words that kids take so literally. I definitely will be aware of what and how I communicate with them.

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    • Anita Fowler says

      March 26, 2014 at 3:14 pm

      Cheryl- Thanks for your feedback. I’m so glad you found it helpful. I know its definitely okay to tell a girl she is beautiful and a boy that he is handsome now and again. I just thing that the main compliments should be based on the worth of the person (their divine natures and talents they were born with) that can really help our children, friends, and family feel unconditional love. Thanks!

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  2. Lynne says

    March 26, 2014 at 12:34 am

    I loved that movie too. So many people are only focused on the outward appearance, but those inner character traits are what bring you through trying times in your life, and also allow you to help others when they are going through hard times. I just found your blog, and am enjoying it immensely…I’ve already signed up to email subscribe. Thanks for the work you do!

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    • Anita Fowler says

      March 26, 2014 at 3:04 pm

      Lynne- Thanks for the meaningful comment. Yes, we as a society are too apt to judge on outer appearances. I appreciate your opinion on this 🙂

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