Teachers are often undervalued and deserve a lot more credit for helping to uplift children.
Many people know firsthand how impactful a teacher’s encouragement can be.
Unfortunately, it goes the other way as well.
There are some cases when ateacher’s careless words can hurtand debilitate a child.
One loving father took it upon himself to undo the hurtful words of his son’s teacher.
In the next clip, Shearhods 3-year-old son Ashton dejectedly recalls the encounter with his teacher.
After that, Shearhod and his girlfriend, Eden, gleefully take the toddler to a nail salon.
The child’s elation is obvious as he giggles while he waits to get his nails done.
Shearhod shares that Ashton has liked nail polish since he was two.
Since then, we started painting our nails together, Shearhodsays.
While many comment in support of Ashton and his father, some have been negative and inappropriate.
One such comment asks, So is he gay?
Shearhodsvideo responseaptly starts, He is literally three years old.
Like my sons teacher did not know what me and my familys opinions on gender norms are.
Thats okay, shes not a psychic.
I went and I told her.
We got on the same page, now the chapters closed.
And at the end of the day, its just nail polish, okay?
Since then, we started painting our nails together, Shearhod says.
While many comment in support of Ashton and Shearhod, others have been negative and inappropriate.
One such comment asks, So is he gay?
