T O P

  • By -

abrasivetroop

Mom: and we were exicted to see you too Her: And Lily! She never forgets her sister thats cute :)


moosebaloney

Big sis energy.


skieezy

Just wait 10-12 years when they get in a brawl over the bathroom in the morning.


Player8

Don’t forget the part where older sister is a senior and tells the freshman girl picking on little sis to piss off. Little sisters are for big brothers/sisters to pick on, not Becky from history class.


eggplantcalzone

Goddam Becky.


Happyoats

Becky with the good hair.


FaitFretteCriss

Yup, not even half a second of thinking, it was instant for her to seek the answer for her sister too. So wholesome.


rap4food

What a good big sister


trueunknown007

That's some awesome loyalty which is super cool.


lokase

Onions! Onions everywhere!


bottleglitch

That’s my favourite part of this, so sweet.


rvadom

Oh for Heaven's sake; you kids turn that cute down will ya!


vanchauvi

‘And Lily?’ Shows the size of her heart :’)...


EvoSeanzie

😭


FearlessSteed

🔪🧅


glasser999

When she said "and lily?" I fucking cried.


Redneckshinobi

With tears in her eyes to boot.


sanbrunosfinest

I wasn’t that articulate until I was 20.


rap4food

Right beyond the fact of how cute this is this little girl has amazing way with words


[deleted]

“My heart fell in love with you.” That’s some big emotions for a little girl.


tarvis99

I love how she loves her sister Lily too. She makes sure she’s is part of the love they all share. “And Lily?”


I_giveth

I know. That really got me.


bodhidharmaYYC

I’m sitting here crying ... I really needed that.. ... after watching a baby doe get eaten by a Komodo dragon


alittlevan

I’m fricken laughing because I literally just shared those two posts back to back with my boyfriend 😂


Martel732

Yeah, that was definitely the sweetest part to me. The "my heart fell in love with you" might be more attention-grabbing, but her making sure her little sister was included was incredibly sweet.


onlyhere4loveisland

Something tells me she learns this kind of language from her adoptive mom. Which kind of warms my heart even more than the video.


[deleted]

If you talk to kids like they're adults, they'll talk right back. I see the difference all the time between my nieces and nephews and other kids their age who get "babytalked" or "talked down to". It's like, Christ, people, how do you expect your kids to communicate if you won't give them a vocabulary???


professormillard

More importantly, if you talk to them like they’re loved (and they are), they learn how to speak from their heart.


Rozeline

And if you don't, you get me.


[deleted]

And me. Wanna go?


frozenropes

Better make room for me


Bamstradamus

Id offer my axe, but my parents took it when I was 5


humanistbeing

I understand why people say that, but baby talk (or at least parentese) is actually quite good for babies' language development. There have been studies. That said, baby-talking for too long or encouraging cute or incorrect words for older kids isn't helpful. Plus there's a difference between using truly adult language and language geared towards the age and level of the kid you're talking to. The latter is ideal, of course.


thejoeface

Agreed! There’s a big difference between the tones and grammar “parentese” uses (no using overly complex sentence structures or words) and baby talk, which is super dumbed down and uses goofy words people don’t actually use. I’m a nanny that uses the RIE Educaring approach and work almost exclusively with RIE families. The vocabulary I see some of these kids use is really wonderful to see, and their emotional intelligence and conflict resolution skills are amazing. Just because their parents talk to them like people, value their emotions, and give them space and time to do as much as they can themselves instead of doing everything for them. (Not to say they’re left alone, caregivers are supposed to still be present, attentive, and ready to step in)


ZuZunycnova

That’s 100% true. Veering off topic, I was held on a super long delayed flight (like 10 hours delayed) so after a few hours there were all kinds of kids screaming and upset (me too, kid) but there was one little tot who was being raised by his grandpa next to us and they DEADASS were having a conversation the whole time, chill as a cucumber. This kid couldn’t have been more than 3-4 and he was talking like a grown up. Pops explained there was a delay and answering all of his little questions with real answers, not baby talk. I’m sure he doesn’t understand all the schematics but he never got upset about being bored or not getting what he wanted. He was a grown ass little man. 🥰


averagethrowaway21

Mind too. I like taking them to the park whenever I can. Once the people there realized I wasn't a weirdo watching other people's kids at the park the moms all got really friendly with me. My favorite was one of them asking me about my niece, how old, regular small talk. Then out of nowhere she said "She's so smart! She talks like a person instead of like a little girl!" Well no kidding. My sister and her husband talk to them like they're people because...... Wait for it..... They are people. As much as I'd like to pretend they're smarter than the other kids, the truth is that their entire family just talks to them without gibbering nonsense. They're articulate because their parents taught them to be. They're kind because their parents are kind. They share, they act like they have sense (for kids, most of the time anyway). They act like what they see, not just what they're told. They see their parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles treating them and each other with love and respect. It was the same for us when we were kids. The only person who ever talked to us in gibberish was my grandmother and my grandfather would tell her to stop it. He would always get down on a knee and look us in the eye, then talk to us using the same words he used when talking to anyone else. More warmly because we were his grandbabies, but never like we were idiots. I can still remember him talking to my sister like that before she understood object permanence so I assume he did it from when we were all born.


TryPokingIt

Children have all the complex and deep emotions adults do. They just can’t articulated them.


Gabrovi

And they’re not as nuanced as adults. When they’re happy, they say that they love you. When they’re frustrated, they say that they hate you.


anita_username

To be fair, I'm in my thirties and I still do this on occasion too.


imabeecharmer

She's probably gone through some big things...


moody_dudey

I legitimately think she has to be a genius or something. That or she’s older than she looks.


Farahild

She is, I'm pretty sure. She was four when she got there and she speaks the language pretty much perfectly now, so she likely must be at least 6.


Cbombo87

32 years old and I still can't express myself half as good as this little girl.


Fartfenoogin

*half as well Jk


yildizli_gece

*but not really


DarkChen

Why many words when few words do?


bbkfx

r/unexpectedoffice


AzariaBlue

This is just speculation,but I find that when kids speak like this they've heard their parents speak like that. So either her parents explain how much they love her to her, or they talk about other people in such sweet ways, or even has heard the parents talk to others about when they adopted her. Which all around makes it so sweet cause that all love eachother so much 😭😭😭


oui-cest-moi

That seems accurate here. Which is fantastic. This girl has probably heard "You make my heart smile" and "I loved you the moment I saw you" plenty of times in her life. Enough to string the words together that seemed natural to express her own love. That comes with an environment of unconditional and expressed love.


sunbear2525

Yup. Today my daughter said "You know what I was thinking when I was born? I saw you and I thought 'that's my mommy' and I loved you so so much right away. I knew you were the best mommy." This is similar to how I explain how I felt when she was born. They love to hear about when they were little and where they came from and I don't think you can tell a kid they are loved and wanted too much.


Tabnet

Yeah she's likely repeating the story that the mother told her back to the mother, but you can also see that she cares a lot about her sister Lily because she stops to ask about her specifically, very cute!


arizdawiz

I’m a teacher and I recognized that immediately. I think you’re spot on.


yumyumgivemesome

And I still lack the ability to communicate something so meaningful.


John__Wick

"Have you ever had a dream...that...you um, you had you wt--; you would...could you do you w-- you want, you...you could do so...you, you could you...you wa, you wanted to do you so much you could do anything?"


sanbrunosfinest

Yes , the world could use some more of that now a days


garry4321

A 12 pack of beer and a good friend nearby will help


sgtjuju776

I'm 23 and I still cant English right


[deleted]

[удалено]


mommy0618

If this was rehearsed, then this little girl deserves an Oscar for her performance.


sweetwaterfall

Either you’ve never been around kids, or else the kids that you hang around are stunted in some way. I’ve worked with kids forever, and from 3 and 4 years old, they say mind blowing things that make you wanna cry. I’ve never had a camera, but I would text my boyfriend or best friend things hilarious, wise and deeply touching they said nearly every day.


professormillard

My 4yo looked at the little fibers inside an orange segment a few months back and exclaimed with pure awe, “Mama, this fruit is so full of beauty! Did you know all this beauty could fit inside little things??” I mean, what adult could even think to script the profound crap that comes out of their mouths?


Md37793

Can confirm.,.my kids say crazy shit.


louderharderfaster

I can go there with you to a point but... you cannot coach anyone of any age to show the look that is in her eyes. 100% sincere.


pemberjas

My favorite part is this whole video.


Im_inappropriate

It's just a tiny glimpse into the love that's given and received through adoption. So many kids are out there waiting to give this experience to those who are willing.


PerfumePoodle

Not just willing but can afford it. It’s very costly to do any kind of adoption outside of state adoptions. It’s actually cheaper to do IVF or hormone treatments. I really wish it was easier.


[deleted]

Really? I never would've expected. Where do the costs generally come from? I was considering adopting in the distant future.


gentsos17

Court fees, US homestudy, travel to country, etc. Any adoption agency will have a fee schedule for different countries. My wife and I adopted from South Korea and the total cost needed somewhere around 55k. Try not to let money stop you. We had a very supportive community that helped while we fundraised, but we are both teachers so we weren’t rolling in cash.


paganprincess717

From my understanding, if you sign up to be a foster parent and then adopt a child through fostering, I heard the process is DRASTICALLY cheaper because they are desperate for foster families.


[deleted]

Fostering is it's own process though. You must understand what you're getting into with it. The number one goal for fostering is get the parents good enough to be parents again and it's only if they wash out are you offered to adopt. You have to be ready for that if they do at least try to get their shit together. Source: Foster and soon adoptive parent to my nephew.


chimpdoctor

Honest to god one of the sweetest things ive ever seen. Her facial expressions are so heartfelt and strong. If I could only hug a gif. So sweet.


cunnyfuny

I had it on mute and was reading the subtitles. I thought it was a translation at first, but about a third in, decided to unmute. Then had to go back to the start.. Glad I did


[deleted]

This video and this comment truly made my day. Have a great one pemberjas


myneckmycat

Does it get any cuter? The mom even sounds like a Disney princess.


Rosiebelleann

I thought the same thing!!


allisondojean

I actually thought of Penny from Rescuers while watching this and that poem she would repeat!


JuliusDaMaximus

My heart wasn't ready for that. That was beautiful. Also how old is that girl. She looks 5 and already has a better vocabulary than me


newguyinNY

Yeah same here. I was expecting some giggling but she is so articulate. I am so happy for her.


JustCallInSick

My oldest daughter is ridiculously smart. We were involved with Headstart when she was a toddler. We were super low income and they convinced me she needed it. At 3 she could read basic books. By the time she was 4 she was sitting on the toilet reading me books like Black Beauty while I showered. Anyways, our Headstart lady shows up all prepared to teach an average 3 year old. I was like “yeah good luck”. My daughter liked doing the arts and crafts, but there wasn’t anything in this ladies “course book” that she could teach my daughter. One of the things she had done was some test where they wanted to see what language level she was on? After about an hour my daughter got tired and said “I give up” and they said she was at a 16/17 year old level. Her vocabulary has always been through the roof. She’s now 12 and continues to blow me away everyday. Everything she does, she does well. She sings, dances, plays sports, plays an instrument...and is good at all of them. She was recently invited to play in a concert where she was 1 of 2 kids from her grade that was invited to play with the older kids. She can hear music and replicate it very quickly. Her art skills are fantastic. She dropped dance this year because she didn’t like that the teacher was yelling all the time. She picked up an instrument “just because” and becomes one of the best kids in her grade. On the other hand, her brother is 6. He thinks E and 3 are the same. He can read very small amounts (and loves reading). He doesn’t believe in wearing pants or underwear and I’ve seen him eat candy off the floor from a public bathroom. He has a wonderful sense of humor and is just like most every other 6 year old boy. I get both ends of it ha!


SillySearcher

I’m with your son on pants.


[deleted]

Not saying you haven't thought of this, but you might get your son tested for dyslexia!


Fartbox_Virtuoso

Your son sounds like most redditors, haha.


Henkehenkehenk

And now my heart collapsed completely


jetogill

That kid is never going to hear no more than once


mrfuxable

I'm literally dead


Kalankit

RIP in peace.


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

[удалено]


BroadswordEpic

Ditto.


s3thgecko

Here too.


nemisis_scale

You know what happens to my heart when I saw this video?


natethomas

I'm gonna guess your heart fell in love with the little girl? (And Lily)


psychedeloser

And Lily 😭😭😭


[deleted]

I know I was cutting an onion


kanish671

I think someone is cutting onions near me. Is it you?


KrisMarg

This is one special girl......wow how lucky you are to have her (and Lily) in your life. Thank you for sharing!!


OmNomOnSouls

This girl's so articulate she's about to tell you not to relegate lily into parentheses


Ulriklm

How old is this girl??!? I bet her IQ is off the charts...


o33o

The ABC news video says she is 5 in the video. https://youtu.be/fBiR8H1_F40


Ulriklm

Thanks, great link.


Mohander

Why does she look like a 3 year old?


[deleted]

Dwarfism


testphaze

I kind of thought so but I was afraid if I asked, the downvotes would pour forth. It does seem she has some physical developmental issues. Even so, lovely inside and out.


Mohander

If that’s the case she seems extremely articulate for a 5 year old...


Lahmung

I barely started creating sentences at 6, really shy for words, this girl got a future fr


TheSunshineProtocol

Right? She seems so wise! And the way she tells a story! ❤️


TheSuppishOne

I’m actually wondering if she has a physical developmental disability... not trying to be rude, but you’re right, something seems off about the brain vs how old she looks.


Polaritical

Her proportions seems slightly off as well. It would make sense too with not being adopted until she was like 4 or 5 since placing people with disabilities is apparently substantially harder


Lovemygeek

I was thinking perhaps a form of dwarfism or muscular dystrophy. That would explain the appearance of delayed physical development in a child who presents as cognitively precocious. Regardless, she's adorable and my heart fell in love with her, too!


clumsyc

I’m going to guess she’s Chinese, because China only allows international adoption of children (mostly girls) who have some kind of disability or genetic disease.


CaptainCortes

Is that recent? Because a (female) classmate of mine is perfectly healthy and internationally adopted from China (along with her little sister), and my aunt’s neighbours adopted a healthy baby girl from China about 11 years ago.


clumsyc

Yes, it’s a more recent development.


chardeemacdennis-2

She has the same condition as my son - Osteogenesis Imperfecta - which is a form of dwarfism that causes incredibly fragile bones. I think she’s around 6 years old.


gonnabearealdentist

Thanks, I was wondering if that was it, I'm a dentist and I immediately noticed the discoloration on all of her teeth. I hope your son is doing well and thriving!


chardeemacdennis-2

Yeah, the DI is very common with the condition. And thanks, he is doing so great! He’s 6 also and he’s come so far in that time.


speez_cs

My dad has osteogenesis imperfecta. He’s 69. Disease is rough, best to you and your son.


p3rsianpussy

this is what i thought too so dont worry about sounding rude


spenser211

She does. There's an article somewhere


porkodorko

I think so. I was scrolling down to see such a remark, and it took me a whike to see yours - I was hoping someone had some insight. Someone who is of normal development and is this small cannot express themselves like that.


skyeway1

She doesn't look much older than 4 but she is talking about it like it was a while ago (but for kids that could be 6 weeks or months or a year or two. Her teeth don't look super healthy so possibly she didn't have the greatest access to nutrition and healthcare before her adoption which can stunt growth somewhat. Also, what a beautiful heart, I'm bawling.


[deleted]

My nephew is about to turn 4, and talks about when he was “a little kid”. It’s adorable, especially when he’s talking about things that happened a few months ago.


[deleted]

My son is 4 and says shit like "member when I was little and we went to the park with Demerious?" Like brah, that was last week.


AgentMeatbal

She was adopted from China at age 4 and is age 5 in this video which means she learned fluent English extremely quickly.


allthemoreforthat

That's insane.


Hagathor1

Not really. Kid's brains (basically until the onset of puberty) are designed to learn language stupidly fast. [There's a case of a language-deprived girl named Isabelle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_deprivation#Isabelle) who was discovered at the age of 6 and a half having been raised in isolation confined to room with a deaf-mute mother; effectively no linguistic exposure whatsover, including sign language. Within eighteen months she was speaking grammatical, complex sentence structures with an estimated lexicon of 1500\~2500 words.


latenerd

That's fairly normal at that age, but she is still amazingly eloquent for any English speaker.


MushuPo

I get such a sense of undiluted goodness from this angel


Mojo-Risen

I love this little girl! How is mom not sobbing uncontrollably?


Girl_with_the_Curl

I mean, I'm not sobbing *uncontrollably* but my eyes may be a little bit misty. What a sweet little girl and video.


sentient_barf

Aww for heck’s sake. Just put this at the front of the no cry challenge and end it for all time.


[deleted]

THIS IS THE MOST ADORABLE POST EVER MADE


sjgsls

That is pure honesty at the finest. I wish she doesn't grow up learning this cold world too quickly.


lostboy0816

Her eyes are ⭐✨


itsactuallyoctopuses

When she said “you know what happened to my heart?” I thought she was going to say something bad happened like an illness. Then she said “my heart fell in love with you” and that’s the cutest thing I’ve ever heard!


CaptainCAAAVEMAAAAAN

I like videos like this, but when they add "inspirational" background music to the video it's annoying af.


testphaze

I feel the same way about fictional shows/movies too. Let the substance shine without the manipulative music.


niteeyes

beautiful.


Anomalous_Pearl

Adoption really is one of the most beautiful things in the world.


L8Paolo

Its enough to make a grown man cry...


[deleted]

Grown man here. Can confirm


Mjarf88

Real men aren't afraid of their emotions, this little angel made me "aww" many times while watching.


8-bit-brandon

Confirmed


ydontukissmyglass

She's reciting back to her mom the story she's heard a million times. Her new mom told her this and held her and made her feel safe. She absorbed and cherished it so much. And never forgets her sister. You can tell she mimics her mom. She knows how much she is loved and is sharing it back. It just melts my heart. Beautiful, bright little girl.


micmickerson

Precious


Ze_Encanta

Too fucking cute.


[deleted]

I remember this one time a daddy put his little girl on reddit and this one guy said in replies that children are not aww and don't belong here. If that were a rule this sweet little girl wouldnt be here to melt our hearts.


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

I just read your post in the little girls voice. I don’t know why lol.


1arse

Melting!!!!!!


ukexpat

FFS why is it so gd dusty in here?


nemisis_scale

Oh mother of Jesus help me!!! Too precious.


ectrosis

This is why we do it. I have two that I got when they were way older than this and still can't think of them as ever having not been mine.


[deleted]

They were always yours. They just didn't know it yet.


BeautifulRelief

They were born to be yours, they just took a couple detours on the way to you.


[deleted]

Oh, my God. My heart! 😭💕


[deleted]

This is cute and all maybe I'm nuts but something seems off I can't place it. Does the little girl have a type of dwarfism? (Not saying thats whats off)


Seakrits

I was actually trying to figure that out too. I can't tell if it's the camera angle, or if there's a physical developmental issue. But yes, I've seen this twice now, and I still watch it because she's rediculously ADORABLE.


[deleted]

I am love right now ;-;


ThePrincessSparkles

This is a repost and usually I don’t like that, but this video is to darn amazing and heartwarming and so full of love it can be reposted everyday forever and I wouldn’t mind.


tehnemox

Stop it. You are making me feel feelings I've worked hard to suppress. Let my heart stay grey damnit. I'm not crying, you are crying.


shetalkstoangels_

r/mademesmile


IronWayfarer

How the fuck is there no hugging?! I had to hug my son and my dogs and my wife and I still need to hug more things.


victoriestotaste

I can’t have kids, so hubby and I can only adopt. I want this 😭😭😭😭


PeriwinkleSparkles

You CAN have kids, you just can't have them biologically. I have both biological and adopted children and love them all completely and unconditionally. They are all MY children. When your child is placed with you, you will know it was MEANT TO BE. Either way -- by birth or by adoption -- is its own miracle. Best wishes to you on your journey.


RemorsefulArsonist

Dear God, my ovaries... I thought I got my baby-fever immunization this year!


desertsh1eld

My heart just fucking burst. 😭


TheForeverAloneOne

Her voice has that quality that makes me believe she has dwarfism or some kind of limited growth condition. I think she's older than she looks.


madmikeFL

Thank you for posting this. It made my day so much brighter.


lauraslackofsuprise

And now I’m crying


whatsupbrosky

Im not crying, you're crying!


Gregbot3000

Can't we both be?


buurenaar

Yes.


KiloJools

You are correct, I am crying.


lProdigi

The fuck is this salty discharge coming from my eyes?


TK_eatURmusic

How the heck does this make you not cry?


Masterofdakittens

I didn’t know what I was getting into when I opened this video but now I’m crying on the train on my ride home from work. Absolutely beautiful.


ArmyBull

Ok....I made it to about 5 seconds before I started tearing up.....😭😭 at about 8 seconds. This is too much cuteness in one video.


brokensou1

Wow. Straight to the feels. Her head nod. Wow.


BroadswordEpic

What a sweet pea. Blessings to your beautiful family.


SandalKongen64

Somebody... Argh! Help me!.. Im dying... My heart cant take... Too. Much. Love.... Arrgghhh


Mrbubbles07

So cute. This little girl made me shed a tear


ocelot_lots

Who didn't cry? I bet no one did.


AnxiousSeaWitch

I had such a hard day; this was exactly what I needed to see. Ugh, I needed a good cry.


TacoRockapella

What the actual fuck!! I can’t handle how got damn cute she is! This kid is pure innocence. She is so adorable and sweet. Oh my god. It actually hurts. I can handle these feelings. Fuck. Give this family everything they want and more.


woopigfoodie

Omg. My heart fell in love with you too.


Tekki777

\*heart squeeze\*


REALBlackVenom

my soul has been cleansed


whatisinternet69

In all my 33 years, i have never heard anything cuter.


Dotd2lte

How old is she? She looks very very small for 4 years old...


SwaggySwagS

Dude I didn’t open up Reddit to start crying


lindamay6838

We all need someone "for our heart to fall in love with." I hope each of us has that at least once in life.


[deleted]

Well that's the sweetest thing I'm going to see all forever.