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After his son was bullied for wearing nail polish, this dad fought back the right way.

The child liked having his nails painted by his grandmother.

 Leo Shvedsky
08.08.19

Photo by Steve Snodgrass/Flickr

No matter how hard parents try to teach their kids to be tolerant and to feel free to express themselves, there's a big world out there just waiting to put them in a box.

Even though society is slowly becoming more accepting of those who disregard traditional gender norms, children can still be very cruel. Which is terrible, because a child's free spirit can be easily broken, never to return.

This spirit should be not only preserved but strengthened through a child's formative years, not squashed by bullies and authority figures.

Daddy Files blogger Aaron Gouveia had his heartbroken recently when his middle child, Sam, was tormented by his classmates for wearing nail polish to school. The rough-and-tumble five-year old “boy's boy," as his father calls him, likes to have his fingernails painted by his grandmother.

And he never thought it was wrong until kindergarten.

The situation brought up a difficult parenting decision: should he tell Sam to remove his nail polish so he isn't tormented or to keep it on and suffering being bullied?

Here's how Gouveia brilliantly handled the situation.

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Gouveia's tweet storm received thousands of likes and retweets and even inspired a few men to show their support for Sam by painting their nails, too.

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Lifestyle

Tori, the Target manager who was Tweet-shamed by an irate cheapskate, just got a $30,000 vacation

A satisfying conclusion to an infuriating story.

via David Leavitt / Twitter and RealTargetTori / Twitter

Last Friday, GOOD reported on an infuriating incident that went down at a Massachusetts Target.

A Target manager who's come to be known as "Target Tori," was harassed by Twitter troll David Leavitt for not selling him an $89 Oral-B Pro 5000 toothbrush for a penny.

He describes himself as a "multimedia journalist who has worked for CBS, AXS, Yahoo, and others."

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The world is rallying around Tori, the Target employee Tweet-shamed by an irate cheapskate

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Anyone who has ever worked in retail knows that the worst thing about the job, right after the pay, are the unreasonable cheapskates who "want to talk to your manager" to get some money off an item.

They think that throwing a tantrum will save them a few bucks and don't care if they completely embarrass themselves in the process. Sometimes that involves belittling the poor employee who's just trying to get through their day with an ounce of dignity.

Twitter is rallying around a gal named Tori who works at a Target in Massachusetts after she was tweet-shamed by irate chapekate, journalist, and Twitter troll, David Leavitt.

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Business

A boss in England gives nonsmokers four extra days off a year

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In a typical work day, people who smoke take more breaks than those who do not. Every few hours they pop outside to have a smoke and usually take a coworker with them.

Don Bryden, Managing director at KCJ Training and Employment Solutions in Swindon, England, thinks that nonsmokers and smokers should be treated equally, so he's giving those who refrain from smoking four extra days to compensate.

Funny enough, Bryden is a smoker himself.

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