#bear squishmallow

[reasonsforhope]

Sometimes you just have one of those moments where the progress we've made as a culture get thrown into stark relief. You look at something and go "Holy shit, that would never have happened when I was a kid."

Today, I had one of those moments when I realized that the teenage boys I'm working with are just. genuinely, openly enthusiastic about going to Build-a-Bear for their outing.

These are sixteen and seventeen year old boys! They just had a whole conversation about what to name their "cute", mostly new squishmallows! They're genuinely excited that they're going to Build-a-Bear this weekend and asking other kids to pick up specific accessories for them!!

Holy shit, that never would've happened when I was 16. None of the boys would have dared to be visibly interested - and neither would most of the girls! There would have been a million gay jokes and "Haha, you're a girl" jokes and "What are you, a baby?" jokes. Teenagers weren't even supposed to care about anything back then!

Less than 15 years later, and I'm watching three 17 year old boys treat all that as not even worthy of comment.

So let's call that a reason for hope. Even when the kids aren't alright, in some ways apparently they are alright. Go Gen Z, honestly. It's so lovely to watch you guys just openly doing and saying stuff that, when I was a teen, would've been a social death sentence.

[heartnosekid]

pumpkin kitty build a bear!! 🎃🐱 | source

[plusie]

[krabbages]

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[diet-bathwater]

aliens in popular plush brands 👽

[littleguymart]

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[tisforteddy]

[moonferry]

got a new squishmallow and i thought he looked quite familiar! his name is omar and he loves gemstones.

[loz-the-noob]

I was gonna retake this somewhere outside but Satsuma’s kinda too big to take anywhere so here ya go!

[seancexpsychotix]

[octobercoreposting]

Spooky friends

[plusie]

[collectwthme]

vacation finds

[whats-her-quirk]

I distinctly remember going to camp with my friend and her family in elementary school. Her brother’s girlfriend saw the stuffed animal I slept with every night and was like “yeah but are you going to take it to college with you? Or sleep with it in bed with your husband?” And I was so embarrassed but now I wish I could go back in time and be like fuck you, yes I will

[pick-a-plush]

[lilcultbab]

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