Kids say the darndest things. Sometimes, their honest reponses make for entertaining moments; other times, their childlike innocence gives us food for thought. Like in this viral video, titled ‘The Labelled Chair’, which brings together little ones from different nationalities and races for a social experiment on labels.
Directed by Josiah Ng, the clip sees chlidren enter a room with hidden cameras, two at a time. A pair of chairs have been placed in the center, each marked with a word that sort of contradicts the other. Like ‘smart’ and ‘stupid’, ‘ugly’ and ‘pretty’, and ‘useless’ and ‘good’.
Ng gets the kids to pick a chair and sit down, and their responses are adorable. They range from confused to sheepish to jumping into solve-the-problem mode by sharing the seat or ripping the paper with the ‘bad’ label into shreds. Interestingly, none of them fight to sit on the ‘good’ chair.
But before you watch this, be warned. The video may or may not melt your heart and make you think twice about the words you use.
Making this new video has convinced me to go, “I think I really really love kids!” I’ve always felt that kids have so…
Posted by Josiah Ng on Thursday, March 17, 2016
