This Was Alicia Keys’ Message To Her Son Who Wanted Rainbow Painted Nails

James Guttridge
This Was Alicia Keys’ Message To Her Son Who Wanted Rainbow Painted Nails
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This Was Alicia Keys’ Message To Her Son Who Wanted Rainbow Painted Nails
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Alicia Keys posted a poignant message on her Instagram account. She told the story of the time her four-year-old son accompanied her to the nail salon. An episode that allowed her to question the concepts of femininity and masculinity. You can see her message in our video.

Alicia Keys is part of the group of committed celebrities who advocate for self-acceptance. Recently, the American singer posted a video on her Instagram account in which she recounted an episode that happened to her with her four-year-old son, Genesis.

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Happy beautiful and glorious Mother’s Day Y’all! ⁣ ⁣ To all my fellow mothers, lovers, givers, caretakers and light bringers out there, you are amazing! Deep bow to all of you. Women are all mothers and nurturers with or without children. ⁣ Of all of my jobs, parenting is my favorite. It teaches me so much about myself about capacity, patience and about consciousness. It’s the most beautiful and it is also the hardest. I remember when I was pregnant with Egypt thinking -- ⁣ ⁣ What if I’m not cut out for motherhood? What if I fail at being responsible for a child—a life? What if I can’t do this? ⁣ There’s probably not a person on earth who hasn’t asked those questions in some form, at some point in time. The fear of possible inadequacy is real. I felt determined to do for my child what I’d once struggled to do for myself: rid my life of all circumstances that no longer served me. {excerpt from my book More Myself} ⁣ ⁣ Ain’t that crazy!? I distinctly remember getting better at that only once I had my first baby.. And the goal is not to forget that we are valuable enough to keep doing it for ourselves as well!! So on this beautiful day I want to remind you to keep loving on yourself just as much as you love on everybody else!! ⁣ ⁣ More about this is my book More Myself ✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️ Sending you love and Have a blessed day!!!

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The latter accompanied his mother to the nail salon and took the opportunity to ask the technician for rainbow-coloured nails. She agreed and painted each of his nails a different colour. But a few minutes later, Genesis changed his mind and told his mother that he was afraid that others would make fun of him.

Alicia Keys did not hesitate to tell this story on Instagram to her 17 million followers in order to get a strong message across.

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The singer deplored the fact that the concepts of masculinity and femininity govern people's lives and the judgment of others, when everyone should feel free to express themselves as they see fit.

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A great life lesson that has been seen more than a million times on Instagram, and that you see discover in the video above.

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