Kids can be so cruel. But at least we have kids like this one in the world to cancel them out.
Jetta Fosberg, a 10-year-old girl from Dayton, Ohio, decided a few weeks ago to cut off her long hair (14-inches, to be precise) so she could donate it to Wigs for Kids, an organization that helps children who lost their hair during cancer treatments.
"Of course we were super proud; we thought it was the coolest idea that she came up with on her own," Heidi Fosberg, her mother, said.
But this noble gesture to help other kids in need seemed to mean very little to the bullies at school, as Jetta says a group of male classmates have started making fun of her and hurling insults at her, like calling her ugly and saying she wants to be a boy.
Personally, we think she looks amazing with short hair, so much so that we're jealous because we don't think we could pull that look off. And she did it all for a good cause? Jetta is the bomb, and we try not to say that anymore, but it's literally the only word to describe how awesome she is.
And just wait, because she gets even more awesome.
Jetta told NBC's WHDH that she does her best to just ignore the bullies, and she would donate her hair all over again if she had the chance because "it was just the right thing to do and it makes me feel good."
Thankfully, everyone else who has heard her story has been very encouraging and supportive of Jetta's good will, and she insists seeing the hundreds of messages online gets her through the bullying.
"Knowing that there are people who think that my haircut is cute and that they think I'm a good person, it kind of helps me like fight against them," she said.
Jetta's mom has met with both a teacher and a principal of the school to talk about the situation and she has filled out an incident report, but that's as far as it went. The school has confirmed with WHDH that they are currently investigating the matter. But to her knowledge, nothing has been done to stop or punish the group of boys, though all she wants is an apology to her daughter.
"Just any sense of thinking that he understood the severity of it, that he had any kind of regret for how the situation had been handled," Heidi said.
Jetta, you are our hero. Don't ever, ever change.