The video is enough to melt the hardest heart into a puddle, and I highly recommend you watch it! Leila’s ecstatic smile and contagious confidence will make your whole day.
Equally sweet is Mildred’s joyful affirmation of her daughter’s response. You can hear the pride in her voice as she tells Leila, “Oh, baby! I’m so proud of you! You stood up for yourself. That’s what matters. What matters is that you like it — it’s your hair.”
In an interview with TODAY.com, Mildred said that her daughter’s emotional intelligence has always been advanced. “She’s always been very emotionally mature and I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that I don’t modify my language for Leila. I talk to her as if I would an adult — we just talk about age appropriate things,” Munjanganja says. “My goal is to prepare her to navigate the world around her because I can’t always be there to protect her.”
Although the TikTok video only shows us a snippet of Leila’s life, I can’t help but think that this little powerhouse is going to grow up to do big things! A child who knows their worth is not found in the eyes of others is already several big steps ahead in life, and I sincerely hope this isn’t the last the internet hears of little Leila Danai.
