Bullied kid flooded with birthday wishes on Twitter after mom\u2019s viral appeal Twitter: Megan AronsonAn 11-year-old boy has been inundated with birthday messages on Twitter from thousands, including celebrities after his mom\u2019s appeal went viral. On Thursday, March 11, Megan Aronson, mother of Kanon Aronson, posted an adorable photo of her son and tweeted, \u201cToday is my son\u2019s 11th birthday. He\u2019s had a REALLY hard year in this pandemic. We had to move 2X & he was bullied at both new schools. He\u2019s sweet & sensitive & doesn\u2019t understand why kids are so mean. Could you wish him a happy birthday today? His name is Kanon!\u201d The tweet has had a whopping 34,000 replies at the time of writing, more than 22,000 retweets and 156,000 likes, and numbers just keep growing with Twitter users all over the world chiming in with their support for Kanon. https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeganAronson\/status\/1370112686600556547 Several celebrities also showed their support including Hamilton actor Christopher Jackson who went so far as to film a short video wishing him a happy birthday and saying \u201cbro troubles don\u2019t last always. Looks like you\u2019ve got a great mom, great family. You hang in there when times get hard and you gotta just continue to believe in yourself and continue to believe to just put good in the world. \u201cYou\u2019re a good dude I can tell\u2026 make every day count and just know that you are not alone in this world. I\u2019ve been bullied plenty of times. But just walk in your own steps man. Know that you\u2019re loved. Push all that negativity to the side bro. Life gets so much better. Other members of the public went out of their way to send the best birthday message they could think of, including one farmer in Australia who sent a hilarious video of his rooster called Little Chick. Happy Birthday, Kanon from northern NSW in Australia. Little Chick the rooster wants to send special wishes as well\ud83d\udc13 pic.twitter.com\/ZSXlKH0trk \u2014 Bob Moylan (@robert_moylan) March 12, 2021 Other well-known names also added their well-wishes including CNN Anchor Jake Tapper, actress Alyssa Milano, YouTube commentator Keemstar, FaZe Kay, and even James \u201cDash\u201d Patterson, League of Legends host for LCS. Happy Birthday Kanon!! First off, what a cool name \ud83d\ude0e and really diggin\u2019 the hair. I know when I was younger it could be tough at times, especially joining a new school where I didn\u2019t know anyone. Keep being unapologetically yourself and lighting up the world with that smile \u2764\ufe0f \u2014 James Dash (@JamesDash) March 12, 2021 Megan then responded in a thread thanking everyone for their kind words \u201cLike many moms this year, it\u2019s been one of the hardest battles of my life watching my kids struggle through the pandemic. You all have made us feel seen & heard, loved & supported today. I\u2019m sitting here bawling reading your birthday wishes for Kanon. Wow. THANK YOU SO MUCH. \u201d After even more responses and outpourings of love from thousands of people, Megan later added, \u201cKanon & I are so amazed by the response to this tweet. Thank you everyone who\u2019s taken the time to say happy b-day. As a Nat\u2019l Mental Health Advocate this is a conversation I think we need to have right now. How do we help our kids thru these hard times? What are your ideas?\u201d The tag \u201c#kanonsbday\u201d even made its way to the top of Twitter\u2019s trending list at one point, giving this little boy the most memorable 11th birthday that anyone could possibly wish for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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