- Hi everyone, this is Mériem from The Skin Deep.
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that you actually took the time to sit down,
to connect with your mom?
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- What do I do that makes you laugh the most?
- Uh, when we play jokes.
- Yeah!
- And when can do jokes you- it makes me really laugh.
- Yeah
- Do you have any jokes that
you think makes me laugh?
- Uh huh.
- Like what?
- Mmm. What do you call cheese that isn't yours?
- Nacho cheese.
(laughing)
- What's your favorite joke?
- Uh, why did.
What happen to the seagull when he crossed the bay?
- What?
- He turned into a bagel.
- That's a good one.
I think your my kid.
- [Atty] That's a good one.
- [Briana] Because we have the same sense of humor.
- [Atty] Is that a pretty good one?
- [Briana] Mhmm.
- What do you remember when we first met.
- Oh man, I remember so much from that day.
The day you were born, you were born early.
Just a little bit but I still wasn't expecting you
And you were born so fast.
The doctor didn't even make it into the room in time.
(chuckle)
- 'cause no body knew you were gonna there that quickly
and when you were born,
dad and I didn't know you were going to be a boy or a girl.
And then you were born and we both said
"Oh, here he is, it's our Atty, it was him all along."
(laugh)
- Do your best impression of me.
Do you know what an impression is?
Okay, sit down on your chair and I'll tell you.
An impression is when you talk and sound like somebody.
So, if you were trying to let someone know
what I say and what I sound like, what would you do?
- I don't know.
- Want me to do an impression of you, first?
- Yeah.
- Okay, this is my impression of you.
Well you know, there's tardigrades at
the bottom Marianas Trench.
- Yeah, that's pretty good.
- It sounds like you huh?
- Yeah.
- Can you do one that sounds like me?
- No.
- No, okay.
- Okay, your going to say these words.
- Your going to say, what is my super power.
- What is your super power?
- No, you gonna say the word "my".
What is my super power?
- What is your super power?
(laugh)
- Okay.
So, I'm going to tell you what I think your super power is.
- Yeah.
- 'cause I think that is
what the question is asking.
Um, your super power is
that you have the most sensitive heart.
- I've got another one, I can see in the dark.
- You can see in the dark.
That's another super power that you have.
- It's true.
I'm not afraid of the dark when its.
- Yeah.
- In the middle-
- Your never afraid of the dark?
- Yeah.
- I'm afraid of the dark sometimes.
(laughing)
- Buts that's normal.
- Yeah, me too.
I'm a little dark.
- Your a little dark?
- Yeah.
- Or, your a little afraid of the dark?
- A little afraid of the dark.
- Yeah.
- Is it my question or your question?
- My question.
- Okay.
- If you could give me anything in the whole world,
what would it be and why?
- A s'more for sure.
- A what?
- A s'more.
- A s'more?
- Yeah that would be good.
(laugh)
- That's a good choice, right?
- I think so.
Why would you give me a s'more?
- 'cause that's one of your favorite treats.
- So you would give me a s'more.
Can I tell you what I would give you?
- Yeah.
- I would give you unlimited rainbows to wear.
- What do you mean?
- Rainbow shirts and rainbow shorts.
I know you like when you get to wear rainbows.
- Yeah.
I only have three rainbows shirts
and one set of rainbow shorts.
- Yeah
it's a good start.
- Yeah.
- But if I could give you anything,
I would give you more rainbows.
- I thought you were gonna say a Hot Wheel.
- Yeah.
Well, you get Hot Wheels, that's an easy one.
You already have lots of Hot Wheels.
- Yeah.
- Did you have a Hot Wheel dream last night?
- Do you remember, I told you?
- Yeah.
Do you dream about Hot Wheels a lot?
- No.
- I normally dream about.
I normally play Hot Wheel video games instead, in my head.
- Yeah, the app you head to control your dreams.
- Yeah.
Can I tell you one more time how it works?
- Sure.
- How it works is you say what dream you want.
It gives you a whole list
and then you say this one, this one, this one
and then you do check, check, check
and then if you want it or X X X if you don't want it,
and then you start your dream.
- Yeah.
Yeah, I've started using that after you told me.
- Did you use it last night?
- No, I forgot to use it last night.
I was so tired, I just plopped into bed
and fell asleep right away.
(giggle)
- What do we, what's the same and different about us?
- Um, okay that's a good question.
I think that we have the same brown eyes,
- That I'm the same...
- And brown hair.
- Yeah, that what I would have said.
- Yeah, I think we look a lot a like.
Something that's really different about use Atty bear
is that you can make friends with anybody,
and you talk to friends and strangers
and people walking down the street.
You've always been like that.
- Yeah, even when,
when I had my first appointment with
Dr. ____ I was like that.
- Yeah, exactly.
- True.
- Yeah
and I don't do that as much,
but you know what?
Being your mom really taught me how to talk with people,
and be friendly.
So I... something I learned from you,
and its a way we are really different and I'm glad.
Can I tell you something else you taught me?
- Yeah.
- Okay, before dad and I had you,
we didn't do much singing or dancing.
I didn't used to do that.
- Why?
- I don't know?
- Just to shy?
- What?
- Were you to shy too do it?
- Yeah, I was a little shy and
- Yeah, me too.
- I didn't think I could sing.
- Me too.
- But you and your brother taught me that I can sing
and dance.
So that's why we have dance parties all the time.
- Yeah, in the dark.
- Yeah.
- That's really fun
and sometimes we put a little light
so we can have shadows dance parties.
- Uh huh.
- Okay.
- that's mine.
- Okay, so your gonna ask me,
what advice you wish you heard at my age.
- What advice do you think
your heard at my at my age?
- Yeah, the advice that
I wish I hear at your age.
I think it's something that I tell you all the time
and that's, um, that it's really important for you to be you
and you do a really great job at that
and I wish that I had had heard that, too.
- Why?
- That it doesn't matter what other people think?
That you can wear what you want
and say what you want
and you should do your best to be kind to people.
- Did you do something like that
when you where a kid or?
- Did I do something like what?
- Like when you were a kid, where you like me?
- In some ways, yeah.
Um, yeah I would just...
If I could go back to back when I was little,
when I was five, I would want someone to tell me
it's okay to be who I am.
- Your question.
- My question.
Oo, when do I make you proud of me?
- Uh.
- Are you ever proud of me?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- When you, um, give out,
when you make me and [his brother] happy.
- Yeah, your proud of me
when I make you boys happy?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, Can I tell you when I'm proud of you?
- Yeah,
- Well, all the time,
but also when you do something that makes you kinda nervous
but you do it anyways.
That's when I'm proud of you.
- I used to be nervous singing about to you..
Singing with you but then I... I actually did it.
- Yeah, what do you like to sing with me?
- Sky boat.
- Sky boat song.
- Yeah.
- That's a good one.
- What do you think I'll be when I grow up?
- I don't know.
- Yeah me-
- Some days, I think you
could be a writer and a poet,
- Yeah.
- And some days, I think that
you could be some sort of athlete or scientist.
- Yeah, I always think of science.
- Yeah, we do good science experiments, huh?
- Yeah.
- Can I ask you a question?
- Yeah.
- What do you think you might be when you grow up?
- A that's a hard one for me, too.
- Yeah.
- I'm still working out that one.
- Your still working it out?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, that okay, you've got some time.
- Yeah, lots of time.
- Yeah.
Do you have any ideas
of something you might like to do?
- We might just skip this last one.
- Okay.
- I'm done.
- Your done?
Okay, fair enough.
Thanks for doing this with me sweet boy.
Can I give you a hug?
(clapping sound.)
- Can I give you a hug, too?
(kiss)
- Now we heard an echo
- I love you.
- Yeah.
- [Briana] Was this fun for you?
- [Atty] Yeah.
- [Briana] Yeah.
- [Mériem] Hi, thank you so much for sticking with us.
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