Emotional video shows children breaking down in TEARS as they have a candid discussion with their mothers about the #MeToo movement
- Three children have a frank conversation with mothers about #MeToo campaign
- Little boy Nolan admits to his mother that he's scared, before giving her a hug
- Meanwhile, Illiana breaks down as she tells her mother about incident at school
- Mieraye also gets upset as she finds out that her mother was sexually assaulted
An emotional video shows children breaking down in tears as they have a candid discussion about the #MeToo movement with their mothers.
During the video produced by the US-based YouTube channel Cut, little boy Nolan admits to his mother Nicole that he's scared, before giving her a hug.
Meanwhile, one of the girls featured, Illiana, is seen breaking down in tears as she tells her mother about an incident when a boy made her feel uncomfortable at school.
Mieraye also gets upset as she finds out that her mother was sexually assaulted when she was younger.
A video shows youngster getting upset as they have frank discussions with their mothers about the #MeToo movement. Little Nolan (pictured) tells his mother Nicole that he's scared before giving her a hug
In the video, Nolan - who is still in elementary school - is asked by mother Nicole whether he knows the 'rules on private parts', to which he replies: 'Yeah, don't look at vaginas and don't look at penises.'
Nicole then replies: 'That's right, you're not supposed to look at anyone else's and you don't look anyone look at yours.'
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She then explains that sexual assault is when people do 'inappropriate things to other people, including the private parts of other people.'
During the frank, Nolan admits to his mother that he's 'kind of scared', before giving her a hug.
One of the girls featured, Illiana, (pictured with her mother) breaks down in tears as she tells her mother about an incident when a boy made her feel uncomfortable at school
Mieraye (pictured) also gets emotional as she finds out that her mother was sexually assaulted when she was younger
She then tells him: 'I think it's important for you to know because these things can happen to kids too.'
Illiana, who is in her pre-teens, tells her mother about an incident that made her feel 'not comfortable', which she said she reported to the vice principal.
'He told me and my friend when we were in orchestra. He said that he'll...,' she says, before breaking down in tears.
Nolan is seen discussing with mother Nicole the 'rules on private parts' during the video
Mother Nicole tells the youngster, who is in elementary school, that sexual assault is when people do 'inappropriate things to other people, including the private parts of other people'
Her mother comforts her, telling her: 'It's okay to talk about these things. And that's the right thing to do - to tell somebody straight away.
'You have to learn how to always speak up, and never let anybody take advantage of you. I'm beyond proud of you.'
Later on in the video, Mieraye is seen getting upset after her mother recalls an incident that happened to her when she was younger.
Her mother tells her: 'One time I went out with a guy who I didn't know well, and we ended up at his friend's apartment.
'I remember sitting on the couch, and I was real uncomfortable. And the next thing I know I woke up, and I was leaning on this guy's shoulder and he was sleeping.
Illiana, who is in her pre-teens, tells her mother about an incident at orchestra that made her feel 'not comfortable'
Her mother is seen comforting her, telling her 'it's okay to talk about these things'
'And his friend was reaching up my shorts, and doing all this stuff.'
After hearing her mother's story, Mieraye is seen giving her mother a hug before breaking down in tears.
'I feel like whenever you tell me I need to be safe and guarded, you're just saying that because you wan tot be annoying or something,' she says.
'But I guess that's because of your personal experience, and I didn't know that'.
Mieraye's mother recalls an incident that happened to her when she was younger, when she woke up to find herself being sexually assaulted
After hearing her mother's story, Mieraye is seen giving her mother a hug before breaking down in tears
