在这个月的一天，购物者德纳沙·戈麦斯在塔吉特（Target）发现了一件不同寻常的东西：一个挂有标签、崭新且未购买的银色手袋，被随意地放在了婴儿用品架上，与儿童泰诺和婴儿乳液等商品混在一起。这个发现让她的目光不再停留在一款普通的商品之上，而是触及到一件更深层的故事——母爱与牺牲。
她将这一幕分享在TikTok短视频平台上，并配文写道：“她本应拥有这只手袋。”这条帖子迅速引发了广泛关注，数以千计的用户在此下方评论并分享了自己为孩子付出而牺牲个人利益的经历。这条视频自9月4日发布以来，已累计获得超过2050万次观看。
此短视频激发了一种积极的新潮流，在这个平台上，人们开始模仿戈麦斯的行为，将现金或礼品卡隐藏在婴儿用品、尿布和婴儿配方奶粉等商品中，希望帮助那些在经济上有需要的家长。他们希望通过这一善举，让这些家庭能够找到礼物并为自己购买喜爱之物。
“有时，我无法拥有某些东西，而有时我不得不放弃一些个人需求以确保儿子有所需。”戈麦斯在接受NBC新闻采访时表示，“这正是令我觉得与她产生共鸣的地方。我想说的是：‘天哪，这是多么熟悉的感觉’。”
在#shedeservedthepurse这一话题标签下，数百人参与其中，并分享了自己的故事和行为。戈麦斯希望能借此机会与更多品牌合作，进一步回馈给需要帮助的家长。
此趋势不仅得到了高度赞扬，因为它揭露了为人父母背后的隐形困境，同时也引发了公众对于家长为子女牺牲个人需求现象的关注讨论。尽管部分人担忧这一做法可能会引起坏人的注意而滥用礼物，但许多网友对这个积极向上的潮流表示感激。它引发了一连串的思考和对话，探讨了在确保孩子得到满足的同时，父母又如何兼顾自己的愿望与需要。
康诺蒂·奥尔森（Courtney Olson），一位参与此趋势并从中感到共鸣的30岁女性，分享道：“这个趋势让我们开始讨论，很多女性都感觉她们是独自承受着母性之难。”她表示，通过这一活动，她不再感到孤单，因为她可以看到“成千上万的其他女性也正在经历类似的感受”。
Cecily Bauchmann 是一名拥有超过200万粉丝的TikTok创作者，她最早响应了戈麦斯的行动，亲自购买了一张价值100美元的塔吉特礼品卡，并将其巧妙地藏在尿布盒内。她的这一举动迅速传播开来，激发了更多人的参与和善意。
总体而言，这个趋势促进了对家庭经济压力下父母牺牲行为的理解与共情，提醒着人们，在关心孩子的同时，也不应忽视自我价值和需求的重要性。它不仅是一个简单的礼物交换，更是一场关于爱、理解和支持的全球性对话。
新闻来源：www.nbcnews.com
原文地址：‘She deserved the purse’: TikTok users pay it forward to moms in new trend
新闻日期：2024-09-26
原文摘要：
To some, a purse with its tags still on in an aisle where it may not belong looks like a piece of discarded inventory. But when shopper DeNaesha Gonzalez spotted a new, shiny, unpurchased silver purse at Target — shoved between items like kid’s Tylenol and baby lotion — she saw it as a symbol of something else: A parent’s sacrifice. The 28-year-old mom shared a video on TikTok earlier this month showcasing the accessory left behind in the baby aisle, writing, “SHE DESERVED THE PURSE.” Thousands of users commented under Gonzalez’s TikTok and shared stories of their own experiences sacrificing expenses for themselves in order to provide more for their kids. The video has received more than 20.5 million views since it was posted on Sept. 4. It has sparked a trend on the platform in which people began paying it forward by hiding cash or gift cards in boxes of diapers, cans of baby formula and other family products. Many hoped that parents in need would find the gifts and use them to get something nice for themselves. “There were just times where I didn’t have or there were times where I had to put down certain things so that my son could have,” Gonzalez told NBC News. “And so I think it just was a moment where I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, this is so familiar.’” Hundreds of people have made videos participating in the trend using the hashtag #shedeservedthepurse. Gonzalez said she hopes to partner with brands to give more back to other parents. While many have praised the trend for highlighting the invisible struggles of parenthood, others felt that the videos would enable bad actors to steal the gifts intended for families. Videos of TikTok users joking about going into baby aisles to search for and take money from baby products have racked up millions of views since the trend took off. Others have filmed their local Target baby aisles, showing ripped diaper boxes and lids removed from baby formula cans. Still, many online expressed gratitude for the trend, which has sparked a broader online discussion about how parents can often sacrifice their own wants and needs to give to their children. While some parents may experience financial difficulties, others shared that they can feel guilty buying things for themselves even if they can afford to do so because the money could always go toward their kids. Courtney Olson, 30, who participated in the trend, said it has opened up a discussion about the way many women feel they’re the only ones struggling with motherhood. She said the trend has made her feel less alone because she can see “thousands of other women out there going through almost the exact same feelings as I am.” “I just hope that this video reminds moms and dads out there that it’s OK to spend that money on yourself, and it’s OK to buy yourself things here and there, because your children will not be going without just because you’ve got yourself one thing,” she said. Cecily Bauchmann, a TikTok creator with 2.2 million followers, was the first to take action after seeing Gonazalez's video. She purchased a $100 Target gift card and left it under a box of diapers in the store for another parent to find. The trend grew from there. Bauchmann, 36, said Gonzalez, who is her friend, inspired her to “give back." The video brought her to tears because it reminded her of times when she experienced financial strain while providing for her family. “I hope that in this [trend] parents, caretakers, moms, dads would feel in a moment that there is a financial burden lifted off of their shoulders,” Bauchmann said. “And I know that it can’t be all the time, but it could be for that one time.”
