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Loving father's incredible reaction after his four-year-old son picks out a doll at the toy store makes him an overnight star

  • Mikki Willis of Ojai, California, was returning toy to store with son Azai 
  • Four-year-old decided that he wanted a Little Mermaid Princess Ariel doll 
  • Father posted touching video on social media and said, 'You have my promise forever to love you and accept you no matter what life you choose'

By Christopher Brennan For Dailymail.com

Published: 21:33 EST, 24 August 2015 | Updated: 07:01 EST, 25 August 2015

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A father who let his young son choose a doll for a toy has seen a video of him applauding the boy's decision go viral.

Father Mikki Willis of Ojai, California, was exchanging a duplicate gift with his son at a toy store when four-year-old Azai decided he wanted a Little Mermaid doll.

The production company founder took the opportunity to post a video and tell his sons: 'You have my promise forever to love you and accept you no matter what life you choose'.

 
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Father Mikki Willis of Ojai, California, posted a video reacting to his son's choice of toy, a Princess Ariel doll
 
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Father Mikki Willis of Ojai, California, posted a video reacting to his son's choice of toy, a Princess Ariel doll

'How do you think a dad feels when his son wants to get this?' the dad says before shouting 'yeah' with his son
 
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'How do you think a dad feels when his son wants to get this?' the dad says before shouting 'yeah' with his son

The video has since been viewed more than 12million times on Facebook.

'This is what he chose, now how do you think a dad feels when his son wants to get this?' Willis says while holding the Princess Ariel doll in his car.

Azai yells 'yeah!' and his dad echoes the outburst, saying that he feels the same way.  

'I let my boy choose their life, that's how mama and I, that's how we are,' he said before promising to love Azai and his one-and-a-half-year-old son Zuri forever. 

The father said that he was not surprised when his four-year-old picked up the Barbie.

'Azai is equally fascinated by princesses and robots. One moment he's all boy, the next he's expressing a softer, more angelic side,' he said Monday on Facebook.

The family says it is grateful for all of the positive support that the video has received. Above, Mikki (center) and Azai (foreground) with mother Nadia (left) and one-and-a-half-year-old Zuri (right)
 
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The family says it is grateful for all of the positive support that the video has received. Above, Mikki (center) and Azai (foreground) with mother Nadia (left) and one-and-a-half-year-old Zuri (right)

The father was reportedly pushed to post the loving video after women at a restaurant gave his son disapproving looks. Above, Nadia and Mikki Willis
 
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The father was reportedly pushed to post the loving video after women at a restaurant gave his son disapproving looks. Above, Nadia and Mikki Willis

'For me this behavior rings more authentic than playing one note all the time.' 

Willis said he was also grateful for all the attention and positive support his video has received.

'To know we've touched people beyond our immediate community is both humbling and awesome!' he said.

'My boys fill my wife and I with so much joy that it would be selfish of us not to share them'.

The father told Buzzfeed News that he was particularly inspired to post the video after seeing women at a restaurant give his son and his doll disapproving looks.

Azai reportedly carries the doll around with him and Willis said, 'I imagine she will be on the battlefield with the Transformers any day now'.

 

Daily videos of Mikki and family can be watched at youtube.com/mikkiwillis 

 
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I really didn't care what my kids played with. But, obviously, making a video with a big Hip Hooray is actually teaching his kid that playing with dolls as a boy is somehow a Better choice. For most parents this is a non issue and they aren't filming it to pat themselves on the back as Parent of the Year.

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The fact that some posters were upset about Target removing signs in the toy aisles shows exactly why this video needed to be made.

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This video "needed to be made"? Really?

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

I really didn't care what my kids played with. But, obviously, making a video with a big Hip Hooray is actually teaching his kid that playing with dolls as a boy is somehow a Better choice. For most parents this is a non issue and they aren't filming it to pat themselves on the back as Parent of the Year.

 I agree with this.  Who cares what the kid plays with?



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Let's not act like this is some Documentary on civil rights. Wow.

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Look at me! I am such a good father taking selfies of my kid buying a doll! Woo freaking hoo!

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

This video "needed to be made"? Really?

I get to have an opinion, right?

I love the expression on the son's face as he watches his dad.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Let's not act like this is some Documentary on civil rights. Wow.

No, just sexist roles...

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This video "needed to be made"? Really?

I get to have an opinion, right?

I love the expression on the son's face as he watches his dad.

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OK.  But, aren't I expressing my opinion as well? 



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This is the dad promoting his production company. Wow, free publicity !!!

 

Now, millions of people who would never ever have heard of this guy or his company,

have seen a sample of his work and know how to contact him.



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

I really didn't care what my kids played with. But, obviously, making a video with a big Hip Hooray is actually teaching his kid that playing with dolls as a boy is somehow a Better choice. For most parents this is a non issue and they aren't filming it to pat themselves on the back as Parent of the Year.

 This.  Who cares.



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Absolutely stupid. The kid picked out a toy--and now his father is ascribing some life long meaning to it.

No wonder we have so many fvcked up kids. All these nutty parents are now running around making every little thing their kid does some deep, life-affirming moment.

The kid picked out a toy. End of story. It's NOT NEWS.

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Well said.

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It seems that it is the parents who need all this affirmation, not the kids.

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It made me smile.

So, husker, if one of YOUR sons had picked the same doll, what would you have done?

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

It seems that it is the parents who need all this affirmation, not the kids.

It is.  It's almost like a fashion statement.  Mom and dad want to be seen by all as these socially progressive, politically correct people who wouldn't freak out if they had a gay kid.

 

That is fine--IF your kid is 20, or maybe even a teenager.  This kid is FOUR.  He saw a toy he thought was cool and wanted it.  It's not some big sign of anything.   



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My kids had all kinds of toys.

But they played out side with bikes, sticks and dirt more often than not.

Guess I should have made a video of my daughter digging in the dirt looking for bugs or climbing trees.



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husker, still waiting for an answer to my question...

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Would he be wrong if he said No? He can raise his kid however he wants.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Would he be wrong if he said No? He can raise his kid however he wants.

 Certain posters like to call ME out for not answering questions.

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It made me smile.

So, husker, if one of YOUR sons had picked the same doll, what would you have done?

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Not flipped out and make some stupid video.  I would have treated it as the NON event it is.   



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The father seems of the generation that relies on social media to "document" their lives.

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The father seems of the generation that relies on social media to "document" their lives.

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Could be.  He wants all his latte-drinking friends to see how "progressive" he is.  Dolt.   



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The father seems of the generation that relies on social media to "document" their lives.

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Could be.  He wants all his latte-drinking friends to see how "progressive" he is.  Dolt.   

 Or he could just be a GOOD father.

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flan327 wrote:
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The father seems of the generation that relies on social media to "document" their lives.

flan

Could be.  He wants all his latte-drinking friends to see how "progressive" he is.  Dolt.   

 Or he could just be a GOOD father.

flan

He could be--we don't know--but whether he is or isn't is NOT because he made some stupid video or what he says in it.  He's not some kind of hero or role model this article makes him out to be.   



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The fact that some posters were upset about Target removing signs in the toy aisles shows exactly why this video needed to be made.

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 Well, I have to tell you - I looked at the new Target toy aisles, and they are ugly and boring.  The backing is all natural colored peg-board, it looks unfinished.  But I'm not buying the shelves, so oh well.



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flan327 wrote:
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Would he be wrong if he said No? He can raise his kid however he wants.

 Certain posters like to call ME out for not answering questions.

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 Which is why you really have no right to demand anyone else answer yours.



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If you're a good father you don't have to video tape it for the world to know. The people who matter will already know.

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

If you're a good father you don't have to video tape it for the world to know. The people who matter will already know.

 



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Didn't we have discussions a couple of years ago,

about the fact that posting pictures and videos of your children

makes them targets?

"Hey, neighborhood Pedophiles and Kidnappers,

here's my kid's name, address, photo, and his / her route to and from school.

Have fun !!! "

 

 



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