Jade Cargill wants younger fans to spend a little less time letting social media tell them who they’re supposed to be. For the WWE star, “touching grass” is about getting into the real world and figuring out who you are for yourself.
While speaking with Atlanta United FC, Cargill was asked what it means to have young fans, particularly young girls, looking up to her. That responsibility means a lot to Cargill, especially considering her background in psychology and her desire to inspire children.
Cargill believes social media can have a huge influence on how young people see themselves. That’s why she wants kids to actually see people accomplishing things in the real world before allowing everyone else to define them.
“It means everything because I want to inspire. Again, I’m a child psychologist. I want them to know they can do any and everything. And today with social media and people telling you who you should be, it’s important for kids to go out and see people out here doing things and touching grass and—and knowing who they are before society tells you who you are.”
Cargill returned to that message when asked what advice she would give young people chasing their dreams. She encouraged them to know themselves, learn from setbacks and keep moving instead of allowing failure or outside opinions to define them.
“Just know yourself. Like I said, society will tell you who you are and it’s like take a defeat—if you do take the defeat—and just learn from it. You know, just keep on going. As long as you got it up here, you can take on the world.”
Cargill has plenty of young fans watching everything she does in WWE, but she doesn’t want them figuring out who they are entirely through a screen. Her advice is pretty simple: get out there, experience things for yourself and don’t let social media write your identity for you.
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