For over 10 years, Ray Petelin has immortalized his daughter Elizabeth’s back-to-school journey. The footage has been viewed tens of millions of times on various social networks.
A touching and moving testimony of the passage of time. In recent hours on social networks, and while the school year starts this Monday, September 2, an American father, Ray Petelin, released a short clip in which he compiled interview videos of his daughter Elizabeth. Capsules made before her different school years over the years.
From the age of 5, when she was only in kindergarten, until she was 17 and in her last year of high school, he asked her to spell her name, but also to explain what she would like to do as a career after her studies.
“I originally wanted to interview her at preschool, so she could see what she was like as a student entering preschool. I decided to do a second interview the following year and it became a tradition,” he told CBNews.
“Magician”
“Doctor”, “teacher”, “magician”, “waitress”, “open heart surgeon”, “physiotherapist”, over the years, the answers of the little girl, who gradually becomes a teenager, evolve to turn towards the world of health.
Until today, Ray had kept these videos to himself. He finally decided to publish them on social networks. An idea crowned with success since the sequence reached 17 million people on X and 37 million on Tiktok.
During these short interviews, Ray Petelina also, invariably, a little word for his daughter. “Mom and Dad love you very much and wish you a great year”, “I just want you to know that we love you, Mom and Dad love you very much”, “your mother and I are very very proud of you”, we can hear.
In various American media, the father said he was moved by the success of his video. He also says that he has since received hundreds of photos and videos of children from parents all over the world.
