I disagree. Many of us were bullied and our parents didn’t resort to plastic surgery for us at the tender age of 7. My belief is that with enough emotional support from her parents, it just wouldn’t have been that important to her. I knew kids who had physical problems and the teasing just rolled right off them. Largely because they had a healthy home environment.
Maybe her parents showed just how much they love her by arranging for her to have the surgery. How can it not have been important to her if her every appearance on the playground is greeted by taunting?
Parental love is wonderful but it doesn’t get a kid through the day on the playground when his or her contemporaries are making fun of her. This surgery will change Samantha’s life for the better, and will serve as a lifelong reminder of how much her parents loved her. They saw a problem that was causing her pain, and found a way to fix it. I say bravo to the parents.