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Claire Stoermer of Oakland has had to learn to live in the glare of a spotlight that\u2019s regularly trained on her daughter Zendaya, one today\u2019s biggest female stars.<\/p>\n

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That position comes with its fair share of scrutiny, especially with a daughter who is lauded for her talent, style and red-carpet glamour. But there\u2019s only so much one person can take, and on Wednesday, the 62-year-old Stoermer hit out people making negative online comments about her looks, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n

Sharing a screenshot of an unflattering post about her appearance that had popped up in her feed, the former Oakland public school teacher wrote: \u201cI totally get why people have to give up Instagram for their mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I was to go and read all the comments on this post about myself, I could feel really bad,\u201d Stoermer continued, according to the Daily Mail. \u201cThere are some terrible, horrible comments, I did read some of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

At least, Stoermer said, she doesn\u2019t \u201ctake that (expletive) personally.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Stoermer put on her former elementary school teacher hat and said: \u201cOnce upon a time I may have. And if I was a young person, I know I definitely would have. It\u2019s sad and frustrating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stoermer raised Zendaya in Oakland with her ex-husband, former fellow teacher Kazembe Ajamu Coleman. The former child actor, who broke through as a star in HBO\u2019s teen drama, \u201cEuphoria,\u201d has long maintained a close relationship with both her parents, who divorced in 2016.<\/p>\n

Even after Zendaya achieved phenomenal success in films, including in the \u201cSpider-Man\u201d and \u201cDune\u201d franchises and in more recent features like \u201cChallengers,\u201d \u201cThe Wedding\u201d and \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d she has looked to her parents as role models.<\/p>\n

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Zendaya, who recently tied the knot with her \u201cSpider-Man\u201d co-star Tom Holland, also has expressed pride in her\u00a0mother\u2019s long dedication to teaching, education and helping others.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGrowing up, I watched my mom teach in the heart of Oakland, at inner-city schools that were always underfunded,\u201d Zendaya told Teen Vogue in November 2016. \u201cMy mom went above and beyond, working constantly to open her students\u2019 eyes to an education that could lift them far beyond their current circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zendaya also praised her mother for introducing her students to the arts. She would \u201cguide them through the language of Shakespeare, and show them the wonders of nature outside city life \u2014 all things that they wouldn\u2019t have experienced otherwise,\u201d Zendaya also told Teen Vogue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching her was magical; it instilled within me a true appreciation of and devotion to the importance of education,\u201d Zendaya also said.<\/p>\n

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Zendaya also began her arts education via her mother. During the summers, Stoermer picked up extra work at the California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, working as the house manager. This gig gave Stoermer\u2019s preternaturally talented and ambitious daughter early exposure to professional acting; Zendaya has talked about watching performances from the back of the house.<\/p>\n

Now, Stoermer is trying to share some lessons with people who follow her on social media, especially anyone who might find themselves on the receiving end of social media commentary. She referred to \u201cthe four agreements\u201d \u2014 which come from a popular, Oprah Winfrey-endorsed self-help book, \u201cThe Four Agreements,\u201d by Don Miguel Ruiz. The central idea of the book is that a person\u2019s life is determined by agreements they make with themselves, with others, with God, and with society as a whole.<\/p>\n

As Stoermer said about the four agreements, \u201cOne of them is don\u2019t take anything personally, it has nothing to do with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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