Photo of little girl and her family causes a stir on social media

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A photo of a 4-year-old's family at a soccer game has gone viral on Twitter.

Maelyn, a little girl from Georgia, had her family in attendance to support her. Twitter user @JSpruel, named Joseph, shared a photo of Maelyn and her crew with the provocative question, "How y'all feel about this?":

The photo shows Maelyn, her parents and her stepparents in customized jerseys. It certainly caused a stir, getting over 5,000 retweets and 22,000 likes.

See reactions to the photo:

Maelyn's mom, Clara Cazeau, spoke to BuzzFeed News about how the photo occurred. A friend made the jerseys and Cazeau felt that, "It is important that Maelyn grows up knowing that her mommy and daddy were able to put our differences aside for the sake of her."

Another Twitter user showed that Maelyn's stepmom, Emilee Plaayer, shared the photo as well:

"Because of us, I will never believe co-parenting can't work." she said, "I know through experience it can work!"

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