If You See a Child Doing Something Kind, Tell His Parents
Do you know the feeling it gets when the teacher waves to you to talk to you during a meeting at school? Or when another parent stops you on your way to your car and says, “Hey, I thought you should know …” what (your child) did the other day. “
Are you going, huh? You want to melt right into the ground, groceries and everything else, or plug your ears with the loud “LA LA LA LA LA!” Because whatever comes next is definitely not good.
But what if this is the case?
A parent on Reddit tells the story of a 10-year-old neighbor’s kid who helped his son survive an anxiety attack on his way home from school. The boy heard her talking to his son about how he was feeling and stopped to say the following: “Hey, I know that you are upset and your stomach hurts. I have the same thing, and I really hope that you will feel better; I know how bad it is. “
When, a few days later, mother ran into another boy’s mother and told her how he helped, the following happened:
For some reason, she seems unusually moved by this and struggles to hold back her tears.
She then tells me that Seth has serious problems with emotional stability at home. His usual routine is screaming, running, falling out and much more. In fact, he is a complete holy horror at home, he has just begun to be treated, and she does not know how to deal with it. And then she said what made me come here to share this story with all of you.
“I thought my sweet little boy was gone for good. Knowing he’s still out there somewhere, even if I never see it, means more to me than you could possibly understand.
The commentators responded with their sweet stories; when they saw a child doing something especially kind and told the child’s parent about it, they almost always caught him by surprise.
There was a kid who shared his plastic eggs with a woman’s autistic son during a frantic Easter egg hunt. Skateboarding teens helped a woman carry her bags to a UPS store. Another anxiety-prone boy who helped a summer vacation mate cope with homesickness. The kid who comforted a little girl on her first day of school – and then tested her every morning that week to see how she was doing. Older children who helped small children in the playground or played with them on the water cushion.
Often such moments happened when the children did not even suspect that an adult was watching them. And very often the kindness came from the child, who was usually given more attention for bad behavior than sympathy.
Ever since I first read this thread a few days ago, I’ve racked my brains for a while that another parent or random stranger would compliment my son in this way; I can’t remember a single one.
I also racked my brains for a while, I decided to compliment the other child in this way; I also can’t remember any of them.
It’s so easy to identify and focus on shoving, denouncing, and inattention. Disrespectful tone, harshness and unwillingness to share. But our children do a lot of good things that also go unnoticed or unrecognizable.
As Reddit user TrinhamTales put it, “As parents, I’m sure we can all agree that we all know the worst in our kids, and while we might want to learn about their bad behavior so we can deal with it what we really want. ” to hear is an unexpected sincere comment about how good they are. It’s not that we can feel special or great in front of other parents. But because it refers to something deep inside and tells us that no matter how difficult things are, we still do something right. ”
The next time I witness another child being a kind person in this world, I will definitely thank him and then tell their parents.