Kindness from little ones

lilmissreading

A Wayne in a manger...sweetheart

I got home from school one day and was most surprised to find it very quiet. My 4 year old brother would normally be chattering away 19 to the dozen with my mother or playing a game with her. It turned out my mother had a migraine and was lying quietly in the sitting room while my brother was flicking through a Beano. Not only had he spontaneously suggested that the TV on might not be a good idea but he had made her wotsit sandwich and a cold cup of tea (cold as he knew he shouldn't boil a kettle but he knew mummies like tea) as he thought these were most likely to cure her headache!

Waves_and_Smiles

Awwwwwwww! what lovely little ones. I do think it is easy to forget how sweet children can be, we get all the bad stories but few of the good and sometimes children of all ages can be the sweetest people in the world.

Lets not forget the teenagers either. Halfway up my road a group of 14-15 year old "yoofs" used to hang out. It is a slight hill to get to my flat and when I did still go out I used to struggle to get up it. One day I thought I was near to fainting, no one was around. So out of desperation I asked the boys if they would mind walking me to my door. After a few seconds stunned silence, one moved forward and took my arm, the other took my bag and the rest all followed us to my flat, I had 6 bodyguards! From that point onwards if they were there and saw me they would all say hi and offer me their arms and carry my bags to my flat, amusingly they would all walk with me so I always followed by a group. Two years later two still hang around here and whenever they see my carer they ask "How is the woman? Say hi to the woman". These look like the sort of lads most people would avoid especially in a group but they are so incredibly sweet and never let me walk up that hill on my own.

sedment

Aw this is lovely!! When my son was two, I was heavily pregnant with his sister. Started to have some abdominal cramps, but they were agonising and the only way to help them was paracecamol and gaviscon and a lie down. So, heres me heavily pregnant massive belly really sore lieing on the living room floor, when my son brings my his special blankie that still no-one gets to touch!, his sippy cup of juice and my mobile phone and starts rubbing my head, going " better mummy?" Ah melting heart that day!

xbrenx

I just wanted to say what a lovely thread!

meritaten

oh dear, my eyes are leaking now! I have six grandchildren (and No7 is on the way), and every single one of them, has at some point shown sensitivity and kindness. even the Aspergers/ADHD ones. I feel if you treasure them and behave with kindness and respect (tempered with discipline) towards children (even teens!), then it will get returned in full measure.

Melaniep101

I was on a work trip to the US a couple of years ago, and in the lift at the hotel, a very cute little American boy of about four said to me "I really like your shoes, they're very cool". My heart melted! My shoes weren't anything special, just a pair of tan boots, but he really made me smile :-)

gs1967

Written by my youngest a year or two ago, not 100% kind, but the thought is there

Wirenth

gs1967 wrote: »

Written by my youngest a year or two ago, not 100% kind, but the thought is there

How old is your LO? TBH, what a horrible piece of homework to have been assigned to him/her! Bless the response, though.

Mrshaworth2b

In asda today my toddler pulled some things off a shelf, and as I had my hands full a young girl (11-13) came over and picked up everything that had fallen for me. I thought that was really nice, there was a man stood right next to me and didn't even bat an eyelid.