Just being good because it’s the right thing to do isn’t always the norm. So, it can be refreshing to find people who genuinely want to be good even if there’s nothing to gain from it. Children seem to be doing that better than most.
Here’s proof.
#1 It’s never too early to learn about compassion
This little girl decided her dinosaur needed healing and asked her mom to treat its wounds. What you see here is the same girl comforting her poor dinosaur and nursing him back to health.
#2 They’re more grown-up than we think
A lady fell down a flight of stairs while heavily pregnant. It’s a scary thing for anyone to see. Guess how her 3-year-old daughter handled the whole situation? She didn’t lose her cool or freeze up in fear, she called 911 and saved her mom’s life.
Hurricane Sandy was not kind to the people of New York and New Jersey. Streets and tunnels were flooded, shops stayed closed, and people had to leave their homes.
Jacob was concerned about everything going on and felt it wasn’t fair for kids to miss out on Halloween. He donated all the candy he managed to get on Halloween and sent it to kids who didn’t have the same chance to get candy.
#4 Kids can take care of grown-ups too
This man’s daughter suddenly started making sandwiches for him every morning before he went to work. It doesn’t sound like much at first, but she’s only 13, and he didn’t even ask her, she just did. How cool is that?
#5 Kids can be heroes too
When fires break out, panic and fear are natural responses. However, this 7-year-old kept his cool when a fire broke out in his family’s house. He went to his dad’s room and told him what was happening. Firefighters arrived in time to save the house, and no one got hurt.
#6 Heroes come in all sizes
This girl is special. Why? On her birthday, she took all the money she got as a gift and packed thirty-nine lunches for the Detroit Police Department.
#7 Every bit of help counts
Talking to kids about “heavy” topics like cancer and death can be scary for both kids and their parents. This 12-year-old’s response to learning about cancer was to set up a cake stand to raise money for research. He raised $79 on his own.
#8 Making the best of a sad situation
Jake had to spend a few days in the hospital after catching the flu. When he recovered and left the hospital, he had a great idea to do something for the kids who had not recovered as fast as he had.
He made iced tea and cookies and sold them at his dad’s business. He earned $275, which he used to buy coloring books for Stony Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital.
#9 Compassion isn’t limited to humans
This girl found out that the family dog would need to get a few shots to get better. While they waited in the car at the vet’s office, she hugged her dog and kept on telling him that everything would be okay and even promised to take him to the toy store if he behaved well.
#10 Shelter dogs need love too
Carlitos felt sad for all the dogs at his local shelter who hadn’t found homes yet. Using his savings, Carlitos, bought peanut butter to make them feel better.
#11 First encounter with an unfair world
Cayden witnessed one of his schoolmates get turned away at the school’s cafeteria because they didn’t have enough money on their lunch card.
Cayden felt angry and frustrated about it and decided to do something. He has since raised more than $40,000 to make sure children like his friend don’t miss out on lunch at school.
#12 Kids understand more than we give them credit for
This girl just learned that the family cat has arthritis and couldn’t play as much as she used to. Her mom asked her to be gentle so as not to hurt the animal. After hearing this, the girl pulled out a book and decided to read to the cat.
This girl noticed that there were homeless going hungry in her area. After making sure they were fed, she decided to go one step further and build them homes.
These kids had never met each other before this day at an airport terminal. Despite this, when they first met, they decided to hug each other.
#15 Bravery isn’t age-restricted
This girl’s mother had an unfortunate seizure while they were playing in the pool at home. When she saw her mother sink to the bottom of the pool, she swam and grabbed her. She then brought her to the shallow end and kept her head above water until the seizure stopped.
#16 Not all heroes wear capes
On her way home with her family, this girl was flagged down by a family trying to save ducklings that had fallen down a drain pipe. Although everyone wanted to help, the girl was the only one with hands small enough to pull them out. She pulled out all eight ducklings one by one and brought them to the mother duck waiting by the road.
The two kids pictured are friends being cared for in the same hospital. One of them was in quarantine and couldn’t leave his room at all. His friend sat on the other side of the room’s window and they played video games with wireless controllers.
#18 Kindness isn’t as complicated as we think it is
This is a stray cat. This kind family had been taking care of him for more than a year. Their son would always cover the animal in a blanket, so the cat would know he had a home.
#19 Making friends is easier than you think
Like clockwork, every Tuesday and Friday, these sanitation workers would do their rounds in this neighborhood. Back when these two friends were still in strollers, they workers would drive by and honk to say hello.
As the kids grew older, meeting the garbage collectors with refreshments and snacks became a routine. They’ve been friends ever since.
#20 Doing things because it’s the right thing to do
This refugee didn’t leave his puppy when fleeing Syria. He carried the animal with him all the way to Greece even if it would have been easier to abandon the dog back at home.
#21 One more reason not to give up
This is Daniel. He lives in the Philippines. His father abandoned the family, and their house got burnt down. Despite all this, every evening he sits outside the local Mcdonalds to use the sign’s light to do his homework.
This girl learned that animals in shelters don’t get as much help as they need because the shelters don’t have enough money. She decided to sell all her stuffed animals and sent all the money to her local SPCA to help real animals.
#23 All humans deserve some decency
Tyler, only nine years old, decided to use his summer allowance to buy books for the local jail. He showed up unannounced with more than one hundred books for people in jail.
His reason? When he has bad thoughts, he finds reading calms him down. He wanted to share that with others.
#24 Helping unadoptable pets
Shelters try their best to help animals find loving homes, but it doesn’t always go as planned. Many animals live the rest of their lives confined in these shelters.
These kids gave up their playtime to go to a shelter and read to dogs. It helps calm the dogs as well as socialize them, making them more adoptable.
#25 What would you do if you won $1,000?
This kid won a cash prize of $1,000 in a scavenger hunt held in his hometown. Instead of spending it, he donated it to his neighbor, who was suffering from leukemia.
#26 We’re all in it together
This kid was concerned that some of his classmates didn’t have lunch at school. So, he convinced his mom to pack lunch for a few of them.
#27 We’re all on the same side
Protests and demonstrations can get ugly quickly. It’s easy to forget that riot police aren’t the enemy; they’re just there to make sure things don’t get out of control. This boy didn’t forget to share some water with the cops who were standing guard.
#28 People aren’t born selfish
When chaos strikes, we’re instinctively driven to save ourselves first. This Filipino girl bravely kept her puppy alive after floods struck her hometown.
These two kids are strangers. Yet, for some unknown reason, they decided to hug it out at a fast-food restaurant. Kids will do what they want when they want. How much happier would the world be if adults were all open to receiving and giving hugs from strangers?
#30 The things we take for granted
Winter can be brutally cold even on the inside of our cozy houses. Imagine how terrible it must be for people forced to live on the streets?
These girls came up with a genius plan to help the homeless brave the cold. They tied coats onto street poles so anyone who needed them could just pick one.
It’s easy to write off kids as being uncontrollable and wild, which they can be, but then you hear stories like these and realize that there’s much more to them.
This 13-year-old saved his coach’s life by performing CPR on him and calling 911.
#32 Being kind because you can be
People don’t treat stray dogs with the same respect that they would treat dogs with owners. Perhaps it has to do with them being viewed as dirty or possibly dangerous. This little girl and her brother decided to share their umbrella with a stray dog in Mumbai. They didn’t have to, and yet they did.
#33 Running to the rescue
When this little girl saw a bald girl (from chemo), she asked her mom for an explanation. When she found out it had to do with cancer drugs, she offered to cut her hair so she could share it.
#34 Compassion in its purest form
This little girl saw a man crying on TV and thought to wipe off his tears with a handkerchief. By the looks of it, she isn’t even old enough to speak complete sentences, yet she understands what sadness is.
#35 It’s the thought that counts
This boy saw a little rabbit trying to climb a wall and walked over to help it. The problem is it wasn’t a real rabbit; it was a statue designed to look that way.
Still, that’s the kind of spirit all humans should have.
#36 Being good even when it costs you
This boy grew his hair out so he could donate it to kids with cancer. Sadly, because of his long hair, older kids made fun of him and bullied him because they thought it was weird. But he never wavered and stuck to his guns knowing it was for someone else.
#37 Kids reminding adults how simple life should be
There’s a lot of argument around the ethics of shelters putting down animals they can’t afford to house.
This boy took matters into his own hands and started a no-kill shelter in his garage to take of strays in his neighborhood.
#38 Selflessness doesn’t have to be a painful affair
It took a lot for this boy to save $120 over a year, it’s commendable. What’s even more admirable is what he did with the $120 at the end of the year.
Rather than spend it on himself, he used it to make lunches for homeless people. The smile on his face says it all.
For most adults, turning a blind eye to others’ suffering is easier than getting involved and possibly getting hurt as well. This kid saw a deer drowning during a flood in Bangladesh and swam to its rescue.
#40 What else would big brothers be for?
One of the hardest things about being born with a physical disability is feeling left out and not being able to do all things that your peers can. This brother participated in a triathlon and supported his challenged brother all the way. How noble is that?
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Just being good because it’s the right thing to do isn’t always the norm. So, it can be refreshing to find people who genuinely want to be good even if there’s nothing to gain from it. Children seem to be doing that better than most.
Here’s proof.