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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS: 8-year-old Maurice Adams, Jr. stopped to help an elderly woman...
Link to tweet
Me.
(35,454 posts)Doodley
(9,034 posts)Seems staged.
demmiblue
(36,821 posts)Riley Duncan took the video showing the 8-year-old helping an older woman up the stairs.
Duncan said he didn't know the story when he pulled out his camera, but he saw the boy stop traffic, hop out of his car and help the woman -- and he thought it was a moment that deserved to be shared.
He later learned the boy's name -- Maurice Adams Jr.
Maurice was in the car with his mom and sister leaving high school graduation when they saw the woman crossing the road.
https://www.fox25boston.com/news/young-boy-helps-older-woman-up-the-stairs/759637108
Renew Deal
(81,844 posts)demmiblue
(36,821 posts)Renew Deal
(81,844 posts)I don't have an issue with the tweet or your post. But it doesn't seem like such a big deal that a kid helped an old lady up the stairs. Seems pretty ordinary to me.
demmiblue
(36,821 posts)And especially when POC are disparaged on a daily basis by certain segments of our population.
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)I am agog that this needs to be explained in the situation that we are in these days.
mopinko
(69,987 posts)says he stopped traffic so she could cross the street.
i dont find it all that ordinary in this day and age, and we can all use a little good news.
Doodley
(9,034 posts)was left to wander into the street to stop traffic and help this older person. The phrase "child abuse' springs to mind.
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)Renew Deal
(81,844 posts)Its OK for patch.com or Facebook, but those arent really news.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)At least The Narrative has dropped the "staged" allegation, and now moves on to simple petulance.
OhioBlue
(5,126 posts)Instead of highlighting mistakes people make or capturing people at their worst moments, sending them viral and publicly shaming them.... what if random acts of kindness, accomplishments and volunteerism dominated the local news?
Kindness breeds kindness.
I love the story. Thanks to the OP for posting.
Doodley
(9,034 posts)whathehell
(29,029 posts)It's rare to see a child so young initiate such kindness to an older person and it's heart warming..
Doodley
(9,034 posts)lift a finger to help and why was he filming an eight year old? Seems very inappropriate.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,364 posts)Think about it. I did, and a cool word came to mind: serendipity (just possibly the neatest sounding word I can think of).
Response to Brother Buzz (Reply #8)
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uppityperson
(115,677 posts)What a level of cynicism
grantcart
(53,061 posts)malaise
(268,676 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's nice to see things like this when surrounded by this constant Goat Rodeo everyday. It gives you hope that not all is lost.
malaise
(268,676 posts)That said, these acts happen daily everywhere.
Doodley
(9,034 posts)Raine1967
(11,589 posts)Perhaps it (the video) made social media and a reporter figured out the backstory?
Sometimes things are just nice. This video is nice.
Doodley
(9,034 posts)Raine1967
(11,589 posts)You aren't a child.
Celebrating children is the point.
Doodley
(9,034 posts)whathehell
(29,029 posts)I think it probably is, especially if the person they're helping isn't a relative or close friend of the family.
happy feet
(863 posts)Assuming you're an adult are you really comparing your sense of civic responsibility to that of an 8 year old child?
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)It is so wonderful to see our younger generations knowing how to be kind.
Gothmog
(144,905 posts)bluescribbler
(2,113 posts)His parents are raising him right.
awesomerwb1
(4,265 posts)Bravo!!
nini
(16,672 posts)an old soul is what we call him.
lamp_shade
(14,815 posts)marieo1
(1,402 posts)Why isn't this splashed all over the headlines? It would be a gift to our society to see some heartwarming acts of kindness. All we get right now is Roseanne, Roseanne and more Roseanne and then her sidekick, DJT. Both are idiots and yet they get so much publicity. I am sick of the way the media will overlook simple kindness!!
whathehell
(29,029 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)That's what is so hurtful to our society and our co-citizens, when people like Roseanne & others try to dehumanize some people. Telling them in so many little ways that they are unworthy, "less than."
This young man did a very kind thing. I don't think many youngsters like to be around old people. But this young man...brings a lump to my throat.
Don't we all want the best for him and other young people? To grow up here with pride & dignity, and to have a happy life?
Getting off soapbox, now.
Oppaloopa
(866 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,730 posts)"Man looketh on the outward appearance, but God looketh upon the heart."
This young man's heart shines like gold.
Demovictory9
(32,419 posts)Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)Gives me hope for our children and grandchildren....