A touching moment at the preschool today.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (220438)
Walnut Creek, California
August 31, 2022 3:41pm CST
At about 8:20 AM, my 1 1/2-year-old friend, Gabriel, was throwing stacky blocks around the class room.
I said, to him, "Gabriel, if you're going to throw things around inside, could you find something soft, like one of our squishy balls?" I was going to find one for him.
Without any prompting, 2 1/2-year-old Josie, who had also been playing with the stacky blocks, went over to the shelves, found a squishy green bean bag, took it over to Gabriel, and handed it to him.
He started throwing the bean bag around.
Of course she received great praise from me when she returned to our game.
Who says 2 1/2-year-olds are low on empathy?
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16 responses
@RasmaSandra (80884)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 Aug 22
That is a wonderful thing when one toddler reaches out to help another
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@kaylachan (71964)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Sep 22
Sometimes I think we tend to understatement how intelligent kids can be.
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@kaylachan (71964)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Sep 22
@TheHorse I also think that it was sweet to see.
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@TheHorse (220438)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Sep 22
@kaylachan It was a delight for me.
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@moffittjc (121740)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Sep 22
Us adults sure could learn a lot from preschoolers!
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@moffittjc (121740)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Sep 22
@TheHorse Well, we can skip the sh*t part. Those kids have enough of that in their diapers.
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@TheHorse (220438)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Oct 22
@moffittjc That's true. But for some reason it doesn't bother me that much.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
31 Aug 22
Children are very perceptive, when they're allowed to freely exercise their thoughts. Some adults jump in to take control, which stifles a child's ability to reason and make decisions.
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@TheHorse (220438)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 22
You are SO right. I have often been frustrated over the past....40 years...with ECE educators' need to "take control." I am influenced by Freud, but I am more in line with the Humanistic psychologists like Maslow and Rogers when it comes to whether we are naturally "naughty" or naturally "learners."
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@TheHorse (220438)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Sep 22
@kobesbuddy Did she continue working there?
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
8 Sep 22
@TheHorse Peggy(the owner) seldom came to the center. She broke all the rules and got shut down. One day we had about thirty children, with TWO workers! Six of those were babies:( This is against the law!
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@BarBaraPrz (47713)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
1 Sep 22
Are bean bags all that more soft?
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@BarBaraPrz (47713)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
1 Sep 22
@TheHorse So, they're cooked beans?
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@TheHorse (220438)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 22
@BarBaraPrz I have never checked.
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@FourWalls (69157)
• United States
1 Sep 22
Kids are great. Too bad they grow up to be adults. 
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@aninditasen (16508)
• Raurkela, India
1 Sep 22
Little babies do have sympathy. My elder son when he was not even 2, he could talk at that age and wanted to go to the office like his grandfather. When we asked him what would he do with the money he earned? He replied that he would purchase medicine for my father, his grandfather whom he loved a lot.
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@LindaOHio (182154)
• United States
1 Sep 22
Children are so smart. Most people don't give them enough credit.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
6 Sep 22
Everyone who is normal does or has empathy for his fellow.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
9 Sep 22
@TheHorse It's the value of good manners and right conduct. What the children "caught", they practice it. Values are not taught. They're caught. Thus, setting a good example works effectively
