To think we need an antidote after the "What is going on with British kids?" was one of the nastiest ones on here for ages

[Poolnoodlepoodle]

The "What is going on with British kids?" thread is full (thank god). I read the whole thing which I know was silly when it was pissing me off but there we are.

It was full of a lot of judgemental posts about families who (gasp) don't eat at the table which somehow morphed into a pretty shocking discussion on families with ND children.

So please can we have a thread of lovely stories about kids and families being nice to others? An antidote, a bit of positivity.

I'll start, there's a little girl in my dd's class who is blind and in a wheelchair (she can crawl a bit). At the last all class birthday party a group of the kids helped her into the bouncy castle slide thing, they'd learned to tap the floor so she knew where to go, they helped her climb up and slide down and made sure she was included in all the games (pass the parcel / musical statues etc.) It was so lovely to see how they made sure she wasn't left out. My heart grew a little bit ❤️.

I'm a brownie leader and DD is a brownie. Don't want to say too much but we have a girl who is selective mute and the other girls are so amazing with her. They treat her the same as them and talk away to her and include her even though she doesn't speak but she is starting to acknowledge them and she is a clever little girl you can see. She takes it all in.

Our French exchange was always a wildly popular trip because the boys would always come back with ninja throwing stars and porn. Not available (or legal) in the UK, widely available and apparently on sale to 13 year olds in France 🤷‍♀️

When we visited the lycée the teacher and kids lit up cigarettes in the classroom at the end of each lesson. (80s) I still remember finding it hilarious that a visiting French boy lit up a cigarette in the corridor of my stuffy girls' school. 😀We at least used to hide behind the bike sheds or in the toilets!

My little boy sadly had his leg amputated last year, it was very traumatic and for a while he has been terrified of hospitals. He is 3 tomorrow. A couple of weeks ago we had to go to the eye hospital and it was still a bit daunting to him as it's still a hospital! But there was a little girl, around 6/7 years old, sat there crying. My little boy put his fears aside and he went over to the little girl and said "it's okay little girl. you don't need to be scared. they won't hurt you. it's okay" and then proceeded to give her a kiss on the arm 🥹

I knew then he was mirroring everything I'd been saying to him over the last year or so, it made me feel so proud that he has such empathy at a young age, especially given the trauma he has experienced in his little life.

What a heartwarming thead @Poolnoodlepoodle

@toddlermom99

Very cute!

If you haven't come across it before, can I suggest you look at LimbPower :: Home Your ds will probably be a little young now-I think the events start at age 5yo, but they do a lot of sports events for amputees. It's worth making contact now if you think it's something you'll be interested in as they do do younger events occasionally.
My daughter was born missing her arm, and has loved their events. They make the children feel special, give them lots of opportunities (she especially loves wheelchair basketball) and provide fantastic role models in the amputee community.