Apparently he's been noticing when other kids are upset and bringing them tissues or their favorite toys. We didn't teach him this specifically—he just started doing it. My wife and I both teared up when we heard. Feels like we're maybe not completely screwing this up?
Bro this is everything. My 3yo started doing this too and I realized we didn't teach it—he just OBSERVED it from us doing it for him. That's the moment I understood parenting is like 80% them watching and copying
My daycare provider told us the exact same thing last month and honestly it made parenting feel less hopeless? Like yeah some days I'm a disaster but apparently he picked up the good stuff
Wait til he's older and this shows up in other ways. My 7yo does stuff like this and it genuinely makes me proud every single time. You're doing something right
This is the stuff that actually matters. Not the test scores or whatever. He's gonna grow up to be someone who notices when people need help. That's all you, man.
Wait so he's doing this unprompted? That's not something they naturally do at 3, that's actually impressive emotional intelligence
That's beautiful man. Those are the moments you remember when they're teenagers and nothing you do is cool anymore
Yeah the daycare teachers have mentioned a couple times that he does it consistently - like he noticed a kid crying during transition and grabbed their comfort toy from their cubby. Blew my mind that he made that connection without being told.
My son's 5 now and started doing this around the same age. Teacher told us he was the 'class comforter.' Fast forward to last week - some kid's parent was picking him up upset about something and my son walked over and just... sat next to them quietly for a minute. Didn't say anything, just presence. Where do they learn this?
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Our son did something similar at that age and honestly I think he was just mirroring what his teachers were doing. But it's wild how early kids pick up on emotional cues. The daycare providers are literally showing him how to be kind and he's absorbing it.