With only Mom and the baby at home, when Mom developed a high fever, the baby tried to pull the blanket and used her own water bottle to give Mom a drink.
Anyone who has a small child and a busy husband will surely understand the hardship of taking care of both the household and the little one alone. While being strong and healthy is one thing, dealing with illness is even more challenging. However, just seeing the child healthy and happy fills any mother with boundless strength.
Recently, a video of a one-year-old baby waking up in the middle of the night to tuck in her feverish mother and then using her own water bottle to pour water for her, has moved many people online. It’s known that at the time the mother was feverish, there were only Mom and the baby at home as Dad was away on a business trip. Sensing that Mom wasn’t feeling well, even in the middle of the night, the one-year-old baby got up to tuck her in, and then used her water bottle to give Mom a drink.
Despite being only one year old, she already knows how to tuck her mother in when she’s sick. Photo: Weibo
The baby’s obedience and understanding have touched and amazed many people. Watching this video, anyone who claims that young children don’t know anything is truly mistaken. This baby is surely well raised by her parents, which is why she shows affection, cares, and takes care of her loved ones so thoughtfully.
Carefully using her own bottle to give water to her mother. Photo: Weibo
Nowadays, as technology advances and human life becomes more modern with many new breakthroughs, people seem to become increasingly separated, indifferent, and apathetic towards each other, including children, who, due to being excessively pampered by their parents, seem completely unaware of caring for others. This is truly regrettable.
An indifferent upbringing from an early age will affect how children interact with others in the future. Therefore, parents need to make an effort to nurture their children to become kind, loving, and caring individuals. To achieve this, parents need to do the following for their children:
Build a happy family for the child
A kind, obedient, caring child who knows how to love and care for others is often nurtured in a happy family. Parents should not spoil their children too much, but always show their love for them. Never let the child feel abandoned, as this will greatly affect the child’s spirit, influencing their thoughts, lifestyle, and emotions in the future.
Teach children about love through stories, movies, or songs
Parents can teach children to love and care for others through stories, songs, or movies. This method is truly effective if the child genuinely loves the characters or content of the story/song. As long as parents are willing to search and select suitable stories, songs, or movies for their child’s age, it will be effective.
Encourage and praise when children show sharing and love
Every time a child does something good, shares, or cares for others, parents should praise them to encourage their spirits. When praised, children will be extremely proud, realizing that what they are doing is right and will surely continue to do so in the future.
Parents should not hesitate to praise, as it will make the child feel proud. Of course, we should not praise children indiscriminately. But praising at the right time and place will create more confidence, excitement, and happiness in the child’s soul.
Teach children to love pets and nature
Not everyone knows that children who show great love for animals and nature are often kind and compassionate. To make a child understanding, kind, and caring, creating opportunities for them to take care of pets is one of the best things parents can do.
However, the decision to let the child raise a pet should be carefully considered and selected. Parents should pay attention to the proper hygiene of the pet to ensure its health. Moreover, parents can often take their children on trips to experience natural landscapes so that they can love life and be nurtured with compassion more effectively.
Set an example for the child
Children mimic very quickly, so if parents do not set an example for their children, they will never be able to become the kind of person their parents want them to be. It’s truly contradictory if parents want their children to be emotionally affectionate but always treat others with indifference. Remember, children are like blank sheets of paper, and what gets drawn on them depends a lot on their parents’ choices.
