As a Child Development major, I have been observing children for a few years. It’s one thing to simply take care of a child and a whole different thing to observe his every move. I have witnessed many things that made me change my traditional views on children. If you observe a child, you will discover a lot of things that might surprise you. You can not underestimate a child because of his age, they are actually capable of many things.
Last Saturday, my brother Raleigh, who is almost 4 years old, began crying because of a baseball bat that accidentally hit him. He sat on the grass and would not stop crying. Few feet away, there was pur cousin Nicole. She saw Raleigh and began to walk towards him. She stood in front him, threw her arms to embrace him but lost her balance as she leaned. She got up and moved her head closer to his face, giving him a little head bump. Raleigh kept crying while Nicole just sat in front of him and held him. Raleigh was ignoring her but she stayed with him. She did not know what went wrong but she understood he was upset. She does not know how to say his name yet but she knows him. She’s aware that this crying boy is the same boy who’s always around her. They’re cousins and playmates. Nicole is only a year and a few months old but she was capable of sympathy. And for the record, she was the first to walk towards Raleigh, I just made it first because I have the advantage of walking faster 
Nicole & Raleigh
Comfort in little ways
