Little Boy Gets Sweet Surprise From Mail Carrier and His Reaction Is Adorable

When it comes to who really has an impact on kids, the first people you probably think of are family members, teachers, coaches, and other typical role models. But the truth is that anybody a child interacts with has the potential to make a difference in their life.

In a video posted on June 9, a little boy finds a sweet surprise in his mailbox, courtesy of "the sweetest mail lady ever." Apparently, every Saturday the family's mail carrier leaves the boy a present when she brings the mail...and it's clear that her kind gesture means the world to him!

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"We got lucky with the sweetest mail lady ever. She's always been so nice to Cal. I hope somehow she sees this and knows how much we appreciate her ," wrote @norabennett . What an incredibly thoughtful thing for that mail carrier to do every week!

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Thanks to her, this little boy will grow up knowing that there are good-hearted people in the world, and he'll learn to value the contributions that others make to society every day. Interactions like these really do help to shape a child's perspective, and experts agree that kindness begets kindness — both in kids and grown-ups.

Why Random Acts of Kindness Really Do Matter

If you're like lots of people, you might not think that the nice things you do for strangers matter all that much — but the opposite is true. As the New York Times reported, "researchers found that people who perform a random act of kindness tend to underestimate how much the recipient will appreciate it. And they believe that miscalculation could hold many of us back from doing nice things for others more often. 'We have this negativity bias when it comes to social connection. We just don’t think the positive impact of our behaviors is as positive as it is,' said Marisa Franco, a psychologist and author of 'Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make — and Keep — Friends.'"

In fact, kindness benefits both the person doing the kind thing and the recipient.

"Studies have shown that prosocial behavior — basically, voluntarily helping others — can help lower people’s daily stress levels , and that simple acts of connection, like texting a friend, mean more than many of us realize."

Those on the receiving end of a kind act, meanwhile, often "consider the gesture to be significantly more meaningful because they are also thinking about the fact that someone did something nice for them.”

It's clear that finding a lollipop in his mailbox every Saturday means quite a bit to the boy in this video!

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