A woman stopped our shopping cart and accused my seven-year-old son, Ethan, of stealing from the electronics section.<\/p>\n
He clung to me, frightened, insisting he hadn\u2019t taken anything. I asked security to check the cameras.<\/p>\n
The footage showed Ethan never touched the merchandise. Then he made a surprising request.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you play it five minutes earlier? She dropped something.\u201d<\/p>\n
The earlier recording showed him picking up a folded letter that had fallen from her purse. He tried to follow her, then put it in his pocket to keep it safe.<\/p>\n
When Ethan returned it, the woman, Deborah, began crying. It was a treasured letter from her daughter, who had died nearly two years earlier.<\/p>\n
She thanked him, but I reminded her that she had publicly humiliated a child who was trying to help.<\/p>\n
Deborah apologized to Ethan and admitted her mistake to the store employee.<\/p>\n
Outside, Ethan asked whether he should have left the letter on the floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou did a kind thing,\u201d I told him. \u201cSomeone else behaving badly doesn\u2019t make your kindness a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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