4-year-old girl sets mom into frantic action, mentions ‘sleeping man on the floor’ in the bathroom

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Monica Pop
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Four-year-old Caleigh Concannon is one very special girl who is a huge animal lover. Her dedication towards dogs helped save one person’s life. And if you wonder how, stay here and read the whole story.

Namely, Caleigh and her mommy are volunteers at Golden Opportunities, a service dog training and breeding facility. The dogs that come out of this place help many people overcome different issues and struggles. However, a fully trained animal ranges from $15,000 to $35,000 depending on the level of assistance people require. So, one way to cut operational costs is to rely on volunteers like Caleigh. 

It was Caleigh’s first day at Golden Opportunities and she was over the moon for having the chance to be around dogs. 

As she was helping the puppies, she felt the need to use the restroom. But a moment after she went there, Caleigh came back running to her mom and said, “There is a man sleeping on the bathroom floor.” Caleigh’s mom knew someone was in trouble and rushed to see what was going on. 

The sweet girl believed the man, Michael Flynn, the farm’s director of operations, was snoozing, but he was in fact having an epileptic seizure. 

Caleigh knew how to act in situations when someone is in need of help. Her daddy has a diabetes and she has helped him before. She was aware that if someone is sleeping on the floor that person is either sick or in need of immediate help. 

Michael was beyond thankful for Caleigh’s quick thinking. He knew she was the cutest helper they have ever had at their facility, but he had no idea she would actually help save his life that day. 

“I am so proud of her. I am just in awe at the responsibility and the seriousness and her perception in handling the situation.”

Everyone was proud of Caleigh. The Walpole Police Department were impressed by her action and awarded her a Community Hero Award.

“The situation could have been a lot worse than it was and so as a result, she really is a community hero,” police officials said. 

Beside the award, Caleigh got two movie tickets. Well, being just 4, we assume she appreciated this other gift more than the award. 

She isn’t even aware that her quick reaction and the calmness she showed saved a human’s life. 

Take a look at the whole story and don’t forget to share it with your friends. 

11-year-old wins contest to sing onstage with Keith Urban, steals the entire show

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Monica Pop
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I am certain that many of you have a dream of meeting your idol one day. However, not many are given that chance. 

But for a girl named Lauren Spencer-Smith that dream came true. Not only she met her most favorite famous person, but she got to share the stage with him and perform a duet. Isn’t that incredible?

Lauren is a music prodigy. Her voice has been making the days of her family and classmates for many years, and now the whole nation got to hear her amazing vocal.

Namely, this girl has always been fascinated with the music of Keith Urban. However, little did she know she will get the chance to meet him in person and sing along with him.

Lauren knew Keith has been holding competitions for young talented children whom he invites to be his guests during his concerts. So when she learned he was performing at Sunfest she went for it and entered the competition. 

At the end, Lauren’s talent took her to the finals along with another girl. But as Keith couldn’t decide which girl was better than the other, he invited both of them to be part of his performance.  

Keith introduced Lauren to the audience saying, “She’s got an amazing little voice, and she’s only 11. And I just wanted to sing with her so bad.”

Lauren took the stage and her confidence was so high that it looked like she has been performing in front of so many people her whole life. More than 20,000 people were eagerly waiting to hear what she had to offer, and their expectations were satisfied as Lauren’s vocal blew their mind away. 

Keith asked from the crowd to join in, but they stood quiet as Lauren’s voice was way too good not to be enjoyed to the fullest. 

What was most amazing was that the voice of Lauren and that of Keith complemented one another in a perfect harmony. 

At the end of the mesmerizing performance, the audience went wild and couldn’t stop cheering. Keith could feel people loved what Lauren had to offer and promised they will see more of her in the future. 

One of Lauren’s family members filmed the entire thing and uploaded the video on Lauren’s YouTube channel. Needless to say, it has been seen more than 4 million times and that doesn’t really come as a surprise. 

People were eager to share their thoughts and the comments are as incredible as this young girl’s performance. 

Since the video of Lauren and Keith went viral, she pursued a career in the music industry and has released two albums and three singles so far. 

Below is the video that helped Lauren become famous herself. Enjoy!

12-year-old Disabled Girl Bitten on Her Face and Scratched by Bullies

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Monica Pop
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All those stories of young children being bullied on a daily basis makes me wonder if we will ever be able to put a stop on this devastating ‘phenomenon’ that affects so many young lives. 

Is it that the schools fail to detect it and do something about it, or the whole society is unable to cope with so many bullies?

The recent case of 9-year-old Quaden Bayles from Australia who wanted to kill himself because of the bullying he experienced by his peers, made other mothers share their own children’s stories and the struggles they go through every single day. And that’s a good thing, because speaking out loud is the only way to be heard. 

But on the other hand, we see that although the whole world stood behind Quaden, not much really changed, as many other kids are still victims of bullying. 

Kerri Arnold is a mom of 12-year-old Aalyha who suffers from Angelman Syndrome, a rare disorder that causes learning difficulties and speech problems. Sadly, Aalyah’s condition makes her a target of the bullies at her school.

Kerri shared a footage of her girl as she wanted everyone to see what a day at school looks like for Aalyha. 

Aalyha is non-verbal and attends a school in her hometown of Hamilton that caters for children with special needs. 

This past Monday, Kerri was called to school and was told how a boy scratched Aalyha on the face. She rushed to take her and decided to film how distressed her daughter was by the incident. 

Aalyha could barely hold her tears back. Kerri starts the video saying, “Today, at approximately 1:30, I was phoned by her school, and she has been a victim of bullying.”

 “This young boy has scratched her eye, bit the side of her face, scratched her arm, and she’s got scratches on her back.”

The biggest problem with bullying is that its effects on the person experiencing it may be permanent. Many people can never overcome the fear, and most lose their self-confidence even for a lifetime. 

Please take a stand and help raise awareness about what bullying does to the victims. 

 

Quick-Thinking 11-Year-Old Boy Helps Stop Girl’s Kidnapping

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Monica Pop
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TJ Smith, an 11-year-old boy from Texas, reminds us that bravery isn’t counted by our age, but by our will to step up for someone in need. 

It was this last December when TJ was playing around Wichita Falls and spotted something out of the ordinary. One man grabbed a 7-year-old girl while she was riding her scooter outside her home. 

The alleged kidnapper named Raeshawn Perez picked the girl up, but TJ realized that strange man was a stranger to the 7-year-old. That raised red flags as TJ knew the girl was in a serious trouble. 

Quick-thinking TJ ran back home to his mom and told her of what he had witnessed. She then alerted one of their neighbors, James Ware, who headed towards the abandoned house where Perez took the girl. 

At the time he arrived there, Ware saw Perez trying to push the girl through the window. 

Luckily, Ware and another man who found himself at the scene were able to get to Perez. They knocked him on the ground and waited until police arrived. 

At that point, Perez admitted he wanted to assault the little girl. 

Once Perez was arrested, Mayor of Wichita Falls, Stephen Santellana, spoke to the public about the incident and expressed gratitude to all the people involved in saving the girl. 

Thanks to TJ and his neighbor Ware everything turned out right. If it wasn’t for them who knows what would have happened to the poor child. 

As a thank you for his bravery, TJ got a certificate of appreciation by the Mayor and the Police Chief, Manuel Borrego. 

Borrego said how their community is a safe place because the people living there care for one another and asked them to continue doing so.

Share this story to salute these people’s bravery.

Boy, 1, dies after being hit by car – parents owed $175K for his 27-hour hospital stay

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Monica Pop
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No loss is greater than that of losing a child. Unfortunately, a woman named Michelle DuBarry experienced the pain of saying that final goodbye to her 1-year-old baby. The little one and his dad were involved in an accident and Seamus ended up in the hospital after a careless driver hit them while they were crossing the road. 

Seamus underwent two surgeries and spent the night at intensive care after which he passed away. 

The grief his parents felt was immeasurable. They couldn’t come to terms with the loss of their loving son.

But once they understood what had really happened, they experienced another shock; the one that followed as a result of the American broken and nonfunctional medical system. And we don’t go into politics here, we just re-tell the story this devastated family was forced to go through. 

DuBarry took to Twitter to share what followed after Seamus left this world.

The story of Seamus made his mom speak of the system in which a life-saving treatment is so expensive that it can literally crush people’s life.  

Also, DuBarry explained how her husband, who suffered injuries as a result of the accident, was denied medical care. What’s most, people weren’t surprised because it wasn’t the first time for someone not to be given medical help. 

No matter how we feel about the medical system, this time we have to agree that it failed us by failing this grieving family.

At first, the family believed the expenses for their son’s surgeries would cost around $5k, but they were so wrong.  

The family received a pain and suffering settlement from the driver who killed their son, but the insurance company claimed that money to compensate for their own loss (what they paid the hospital).

Thanks to DuBarry, this practice is now illegal in Oregon, although it remains legal in most of the rest of the states. 

Hospital bills are ridiculous. With our medical system, these institutions benefit huge amounts of money on the tragedies of ordinary citizens, and that’s awful and has to change. 

Just take a look at this bill below. Can you believe a mother was charged $39 for holding her baby after C-section? 

DuBarry makes a political statement about the healthcare American people are now offered and speaks about a new system that will provide healthcare for all. 

No matter whose side we take when it comes to politics and the political parties, we all have to agree that what DuBarrys had to go through is totally unacceptable and wrong on so many levels. 

Below is this grieving mom’s whole Twitter thread. Before you scroll down remember it gets very political in the comments. 

Please share this story and help this woman’s voice be heard. 

Every Parent Should Read This Mom’s Warning About Aerosol Sunscreens

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Monica Pop
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Sunscreen and other products that protect our skin from sunburns while sunbathing is a must. What’s most, most of us use these products even when we are not at the beach, but taking walks outside when it’s too hot. 

When younger kids and babies are exposed to sun rays, the prevention of sunburns should be even higher as their skin is more sensitive than that of an adult.

One mom named Rebecca Canon went to visit her sister together with her 14-month-old daughter. But it was an extremely hot day in Newfoundland, Canada, and Rebecca got concerned for little Kyla safety so she asked to borrow sunscreen from her sister. 

Little did she know, Kyla would end up with second degree burns on her cute face. 

The product called Banana Boat Kids Sunscreen Spray was intended for kids aged six months and above and everything listed on the label list seemed fine, so Rebecca put some on her hands and then rubbed it on Kyla’s face, making sure she keep it away from the girl’s eyes. 

However, as the day progressed, Kyla’s face started turning red. Rebecca didn’t think she should be concerned so she put her daughter to sleep. In the morning, Kyla’s whole face was swollen and she even had blisters.

Rebecca rushed her to the emergency room where she was treated for burns.

No one in the family had any allergies or ever suffered sunburns before, so Rebecca was surprised by what happened to Kyla. 

The reason behind Kyla’s situation was the sunscreen her mom applied on her face, so everyone assumed there might have been dangerous chemicals in it. 

Luckily for this sweet girl, she will likely not deal with long-term issues and won’t be left with any scars. 

Not wanting anything similar to happen to other children, Rebecca contacted the manufacturer of the sunscreen product, Banana Boat, who said they were taking such incidents very seriously and agreed to investigate the case further.

Health Canada performed their own investigation but they didn’t find anything suspicious in the product, so it was determined Kyla was likely allergic to some of the ingredients. 

Further examinations confirmed the product was in fact safe to be used. Kyla was the first and only child who suffered injuries. 

The truth is that we can never know whether we are allergic to a product or not, so the best thing to do when trying something for the first time, especially on children, is to do a test before using it.

So before full coverage, apply it on a small part of your body. 

When it comes to the U.S. most personal care products are not regulated, so patch testing may end up saving a life. 

Please share this story to raise awareness and avoid incidents like this one from happening. 

Baby Lives Despite Doctors Giving Only a Five Percent Chance of Survival

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Monica Pop
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Some couple’s wish to have a baby is so strong that they would do all in their power, no matter the obstacles that stand on their way, to have someone call them mommy and daddy. 

Tammy Koz suffered from lupus, which is a chronic autoimmune disease, so doctors warned her that she was at a higher risk of experiencing a miscarriage. But neither she nor her husband Eric ever doubted that they will become parents one day. So when Tammy got pregnant, the couple was over the moon and couldn’t wait to finally meet their sweet bundle of joy. 

Unfortunately, when she was in the 19th week of pregnancy doctors informed them how the baby wasn’t developing at the proper rate. Tammy was put on bed rest and had to visit the hospital every other day in order to make sure the tiny heart of the baby growing inside of her was still ticking. 

The family was told the baby’s chances of survival were something under five percent and that she had to deliver the baby at 27 weeks, otherwise, it would likely die. 

Oprah has documented the case of the Koz family over the years, and that is how the world learned of the brave baby girl Zoe who was born weighting only 10 ounces. 

Today, she is all grown up, and incredibly happy, healthy, and beautiful. 

You can check the whole story in the video below which is part of the series, “Where are they now” and features the life of miracle babies like Zoe. 

This family never lost hope that things would turn for the best for their little angel. They now have another daughter and Zoe has a little sister. 

If you believe this story is fascinating, share it with your friends. 

Syrian Dad Invents Heartbreaking Laughter Game to Distract Daughter Every Time There’s an Explosion

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Maryane
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Doing your best to give your child the childhood they deserve is something every parent strives for. But for some, no matter how they try, it’s beyond their power and control to allow their little ones to live care-free. 

 A video of a Syrian father trying to distract his young daughter from the devastating sounds of bombs and explosions is breaking hearts all around the world. 

This reminds us of the terror people of Syria are forced to go through every single day. Young children are raised without ever experiencing what it feels like to be playing outside without fearing for their life. 

Abdullah Mohammad and his family fled their home in the eastern countryside of Idlib after the government attempted to recapture the opposition-held province and found shelter at a friend’s house in Sarmada. 

Since the beginning of the war on the territory of Syria, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed, and nearly half of the country’s population has been displaced. Civilians die every single day and many describe this war as the biggest humanitarian catastrophe. 

The psychological effects this war has on little children may never be overcome, so Mohammad came up with a game in order to protect 4-year-old Salwa from experiencing fear at such young age. 

So, whenever a bombs explodes, the two laugh as loud as they can. He convinced her how those sounds are just part of their game.

“I decided to teach Salwa this game to prevent her psychological state from collapsing. So as to not be affected by diseases relating to fear. She is a child who does not understand war,” this caring and loving father explained. 

Many journalist, among which local Ali Mustafa, shared the heartbreaking video of Mohammad and Salwa on Twitter. Many couldn’t help by share it too, expressing their anger and sadness over what Syria and its people has come to. 

Selar Otman says that no matter how happy this father looks while laughing along his daughter, his eyes reveal the pain and the helplessness he is trapped in. Maggie Diamond added how this father is trying to protect his innocent girl “to the best of his ability” and sent her prayers to the people of Idlib. She asked the “governments of the world” to step up for the Syrian people and pt an end to their suffering. 

Many of the Syrian children have never known peace. They were born in the midst of the war that killed their families and destroyed their hometowns and houses. 

“It’s the country’s children who have suffered the most and have the most to lose,” said UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore.

Syrian Psychiatrist Mohammad Abo-Hilal says the side effects this war has on the little ones are deep and probably life-long.

“They experience loss and separation, and lose family cohesion and the life of the community that provides them with protection and safety,” he said.

The destruction they witness unfolding before their tiny eyes every single day, leaves children traumatized and it affects their brain development, learning abilities, their immune system and a lot more. “The body systems that are most rapidly developing when the experiences happen are the ones that are going to be most impacted. For little kids, all of their systems are coming online and developing, so there is a much greater risk of impact across all of their systems,” said Stacy Dury, neuroscientist and child psychologist.

Mark Lowcock, the UN head of humanitarian affairs and emergency relief says, “The crisis in northwest Syria has reached a horrifying new level.”

Most of the civilians who were forced to leave their homes are women and children “who are traumatized and forced to sleep outside in freezing temperatures because camps are full. Mothers burn plastic to keep children warm. Babies and small children are dying because of the cold,” he adds. 

“Health facilities, schools, residential areas, mosques, and markets have been hit. Schools are suspended, many health facilities have closed. There is a serious risk of disease outbreaks. Basic infrastructure is falling apart. We are now receiving reports that settlements for displaced people are being hit, resulting in deaths, injuries and further displacement. The equipment and facilities being used by aid workers are being damaged. Humanitarian workers themselves are being displaced and killed,” he said in his statement.

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