As parents, it’s your job to look after your child every single day of its life. You should be there to feed it, you should be there to clean it, you should be there to clothe it, and you should be there to make it happy. Sure, this can get pretty darn difficult when they start to enter their teenage years and want to stick it to the man, but this parental instinct to help your child never leaves you. Yet, this isn’t just the case for mothers and fathers. No matter where you go in the world, you will always be surrounded by people who want to help others. While many believe this is a simple act of kindness, psychologists have since discovered that there is actually a part of our genetic makeup that makes us want to help others and save them from danger.
While we do often put our own selfish needs to survive at the forefront of our attention, this need to help others never seems to wane, and we will often go out of our way to save another human being. This is especially true when it comes to children. Whether we are parents or not, the urge to save a child from harm or danger is overwhelming. We want to save the next generation, we wanted to ensure they are safe and happy throughout their lives, and we want to ensure that we are doing our duty as humans. That’s exactly what one police officer did when he spotted a baby in a hot car. Yet, after smashing the window, he soon realized that all wasn’t as it seemed…
[post_page_title]Protecting the young[/post_page_title]
No matter where you are in the world, no matter what age you are, and no matter how much you hate the rest of civilization, most of us will do anything we can to help another human being who is in danger. We may warn them of an oncoming vehicle, we may warn them about locking their windows and doors at night, and we may even warn them to wear their safety belt in the car. It’s almost a natural instinct for us to protect those around us, and this need to maintain the lives of others is heightened even further when there is a baby in the mix. That’s why one police officer broke a car window to save a baby. However, the scene was not quite what it seemed…
