Don't forget to give the girl a candy

When our second son came home yesterday, frantically entered his room to jot something down and then told us that he had met a girl who he had promised to exchange a lollypop with, my wife and I immediately raised an eyebrow.
He had gone to his room to write a note to himself: Don't forget to give the girl a candy.
He didn't know her name nor what class she's in. He just knew that they offered to exchange a lollypop; he'd buy her one and she'd buy him another. As it turns out, she's a tenth grader, the eldest of one of his classmate's sisters.
As a joke I asked the girl what her intentions were with my son. She just laughed and told me that the lollypop exchange idea has been going on for a while now. She loves that he's nice to her and that he pops his head into her homeroom now and again with little else than a smile and wave to offer.
Our eight-year-old son has discovered that age makes no difference when it comes to finding kindness and acceptance in others. As Anne, from Anne of Green Gables would say "Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think". It's so comforting to see a small child find that out for himself at such a young age.

Tiger Mom v Bryan Caplan

What type of parent are you?  Marcelo, I am intrigued to hear your opinion. 

Espanta-cucos

Hace muchos años atrás escuché que la mejor manera de que los niños cesaran de temerle a los monstruos era usar un perfume en spray como espanta-cucos. Cuando mi hijo mayor comenzó a levantarse de noche diciendo que tenía miedo, decidimos comprar un desodorante , rotularon con una imagen de un monstruo con una cruz dibujada encima y ofrecerlo a mi hijo como la solución. La verdad es que nunca pensé que seria tan fácil como comprar un spray y olvidarse de los monstruos.
Por un corto tiempo aplicamos el spray antes de la hora de acostarse. Mi hijo quedaba convencido que no aparecerían monstruos mientras hubiese olor al spray en su pieza. Nunca más tuvimos un problema. Ojalá fuese tan fácil con las cosas que de verdad nos deberían dar susto.