--- title: This 8-Year Old's Act of Kindness Earned Him A Big Tip description: An 8-year-old boy made his mom pull the car over when he saw an opportunity to make somebody’s day better. canonical: https://time.com/5297090/kid-helps-woman-walker/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-31T16:20:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:11.045Z og:title: 8-Year Old's Random Act of Kindness Earned Him a $100 Tip og:description: An 8-year-old boy made his mom pull the car over to help an elderly woman og:url: https://time.com/5297090/kid-helps-woman-walker/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff0b80620822314c/6988d2ac196cf485be040b5d/gettyimages-165564409.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5630 og:image:height: 3167 og:image:alt: Red heart, artwork og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 8-Year Old's Random Act of Kindness Earned Him a $100 Tip twitter:description: An 8-year-old boy made his mom pull the car over to help an elderly woman twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff0b80620822314c/6988d2ac196cf485be040b5d/gettyimages-165564409.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This 8-Year Old's Act of Kindness Earned Him Gratitude—and a Big Tip > Sponsored content. 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LEONELLO CALVETTI—Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 31, 2018 4:20 PM UTC Normally when 8-year-old [boys](http://time.com/4989061/why-you-shouldnt-punish-kids-for-lying/) stop traffic, it’s because they forget to look both ways before crossing the street. That’s not the case with Maurice Adams Jr., who was riding in the back of his mom’s car in Milledgeville, [Georgia](http://time.com/money/collection/best-places-to-live-2017/4925405/vinings-georgia/), when he noticed an elderly woman making her way across the street by herself, [WSB-TV](https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/young-boy-stops-traffic-to-help-elderly-stranger-up-the-stairs/759581313) reported Wednesday. “He asked, ‘Can I go out there and help her up the steps?’” Contricia Hill, the boy’s mother, told the local news outlet. His mother pulled over and Adams Jr. jumped out to help her. He can be seen in a video captured by a passerby, helping her up a set of steps as she maneuvered her walker, both carefully taking each step one at a time. When they reached the top, the pair hugged and Adams Jr ran back to the car. His mother was proud of her son’s actions, telling WSB-TV: “(It just shows) respect and raising your [kids](http://time.com/100-best-childrens-books/) right goes a long way.” The video was captured by Riley Duncan who pulled out his camera when he saw the boy stop traffic. He kept filming, as Adams Jr helped the woman up the stairs. It was such a sweet moment starring a well-mannered boy, that he wanted to share the moment, posting it to a [local Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/riley.duncan.54540/videos/2135360333405151/). While Adams Jr did the act of kindness out of the [goodness of his heart](http://time.com/5045028/raising-boys-faith-salie/), he may have a financial reward coming to him, too. Duncan told CBS News that [he plans to meet with Maurice and give him $100](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-of-little-boy-helping-elderly-woman-struggling-to-walk-up-steps-goes-viral/) for his good deed. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5297090/kid-helps-woman-walker/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5297090/kid-helps-woman-walker/"},"headline":"This 8-Year Old's Act of Kindness Earned Him Gratitude—and a Big Tip","datePublished":"2018-05-31T16:20:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:11.045Z","description":"An 8-year-old boy made his mom pull the car over when he saw an opportunity to help","url":"https://time.com/5297090/kid-helps-woman-walker/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff0b80620822314c/6988d2ac196cf485be040b5d/gettyimages-165564409.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff0b80620822314c/6988d2ac196cf485be040b5d/gettyimages-165564409.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Red heart, artwork","caption":"Red heart, artwork","creditText":"LEONELLO CALVETTI—Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5297090/kid-helps-woman-walker/","name":"This 8-Year Old's Act of Kindness Earned Him Gratitude—and a Big Tip"}}]}] ```