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title: "Boy in China becomes online hero after using hand as pillow for exhausted mum in train"
url: "/singapore-seen/boy-in-china-becomes-online-hero-after-using-hand-as-pillow-for-exhausted-mum-in"
published: "2017-06-16T02:17:23.000Z"
updated: "2018-04-24T02:14:51.000Z"
section: "Singapore Seen"
tags: ["get inspired","heartwarming","inspiring","children","mother","China"]
---

# Boy in China becomes online hero after using hand as pillow for exhausted mum in train

*A boy in China has captured the attention of netizens after using his hand as a pillow for his exhausted mother on board a train. *

A boy in China has captured the attention of netizens after using his hand as a pillow for his exhausted mother on board a train.
  
 In a photo posted on Shanghaiist, the standing boy can be seen placing his right hand in between a glass panel and his sleeping mother, thereby giving her a soft spot for her head.

A commuter who saw what happened said that the boy was first sitting beside his mother but gave up his seat to a woman with a baby stroller.

Netizens started commending the boy and sharing the photo of the heartwarming scene after it was posted online.

Said one web user:

"Help me ask around about who this kid's parents are. I want to go ahead and arrange for him to marry my future daughter." 

The boy's photo has since photo has since garnered over 180,000 likes and 18,000 comments on Weibo.