An Incredible Solution To End Playground Loneliness

Salam.

Students at Roundtown Elementary School in York, Pennsylvania, will never be lonely at recess again thanks to second-grader Christian Bucks.

The Huffington Post reports that Buck prompted the school to install a playground “buddy bench,” a seating area where students feeling lonely or upset can seek companionship.

The bench’s sign is painted in bright colors with a purple background.

Bucks got his idea from a brochure for an elementary school in Germany that has a similar area.

He then pitched the bench to Roundtown Principal Matthew Miller, who immediately embraced Bucks’ compassion. He even let him pick the bench’s colors.

Bucks told the York Daily Record that he hopes the bench will help “grow our dream circle of friends.”

According to the Huffington Post, St. Catherine’s Primary School in Chipping Campden, England, installed a buddy bench of its own last month.

Students are reportedly taking full of advantage of the fixture, as Headteacher Joanne Welch told local newspaper the Cotswold Journal.

“It is lovely to see the children demonstrate such care for each other,” Welch said. “So many lifelong friendships of course start in the school playground.”Via: Huffington Post.

Credits to Sean levinson, elite daily.