What went viral this week: A new dad supports his wife during birth in an emotional video and more

These are the stories that made us smile this week.
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- These are the stories that made us smile this week:
- This emotional viral video has us crying at this dad's commitment to supporting his wife during birth
- This mom created a household hiring event to teach her kids about earning money
- This little girl's viral video proves football talent isn't gender-specific
- A 9-year-old girl is going viral for filling an empty lip balm tube with cheese ?
Raising kids is such hard work, but the parents of the internet are inspiring us this week. The viral stories taking over our feeds this week remind us that whether a mama is working hard to deliver her baby, or working hard to teach her child a great work ethic, it all comes down to showing up for the ones you care about…and sometimes that means taking a bit of a creative approach.
These are the stories that made us smile this week:
This emotional viral video has us crying at this dad’s commitment to supporting his wife during birth
This mom created a household hiring event to teach her kids about earning money
This little girl’s viral video proves football talent isn’t gender-specific
As News 5 Cleveland reports, a third grade student in Ohio is gaining viral fame for the impressive football skills she displayed in a recent gym class. Physical Education teacher Kent Hamilton posted the clip on Twitter. His student, Emma, is a soccer player and the teacher came up with a super cool way for her to practice kicking. He projected an image of a field goal on the gym wall, and Emma proved it was almost too easy. Emma’s impressive kick has been seen millions of times, and Carli Lloyd, a member of the Woman’s U.S. Soccer team who trained with NFL teams, retweeted it. Emma’s gym teacher thinks Lloyd (and Emma) prove professional football may soon include women. “I don’t think a female player in the NFL is that far off. This is proof our future is bright for girls,” Hamilton said. It takes a lot of grit for girls to get into the sport as there are few leagues for them, but in recent years more and more goals have been making names for themselves in the boy’s leagues. From the 11-year-old quarterback leading her team in the North Dakota Youth Football League to the Michigan linebacker doing double duty as Homecoming Queen , these girls should be proof to everyone that they have a place in traditionally male-dominated sports.Field Goal practice today in #PhysEd! Projected the posts on the wall and added tape for the mat! This 3rd grader n… https://t.co/U11UzGyJ9k
— Kent Hamilton (@MrHamiltonPE) 1568331678.0
A 9-year-old girl is going viral for filling an empty lip balm tube with cheese ?

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