YOUNGSTERS can often be tarred with the same brush as a few antisocial peers.

Hanging out on street corners, loud and boisterous, into the latest fashion trends, they can be viewed with suspicion by some older folk.

So it is refreshing when the younger generation show they are not the vagrants and hooligans some fear.

Mitchell Currie showed selflessness, quick thinking and compassion in his actions helping an elderly woman who had fallen in the grounds of a care home.

It would have been very easy for him to walk on by and leave the problem to somebody else, somebody older in a position of responsibility.

But instead the 14-year-old showed maturity beyond his years, calling out to see if the woman was okay and then leaping over a wall when no response came.

He alerted the care home staff and offered assistance as they rushed to the woman’s aid.

Not just brave, Mitchell also demonstrated modesty in playing down his actions and not thrusting himself into the limelight.

How many of us would have gambled on being late for work or missing an appointment to help a stranger?

Consumed with digital items and submerged in technology, too often it is us adults preoccupied with the daily grind to think of others.

Mitchell acts as a role model to us all and his teachers are rightly proud their pupil is just one of many who are ever-willing to run to someone’s aid.

Another hero is six-year-old Rufus Taylor, who was brave enough to undergo an operation to donate bone marrow to his younger brother Herbie.

Rufus’ generosity and courage could well have saved Herbie, who has a dangerously low immune system.

The story shows the love and strength of the bond that can exist between brothers.

They have been brought closer together in the face of adversity.

So let us celebrate the virtues of the younger generations and not focus on the faults of a few.

There are some true stars among them who should inspire all of us to better deeds.

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