8-year-old uses all of his savings to buy every girl in his grade a rose — his touching reason wowed the internet

The boy has followed the tradition for several years and it made his mom really proud of him.

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Some people might go out of their way to make their family and friends around them happy. An 8-year-old boy did just that when he saved money to buy a rose for every girl in his class on Valentine's Day. He used all of his money to make that happen, so he could make sure that no one went home without a rose on the special day. The boy, Callum Drew, repeated the wholesome gesture for some years, per Lincolnshire Live UK.

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Drew used to work at his grandma's flower shop every year to collect enough money to buy a rose each for the 68 girls in his grade. However, the year the boy's grandma died, he washed cars in the hope of saving the money for his yearly tradition. The boy wanted to buy every girl a silk rose as it would last forever and he hoped that the gesture would ensure that no girl felt bad about herself. "I just wanted to get some flowers for the girls in year four, as I don’t want them to feel let down on Valentine’s Day. I will go around every class and give them their present," Drew explained. "I have done it for the last four years. The girls jump on me and scream because they are happy."

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Drew had also picked the biggest gift out of all for his girlfriend, who was actually okay with him giving roses to all the other girls in their grade. It was their first Valentine's Day together. "I have got a girlfriend. I haven't told her yet, but she does know about it because I do it every year." He added, "She is happy about it." His mom, Stacey, was incredibly moved by his gesture and was proud because her son had so much consideration for other people's feelings. "He has been doing it for four years. He started out with just his class, but now he gives roses to every girl in his year. Callum says that no girl should be left out."

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"He has also saved up and got a present for his girlfriend," the boy's mom revealed. In order to make all girls in his class feel special, Drew had gone above and beyond. "He normally helped his grandmother in the flower shop to earn money, but she died last year. This year, he has decided to wash cars." The boy had washed around 10 cars and had a booking for a couple more, according to Stacey. "He was outside from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM and even then I had to drag him in because it was getting dark," his mom went on.

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But in the end, the mom was just happy with her son's kind gesture. "I am really proud of him. He hates the attention from the girls. Last year, when he gave them roses, they all started screaming and piled on him." This gesture was really important as Valentine's Day can stress school children a lot because of the peer pressure and social expectations that come with it, per Wellspring Center for Prevention. The comparisons among peers can have an impact on people's mental well-being. It might create pressure on people to measure their self-worth based on the number of gifts they receive, leading to self-doubt and low self-esteem.