All pucks, balls, and other sports items hit into the stands should be going to kids

Taking a child to a sporting event is often one of their favorite experiences, one that will change their childhood completely. Their first sporting event often becomes a core memory. The experience is unlike anything they go to. It's different than their first concert, where they might be getting dragged to their parent's favorite show (which is why this writer's first concerts were Britney Spears and then YES), or it's a strictly kids concert like the Wiggles or Disney on Ice.

However, sports is something they will be going to likely their entire life, until they take their kids and eventually their grandkids to events. There's not much that could ruin the experience. Even going in a losing effort is a ton of fun (although winning is much more fun).

Teams tend to go all out for the kids, especially at the New Jersey Devils games. The Prudential Center goes all out to put kids on the jumbotron, MSG often puts the fans on TV, Devils players will give hi-fives to the kids as they walk in and out of the locker room, and so much more.

The one thing that can ruin a child's time is if they get inches from getting a puck or a ball that got knocked into the stands, only for someone else to take it from them. If it's another kid that gets the ball or puck, it is what it is. You win some and you lose some. However, if it's an adult, someone who has the money to buy their own ball and has physical capabilities that children don't have, then it's gross.

This comes after controversy surrounding an incident involving tennis player Kamil Majchrzak, who tried to give his hat to a young fan at the U.S. Open, but it was literally snatched away by an adult. That adult turns out to be a CEO, and we won't even give his response to the incident the time of day (spoiler alert: it was gross).

There's a happy ending here, as Majchrzak went and found that child, giving him a once-in-a-lifetime meet-and-greet opportunity, along with a signed hat. However, not every kid is as lucky to have their incident go viral.

So, if you're at a sporting event and you aren't with kids, take that baseball you caught or hockey puck that landed in your area, and make a kid's day. Your kindness will always be a part of the story that kid tells for the rest of his life.