Adorable photos are going viral this week showing a little boy comforting his autistic classmate who is overwhelmed by his first day of school.

Christian Moore is an 8 year-old boy who was heading in for his first day of classes at Minneha Elementary in Wichita, Kansas, where he saw another boy curled up in a ball, crying by an outside corner of the school. Without hesitating, Christian walked right up to the crying boy and comforted him until it was time to go inside.

The distressed boy turned out to be 8 year-old Connor Crites, who was overwhelmed by his first day of school because he suffers from autism. Christian’s mother Courtney Moore was so touched by her son’s act of kindness towards his classmate that she took a picture of the two boys holding hands and posted it online, where it quickly went viral.

“I saw him on the ground with Connor as Connor was crying in the corner and he was consoling him. He grabs his hand and walks him to the front door,” Courtney explained. “We waited until the bell rang and he walked him inside of the school. The rest is history. They have an inseparable bond.”

Courtney is hoping that the friendship between Christian and Connor will inspire others to be kind to one another.

“One act of kindness can change someone’s life, can change the world,” she said proudly. “That’s all it takes.”

Find out more about this incredible story of kindness in the video below.