Student's Baby Started Crying In Class, The Professor Had The Best Response Ever

Sydney Engelberg, a 67-year-old Professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, was unfazed when a student's baby started to cry, during his lecture on organizational management.

The embarrassed mother tried to leave the class, but instead, the father-of-four, grandfather-of-five and 45-year teaching veteran, scooped the kid up and soothed him in his arms – without missing a beat in the lesson.

Engelberg says he not only allows infants and occasionally older kids to tag along to class (and breastfeed whenever necessary), he encourages it.

"The reason is that education for me is not simply conveying content, but teaching values," he told Yahoo Parenting. "How better than by role modeling?" The social psychology professor, a native of South Africa who is also on the faculty of Ono Academic College, said he's not the only educator to allow babies in class. "It is certainly not uncommon, but I wouldn't say it is the norm," he said. "It does seem to be much more acceptable in Israel, which is a very family oriented society and culture."

When it comes to his photo's virality, though, the professor has a very basic explanation: "I think the photo went viral in a world with so much inhumanity — ISIS, corruption, Ferguson, and so on — and people are looking for symbols of decency, humanity, caring, integrity. Apparently, the photo resonated with these needs."