The boy helped his family by selling newspapers. The first day as a newsie he stood outside in the middle of New York and shouted out the topic of the news paper that read 
" Coney Island Fire" read all about it. His friend Jacob said no don't say that because people are not interested in fires.
Jacob said say this instead, then Jacob yelled Babe Ruth hits homerun. By the time he went home he had made 28 cents that day. When the little boy saw his dad selling apples he was shocked and could not move because he thought his dad had a real job. The dad was also shocked when he found out his son was helping out by selling news papers.This shows that the little boy loves his family. It also reminds me of a time when my cousin and I were watching ICarly and Carlys brother helped this little girl sell candy, just like the boy in the story.