Posts Tagged ‘children’

Empathy Blogs for February 13th, 2010

February 13th, 2010

Here is an interesting cross-section of bloggers talking about empathy from various perspectives over the past few days…

From the HuffPost:
‘The Empathic Civilization’: Can Limbaugh and Obama Both Be Right?
In this post, Robbie Vorhaus attempts to compare Preident Obama to Rush Limbaugh. Good luck with that!

From the Feeleez blog:
toys for children in Haiti 
The makers of an empathy game for children are looking for help getting their game to Haiti. (I admit I thought, let’s get food there first!   I’m sure the people suffering in Haiti can use all the help they can get.)

Love and BLogic
Why leading with empathy works
A proponent of  “love and logic” offers us a “neurological” reason to lead with empathy.

Teaching children kindness and empathy

January 9th, 2010

The Tehran Times in Iran, the leading daily newspaper in Iran posted this article on their website, in English.

With a little guidance, even very young children can learn about respect, empathy and kindness.

Everyone, including very young children, can learn to be kind and compassionate. When children are kind to others, the home and schools become better places with fewer cases of bullying taking place. And there’s no better place to start cultivating kindness and compassion than the home. Here are some useful tips.

Read more…