Raising Emotionally and Socially Healthy Kids

Teaching Kids to Care-The Roots of Empathy (1x5)

Air date: Sep 26, 2014

Empathy involves more than just ìbeing nice.î Explore the three interwoven strands of empathyóaffective resonance, cognitive perspective taking, and motivation for compassionate behavior. Then, look closely at three more general ways of helping children develop empathy, including challenging empathy exceptions and giving kids a path forward when they behave in unkind ways.