Empathy
Being nice can actually be POWERFUL
Genuine kindness can deepen the shallowest relationships, and turn out to be lifesavers. Being nice is an actual science that does not just help the other person, it also does wonderful things for our brain. Consciously practicing kindness can have real life benefits, from making us feel good to boosting our health through the release of heart-healthy, feel-good hormones. Being nice can activate the part of our brain that has to do with “empathy,” is a natural anxiety antidote that reduces stress and can even help us become more professionally successful.
How children can learn empathy from parents and teachers
Empathy is a complex socio-emotional skill to develop.
Hearts of stone
The man was lying flat on the road, bleeding profusely. He raised his right hand and waved weakly for help. His motorbike was lying two feet away near the road divider only 50 yards off Hotel Radisson.
The stone hearts
“It seemed to me that people in the cars do not have empathy for people. While they screamed at me, the pedestrians and poorer ones came to help. What will we do with this so-called education and social status?” Saif writes after the injured man whom three hospitals declined to treat died in his car.
Being nice can actually be POWERFUL
Genuine kindness can deepen the shallowest relationships, and turn out to be lifesavers. Being nice is an actual science that does not just help the other person, it also does wonderful things for our brain. Consciously practicing kindness can have real life benefits, from making us feel good to boosting our health through the release of heart-healthy, feel-good hormones. Being nice can activate the part of our brain that has to do with “empathy,” is a natural anxiety antidote that reduces stress and can even help us become more professionally successful.
How children can learn empathy from parents and teachers
Empathy is a complex socio-emotional skill to develop.
Hearts of stone
The man was lying flat on the road, bleeding profusely. He raised his right hand and waved weakly for help. His motorbike was lying two feet away near the road divider only 50 yards off Hotel Radisson.
The stone hearts
“It seemed to me that people in the cars do not have empathy for people. While they screamed at me, the pedestrians and poorer ones came to help. What will we do with this so-called education and social status?” Saif writes after the injured man whom three hospitals declined to treat died in his car.
