To Raise Empathetic Children, Parents Must Practice Empathy Themselves
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How is empathy “passed down” in this way? When parents respond to children’s distress in a supportive, empathetic way, it gives children a model for how to respond to the distress of others. Friendships in the teen years may then give children a chance to practice and hone the empathy skills that they learned from [...]read moreTo Raise Empathetic Children, Parents Must Practice Empathy Themselves