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Teaching Empathy

Help! My Mom Bullied Me Back!

Katie Hurley | Posted 05.22.2013 | Parents
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Katie Hurley

Kindness and empathy are known antidotes to bullying, but they need to be taught and modeled on a daily basis. Manipulating a negative situation to make certain that your own child experiences the same level of humiliation is bullying. End of story.

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How Can We Help Children Become 'Upstanders' to Bullying?

Kenneth Barish, Ph.D. | Posted 04.30.2013 | Parents
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Kenneth Barish, Ph.D.

The common denominator of all types of bullying is a lack, or erosion, of empathy. Nurturing empathy, a potential that is present in almost all children, is therefore at the heart of interventions to prevent bullying.

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Nurturing Empathy in Children

David Sack, M.D. | Posted 09.08.2012 | Parents
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David Sack, M.D.

Studies show children are born equipped to be empathic, but these skills take time and practice to develop.

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