by John Converse Townsend Empathy—that seven-letter word seems to be everywhere these days. It’s all over the pages of the Washington Post, it’s being “engineered” at developer boot camps…

Over the last few years, we have learned from the Ashoka Changemaker Schools Network and a research project with the Harvard Graduate School of Education that there is a need for greater understanding among educators for how to help…

Purpose:Medical schools are increasingly aware of the ways in which physician empathy can have a profound impact on patients’ lives and have developed humanities initiatives to address this concern. Reflective writing in particular is more common…

Teaching empathy and compassion is an ongoing child development process. Find parenting tips and ideas to help nurture empathetic and compassionate children!Tips for Teaching Empathy to ChildrenModel generosity of spirit. Raising caring and giving…

by Kate Thieda,  Brown explains that empathy is a skill that strengthens with practice and encourages people to both give and receive it often.By receiving empathy, not only do we understand how good it feels to be heard and accepted, we also come…

Scientists have claimed that reading fiction stories can make one more empathetic. Raymond Mar, a psychologist at York University in Canada, discussed how exposure to narrative fiction may improve our ability to understand what other people are th…

He says the notion of empathy and human-centeredness is still not widely practiced in many corporations. “Business people rarely navigate their own websites or watch how people use their products in a real-world setting. And if you do a word associatio…

By Will FalkThe dominant culture kills our ability to empathize. Faucets deliver water over great distances silencing the voices of rivers. Super-markets place meat on chilled display shelves hiding the sacred ceremonial relationship between hunter and…

by melissa dahlThere is some evidence that adults who process stories deeply and are highly engaged in the story report more empathy, but the results have been inconsistent.=================And kids who read fiction with their parents seem to be better…

An emerging theory suggests exposure to narrative fiction can improve an individual’s ability to understand what other people are thinking or feeling.Dr. Raymond Mar, a psychologist at York University in Canada, said, “we understand stories…