Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son was among the 20 children murdered in the Sandy Hook school massacre, told educators in Seattle on Tuesday that one key to better schools is compassion.
“It took a lifetime of anger and frustration and loneliness and could have been stopped.
I know that if Adam had been given a compassionate education, and been shown compassion, Sandy Hook would not have happened.”
by Claudia Rowe:
The presentation given by Prof. Theo Gavrielides, during the first workshop of the Restorative Justice Extending Empathy project, held at Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK on January 12th. The speech …
Compassion, like all emotions, is a feeling state that serves as an engine for action. Once we feel an emotion, it increases the likelihood that we’ll engage in certain behaviors. …compassion can also be studied scientifically, and one of the …
Self-compassion is first and foremost a choice, but it’s also a skill that may need some practice. I choose to believe that each and every one of us are worthy of kindness and caring.And that means me, too. If I’m not worthy of co…
Respecting Our Attackers – Hillary Clinton Calls For Empathy – Ann Coulter – Fox & FriendsSee it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion
