It was the famous Carl Rogers that once said: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” Carl Rogers definitely was on to something!At the core of empathy is understanding and recognizing someone else’s percepti…

To help strengthen empathy, we need to carve out sacred spaces for interaction that are device-free. We need to engage in face-to-face conversations and not allow ourselves to get distracted by technology.  Parents and teachers need to understand …

Dylana Garfas-Knowles reads a story dealing with the concepts of empathy to her fourth-grade students at Walker Elementary on Friday.The project was part of Walker’s schoolwide focus on empathy during the months of October and November.For the pa…

Does nurture really overpower nature? Lizzie Crocker reports on the ‘code of masculinity’ and why the gendering of violence may be the key to preventing massacres.   Pollack attributes this gender disparity to society’s “co…