Empathy is, therefore, a learned behavior that can be taught. As humans, we are, after all, social animals.
We learn by observing. Parents, older siblings, peers, and teachers can teach the children from an early age the basic character traits of kindness, goodness, generosity, compassion, consideration, helpfulness and by setting an example through demonstrating how to feel empathy.
by Jasmin S. Kuehnert
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