Empathy is fundamental human need. If people truly had empathy for one another, violence would be impossible Direct Violence- use of physical force (e.g. beating, sexual abuse, killing)Structural Violence- exists when some groups/classes/genders etc. a…

A compassion-based meditation program can significantly improve a person’s ability to read the facial expressions of others, finds a study published by Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. This boost in empathic accuracy was detected thro…

Payam Akhavan is Professor of International Law at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and Visiting Fellow at Oxford University, UK. He was previously a UN prosecutor at The Hague and also appeared in leading cases before the International Court of …

In child development language, to be attuned means to be in harmony and compassion with the child. Attunement allows the caregiver to know and respond to the child’s emotional state.Some caregivers are so attuned that they can tell from a child&r…