This week’s video comes from Megan Daalder, an instructor at UCLA’s Art/Science Nanolab. Nanolab is a two-week program for high school students at the intersection of art and science.   Daalder’s video tells the story about how o…

Enhancing empathic behaviors has its value in promoting social relationships and personal well-beings, as well as preventing violent and offending interpersonal behaviors5. However, there are two realms of empathy training: prison populations receive e…

Daniel Messinger, a professor of psychology at the University of Miami, co-wrote a 2011 paper titled, “The Development of Empathy: How, When, and Why.” He said in a phone interview that empathy is putting yourself in somebody else’s e…

By listening to your child reflectively, you are helping him or her define emotions and minimize acting out. This teaches your child that he or she can choose to control and manage emotions. EmpathizeBy listening to your child reflectively, you ar…