Empathy in children can be fostered. Researchers offer three strategies for parents and other caregivers to promote a climate of empathy in the home or classroom.
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Great strides have been made in cancer medicine over decades, but it’s important not to forget the growing role that kindness and empathy play in good care.
Nothing displays the ethical superiority of one’s values better than to treat a foe with the respect due another human being.
Five novels for young adults that boldly tackle tough issues - from racism, to Indigenous identity and the Holocaust - to cultivate critical thinking in the classroom and at home.
To counter the unbalanced effects of the digital age, reading literature is the key.
Sadly, people sometimes deliberately give bad presents.
The technological revolution has hit the doll aisle this holiday season in the form of artificial intelligence dolls. What does it mean for children’s development, to confuse real bodies with machines?
Research shows that virtual reality experiences can help social disconnection and improve wellness - by inspiring awe.
Donors who support charitable causes have a ‘taste’ for giving, researchers found.
Taxpayers’ money would be better spent on therapies that are proven to work.
All the world’s major religions are concerned with moral behavior. But research shows little evidence that religious people are more ethical than atheists.
… and spend more time with their patients.
Doctors are taught how to treat skin cancer – but not necessarily how to empathise with those who have it.
Having “been there”, we believe we know what it’s like to be our friends in trouble. But do we really?
Trolls tend to know the impact they’ll have, but don’t seem to care. So, how do we use our new findings to help stop this seemingly pointless, harmful behaviour?
When outrage is misplaced or excessive, it can have negative consequences for a healthy public discourse.
If we want doctors to listen, be empathetic, solve complex problems, we need to invest seriously in their well-being.
The Wachowski sisters’ TV series is a celebration of empathy and community.
How do you teach empathy? Can it be in a way that foregrounds ancient, indigenous knowledge and practices? Design thinking might hold the answers.
Asking people about morality and empathy may not yield sincere answers. Moral sentiments, can, indeed, be measured.
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Professor and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare, University of Leicester
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
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Reader in Leadership, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the West of Scotland
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Atkinson Chair of Early Child Development and Education and Director of the Atkinson Centre, University of Toronto
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Lecturer in Psychology, King's College London
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Honarary Research Fellow in Psychology, Australian Catholic University
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Program Head of Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
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Assistant Professor of Psychology and Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
