Sensitive children. How to develop empathy in a child and how it will help him succeed in life. Borba M.

"What do children need to become happy and successful?" - hundreds of parents asked me, and my answer surprised everyone: "Empathy." Sympathy is far from lingering, as some believe. It plays an unexpectedly important role in happiness and success.

Empathy is not a pleasant addition to development, but an integral part of the present and future happiness, success and well -being of children. It is not given from birth. Empathy can and should be taught by parents and teachers. Moreover, children themselves can cultivate and improve it as the ability to ride a bicycle or knowledge of a foreign language.

But why our children empathy? First of all, it affects their health, well -being, happiness, satisfaction in relationships and the ability to quickly recover from adversity. It contributes to kindness, pro -social behavior, moral courage and serves as a vaccine against bullying, aggression, prejudices and racism. Empathy also has a positive effect on reading skills, mathematics, critical thinking, prepares a child for life in a globalized world and helps to look for work.

Therefore, Forbes calls the company to master the principles of empathy, Harvard Business Review declares as if “The Association of Medical Colleges considers the main component of the success of the leader and the quality of work,” and the Association of Medical Colleges.

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