By Lizzy Francis — 2020
Raising an empathetic and kind kid is a beautiful thing, but it’s also important to prepare kids for the real world.
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CLEAR ALL
Empathy is divided into cognitive, emotional and applied empathy, all of which are valuable. For empathy to truly be useful to the human condition, our kids must have applied empathy, or compassion.
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