Expanding Your Child’s Circle of Empathy

If we wish to nurture tomorrow’s change-makers today, we must start with enhancing empathy in all children. Every child is born with the ability to empathize. When they are young, their circle of empathy starts small. As they grow, parents can help to increase empathy through three stages on a continuum: developing, practicing and expanding empathy. Here is a map suggesting how to expand your children’s circle of empathy.