http://www.demandmore.org/2005/11/20/empathy/ DEMAND MORE Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:31:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.demandmore.org/2005/11/20/empathy/comment-page-1/#comment-20070 Finding the Roots of Empathy | Early Childhood Education Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:21:04 +0000 http://www.demandmore.org/?p=50#comment-20070 [...] As an adult, empathetic listening does not always come easily. Different people have different empathy skill sets, often due to their early years experiences. Whatever your capabilities may be, when you are tired, feeling stressed or self-focussed, it is easy to be a poor listening and not empathetic. A video entitled “Got Service”, even when taken from a secular perspective, is a nice reminder that we should try to empathize more with the individuals in our midst, seeing them as members of our community rather than sources of aggravation and competition. For a nicely thought out entry on Empathy, see the Demandmore.org the website. Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!) [...] [...] As an adult, empathetic listening does not always come easily. Different people have different empathy skill sets, often due to their early years experiences. Whatever your capabilities may be, when you are tired, feeling stressed or self-focussed, it is easy to be a poor listening and not empathetic. A video entitled “Got Service”, even when taken from a secular perspective, is a nice reminder that we should try to empathize more with the individuals in our midst, seeing them as members of our community rather than sources of aggravation and competition. For a nicely thought out entry on Empathy, see the Demandmore.org the website. Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!) [...]

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