The importance of empathy in children

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La empathy as we have described in several previous articles is the capacity that human beings have to put themselves in the place of another, feel y think different. Many adults for whatever reason do not convey that empathy towards others and it is something that should be worked on.

In children The same thing happens, many do not have this developed capacity, hence the importance of fostering this capacity at home, working with them since childhood, since it is in the bosom familiar where you can best acquire empathy and later, of course, at school. 

In children it is very important to help develop this ability because in adulthood they will need to care for other people and worry about others other than themselves. You have to ensure that they are not too much selfish and that they know how to put themselves in someone else's shoes, which will help you understand feelings from others and to differentiate when he has been able to cause some harm to someone without even realizing it. Thanks to this capacity we will help them to be the best people in the future and who know how to treat everyone around them much better.

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To foster empathy in children we must, for example, read stories as a family where they know how to place themselves in the place of each character and explain, at the beginning with the help of the parents, what each one of them feels, if they are sad, happy, tired ... Give example it is something evident when you have children, therefore we have to lead by example and be the first to help people who need it, not be selfish, care about others ... Teach them what kind of feelings exist and making each one of them see in the people around us, even when going down the street, will make it go differentiating each of the emotions, always giving examples of our own feelings. Another thing that we must not forget, especially parents, is that it is not necessary to to nag never to a child for expressing their feelings since constant scolding can cause them to develop a fear to express themselves publicly and cause serious problems of socialization in the future, that's why when the boy or girl cries, let him cry, if he laughs, let him laugh ... let him learn what to express feelings and know recognize them in others it is something very positive in a person.


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