Cultivando la Empatía | Columna ¡Mirad a los Niños!

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EJERCICIO:

Recuerda tu infancia... 📌

Como madre o padre:

📣 Da buen ejemplo de empatía.

📣 Respeta las diferencias en otras personas.

📣 Se sensible y da un trato digno al prójimo.

📣 Fomenta y alienta la empatía en los niños.

📣 Recuerda el valor del respeto hacia los demás.

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•• ENGLISH ••

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As far as empathy is concerned, I relate it to a key word: love. From which others are derived, such as sensitivity, kindness, consideration, acceptance, respect and understanding. All these words are really very necessary values because they help people to live together harmoniously from a very young age. Therefore, in this edition of the Look at the Children! column, we will help you with some tips to promote empathy at home and raise children who care about others, that is, to form empathetic children.

According to the Real Academia Española empathy is the feeling of identification with something or someone. Also the main dictionary of our language, says that empathy is the ability to identify with someone and share their feelings. In other words, to be empathetic is to put oneself in the shoes of others.

As we know social development is a process by which the child learns to interact with those around him from the baby stage and thus, little by little as he grows, assimilates the norms of the society where he develops, strengthening the necessary skills that will allow him to define and manifest a behavior based on the awareness of the social and this can be empathetic or not.

Understanding differences

Understanding the feelings and life condition of others, show that the child has learned to reciprocate without selfishness, that is, to value and identify with people. Understanding that everyone has different feelings and equally that there are different people speaks volumes about the ability to be empathetic not only to feelings, but to the life situation of others.

The world in which we live there are many differences and that diversity allows us to expand the capacity for acceptance from childhood to adulthood. Precisely because we belong to a social group that is diverse in ideals, cultures and different life situations, whether due to an illness or condition or disability, it is essential to teach empathy to children. Undoubtedly, this value taught from childhood builds a fair and better society, because to be empathetic is to know and respect all those differences.

Empathy turns the child into a kind person, because this will be understanding and respectful with everyone, both with family and acquaintances helping him to establish good relationships. Although from the time we are a baby there is a certain type of empathy that exists innately, it must be stimulated in children from an early age.

Talk about empathy by example

Of course, more than the many words about empathy the example is the best strategy to transfer this and other values to children. Therefore, it is important to implement empathy first and foremost within the family and this responsibility falls primarily on the parents who should:

• Be respectful of the lives of all people, avoiding teasing and all kinds of bad expressions against family members as well as other individuals.

• Refer to physical differences in appearance or abilities of other people with respect.

• Do good deeds to other people in any setting, i.e., without distinction approach someone in need of help, to see if there is anything they can help with.

These few tips are the keys to fostering and encouraging empathy in children, because with the love and respect we adults give to others children will be people who care about others.

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If you find this difficult...

Look at yourself in every child

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Watch this children's video from Smile and Learn - English, which adequately explains what empathy is all about.

What is EMPATHY? - Explanation for children (In Spanish)