185. The Tale of the Other Glove: 3 Ways Kids Learn Empathy

Spiritually Hungry

Monica Berg and Michael Berg

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🗓️ 17 September 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Empathy allows us to connect with others and deepen our relationships. Whether we realize it or not, the children in our lives are always watching and learning from us. Join us in this summer mini-episode of Spiritually Hungry as we discuss the most powerful ways to teach and model empathy.

“You don’t need to know someone’s story to be able to see them as human or feel their pain. You just need to be able to put yourself in their shoes.” – Monica Berg

Further Readings: The Tale of the Other Glove, by Monica & Abigail Berg

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0:00.0	It's so important to say, okay, I know this person's soul.
0:11.8	I love them.
0:13.2	I may not understand the behavior, but let me stop and think about all the other things that are existing in their lives.
0:18.2	Their wants, their desires, their disappointments.
0:21.0	How would I feel if I were them?
0:28.7	Welcome to spiritually hungry.
0:30.4	I'm very excited today.
0:31.4	It's a very special day.
0:32.4	It's also your birthday.
0:33.4	Happy birthday, Monica.
0:34.4	Oh, thank you.
0:34.9	It's also publishing day for The Other Gloves. So before you say anything. It's book launch. Sorry, book lunch. Sorry, sorry, book launch. Before you say anything, I want to ask all of our listeners to pause this snack and go to Amazon or wherever you buy your books and buy many, many copies for yourself and your family. It's an amazing and inspiring
0:54.2	book that every child should have in their home. It truly is a great gift. So buy it today exactly
0:59.4	and give it during the holidays. And the illustrations of the other glove.
1:04.0	Illustrations are wintery and so it's like perfect for the season we're going to go into.
1:10.2	And the book really segues into what we're going to
1:12.9	talk about today, which is the power of empathy. And it's interesting because I remember when
1:18.2	one of our daughters, Miram, when she was younger, one day she came up from school and she's like,
1:22.9	well, I don't know, you know, empathy, what's the difference? Can you really cultivate it? And we got an
1:28.4	interesting conversation. I thought, wow, for me, it's kind of just automatic that it's such a
1:32.8	necessary characteristic to have. And I do believe that it can be grown and cultivated. And part of
1:39.3	the impetus of writing, Tale of the Other Glove was exactly that notion of you don't need to know somebody's story
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