Tips for teaching kindness

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Kate Garlinge

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4.7 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Young children are naturally egocentric. This is a normal part of their development, as they must first make sense of the world around them through their own eyes, before they can see it through someone else’s. In fact, until they approach preschool age, they have little reason to believe that others might have feelings or thoughts different from their own. But getting them to eventually understand that everyone’s got their own perspective, is how we teach kindness.

Empathy — the ability to imagine how others might be feeling — is a cornerstone of kindness, and Jessica Rolph, your host, is joined by Monica Guthrie-Purchase to help us support our children in building that skill. Monica is a Start Early Education Coordinator. She is also the mother of two adult sons and grandmother to one granddaughter.

Key Takeaways:

[2:01] What is the first step to building kindness?

[2:45] How can parents model empathy?

[5:10] When do children start showing that they have empathy?

[6:43] How can parents help their children build perspective?

[9:34] The benefits of teaching your child that a person isn’t bad, only their behavior.

[11:18] Should parents encourage their child to make an apology?

[14:24] Monica shares some practical activities to teach empathy.

[16:28] How can books help children build kindness and empathy?

[17:23] Thinking of others can become part of the daily routine at home.

[20:46] Jessica shares her top takeaways from the conversation with Monica Guthrie-Purchase.

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0:00.0	Parenthood is a time of so much change for you and your baby.
0:13.8	A little reliable information can go a long way towards making this new life a good life.
0:20.0	I'm Jessica Rolfe, and this is my new life,
0:24.0	a love every podcast. While the science aligns on what's healthy for a baby's brain development,
0:30.1	when it comes to how to care for our babies, there's a seemingly endless supply of competing
0:34.9	perspectives. Parents are swimming in advice on sleep, feeding,
0:39.8	parenting philosophies. In this season of the podcast, we aim to provide a variety of curated
0:46.1	perspectives so you can make informed choices for your family.
0:54.6	That's mine. I want that. Look at me! Young children are naturally egocentric. This is a normal
1:01.7	part of their development. They must first make sense of the world through their own eyes
1:05.9	before they can see it through someone else's. In fact, until they approach preschool age, they have
1:11.7	little reason to believe that others might have feelings or thoughts different from their own.
1:16.4	But getting them to eventually understand that everyone's got their own perspective is how we teach
1:22.0	kindness. Empathy, the ability to imagine how others might be feeling, is a cornerstone of kindness.
1:28.7	And here to help us build that skill in our children is Monica Guthrie Purchase.
1:33.5	She's worked as a Head Start teacher for over 12 years and currently serves as education
1:39.1	coordinator for Start Early's EHSN in the Chicago area.
1:44.0	Hello, Monica.
1:45.4	Hi, how are you?
1:47.4	I'm so looking forward to talking about this important topic with you today.
1:51.5	Kindness is a value that so many of us parents just really want to instill in our children.
1:56.5	So how do we do it?
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