The Washington Post: 5 Ways to Teach Our Children Empathy in These Challenging Times
"Empathy is at the heart of what it means to be human... Empathy is what binds us as communities and as a society, and it’s saving hundreds of thousands of lives as we battle the novel coronavirus." Rick Weissbourd writes about teaching empathy in the The Washington Post.
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