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The Roots of Empathy | Boston Children's Museum's Big & Little Podcast

“All too often, we hear about empathy as perspective-taking…it's putting yourself in someone else's shoes. But con artists, students who bully, even psychopaths can have pretty sound perspective-taking skills. So we know that empathy is so much more than that.”
— Milena Batanova

Milena Batanova, MCC's Director of Research and Evaluation, and Kiran Bhai, MCC's Schools & Parenting Programs Director, explore these questions on the first episode of Season 2 of the Big & Little Podcast. Together, they discuss with Melissa Higgins, Vice President of Programs and Exhibits at Boston Children's Museum, what empathy means for children and the science-backed strategies that parents, caregivers, and educators can use to nurture compassion at home and in schools.