Some experts say the expanding use of social media is producing a generation of empathy-deficient people.
They are instant generations of interest, empathy, emotion, and intrigue".
Recent research by University of Michigan social psychologist Dr. Sara Konrath finds that levels of empathy among Generation Y have been steadily diminishing.
With each generation, we extend our circle of empathy bit by bit to include those who were previously ignored--like battered women, the mentally disabled, and the transgender community.
Education through communication skill building, understanding needs and feelings that drive our behavior, social and emotional intelligence... these should be our core curricula in early childhood learning so that a new generation emerges carrying the values of empathy, liberty and justice for all.
I'll be writing more about that in the future, because the way I see things going in the world, we need to raise this generation of kids with as much empathy and compassion as possible.
("Her brown eyes," he wrote, "were pools of empathy evolved through a thousand generations of what was good and decent in the history of the human race").
This is a young man with full of empathy and tremendous potential to inspire his generation to fight for a healthy and just world.
Just imagine: an entire generation of children, with their capacity for empathy fully nurtured, growing up to become the parents, citizens, and world leaders of tomorrow.
Across all age groups, the education system needs to promote social cohesion and peace by integrating these concepts more tightly with the curriculum, thereby developing a generation of young adults that understand diversity, empathy, active citizenship and fundamental human rights.
