Youth mental health: Teaching (and learning) empathy
What roles do empathy and compassion play in our ability to have healthy relationships? And what does it look like to apply those concepts to oneself?
On this episode of School’s In, hosts Dan Schwartz and Denise Pope welcome Stanford Psychology Professor Jamil Zaki to discuss compassion, empathy, and what our perceptions of the world say about us. Zaki touches on several related matters, including:
The science of self compassion and its effect on mental health
How schools and communities can develop empathy in young people and encourage them to practice it
Tools for cooperation and…
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