How to raise Kind, Caring and Empathic Kids Ft. Dr. Richard Weissbourd Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn how and why we should raise children
who care about the common good. 





Dr. Richard Weissbourd is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard and
Director of the Making Caring Common Project, a national effort
that helps educators, parents, and communities raise children who
are caring, respectful and responsible toward others and their
communities. In this episode, Richard explains why we should
raise the next generation to be more altruistic, how we can model
empathic behaviour in the home, and why having empathic
expectations of our children is beneficial to them.





00:00 Introduction


00:21 About Dr. Richard Weissbourd


02:04 How to raise kind, caring, and empathic children 


04:38 Why parents should model empathic behaviour


05:15 Setting empathy expectations in the home


06:25 Why Richard is trying to make "caring common"


08:33 Richard’s perspective on empathy and justice


12:32 How schools and families can elevate empathy 


15:24 Turning the Tide: rewarding ethical care in college
applications


18:56 Challenges in advancing equity in college admissions


20:11 Richard Weissbourd’s Purposeful Empathy Story





CONNECT WITH RICHARD WEISSBOURD


The Children we Mean to Raise Report:
https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/reports/children-mean-raise


About Rick:
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/faculty/richard-weissbourd


The Making Caring Common Project:
https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/ 





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Video edited by David Tsvariani