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elleng

(135,687 posts) Sat Aug 13, 2016, 03:13 PM Aug 2016

Teaching kids empathy: In Danish schools, it’s … well, it’s a piece of cake.

American students are falling behind on valuable social skills. In Denmark, one simple classroom tradition works.

http://www.salon.com/2016/08/09/teaching-kids-empathy-in-danish-schools-its-well-its-a-piece-of-cake/

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Teaching kids empathy: In Danish schools, it’s … well, it’s a piece of cake. (Original Post) elleng Aug 2016 OP

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Sun Aug 14, 2016, 11:24 AM

Aug 2016

What many don’t realize is that empathy is a learned skill that many of us miss out on in America. In fact, some studies show empathy levels have dropped up to 40 percent in the U.S. in the last 30 years, while narcissism is on the steady rise.

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