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Fosters empathy in children

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All parents will be happy when they see the child see the hassles of parents immediately petrified without being told. When he saw other children sad, immediately comforted and helped him. Those who have immediately taken action to help. Open only saying "He is pity, sorry that person," but only stops at the greeting.
But how sad if our children casually say, "I don't care" or "it's you, I'm different" or "you you, me me".
such sentences refer to the attitude of life that does not care for one another or the attitude of not having empathy. If this is carried into adulthood, an uncaring attitude will emerge. This will be a big problem when living in a diverse society.
Children who are not trained to be empathetic since childhood will grow into a person who is not sensitive to the surrounding environment. It all starts with the teaching of a character called Empathy. That's why we need to instill an emotional attitude since the age of children.
However, planting an attitude of empathy cannot be done easily if we ourselves do not simultaneously teach it. Recognizing the character of empathy is not just a way to fill our children's brains with information about the character of empathy, but to train children to understand what and how the character is.
Empathy is a gateway for caring and happy souls to help. There is no way for children to be spontaneous helping and reflexively act to help other people's problems, if they do not have high empathy abilities.
For this reason, our role as parents becomes important. We need to practice this attitude so that children grow into individuals who care and benefit others.

How to develop empathy attitude

Given the importance of empathy, let us invite ourselves with family and the environment to jointly develop empathy in children. There are several steps that mothers and fathers can try to train their children to have an attitude of sympathy.

1. Share experiences
Parents can share stories with children. Father and mother told about the experiences that were found throughout the day both wherever they were. Can start with the phrase "The mother was sad, son. There is a friend of the mother who was hit by a motorcycle. time crossing the road. His body is injured. Luckily mama and friends saw and immediately helped him to the hospital by calling an ambulance. Poor huh? ".
After that, make it a habit for children to talk about experiences they have experienced, or see what happened to their friends. This is so that children are trained to talk about their experiences and feelings in order to be able to recognize their own emotions and feelings.

2. Train to express feelings
We need to train the child to convey his feelings whether pleasant or not. Train children to express their feelings through sentences such as "I'm upset", "I'm happy", "I'm disappointed" and others and teach children to state the reasons why these feelings appear.

3. Heart touching story
We can read children about stories that touch the heart. The story of the prophets with their suffering and piety to be a good example for all people. We can take this by reading a book. Then invite the child to discuss it with the child about the contents of the book.

4. Utilizing togetherness with children
Being with children is a big thing that children can feel. Every day we leave the child to work. We go when the child is still asleep and go home when the child is sleeping. Then take advantage of the golden moment with children. Many events around us can be valuable lessons in growing empathy. Can appear when watching TV, or the arrival of an unexpected guest.
Parents must be good at seeing this situation. If we encounter this, discuss it with the child, starting with the question: "If the events in the film happened to you, what would you do?" Slowly, children will learn to always be sensitive to events around.

5. Involve children in various activities.
Involving small things that children can do is something they are proud of. Maybe for us a small thing but in the eyes of children already feel big.
For example, when a mother is drying a child's clothes, it will help by getting her own clothes to be dried. Praise this child so that the child feels valued.
Include children in community service at home, visiting orphanages, and the like. Give an adequate portion of involvement to the child so that he feels the inner satisfaction of doing this.

6. Reward
Appreciation when children are able to express their feelings well or do activities that show concern. They will be more eager to do good in the good. Appreciation received by children will be the fuel that ignites the spirit of empathy.
Thus my writing this time may be useful for us all.

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