Compassion is a feeling of deep sympathy for another who is affected by misfortune or suffering, coupled with a powerful desire to alleviate that pain.
Teaching children compassion is a vital part of their childhood learning journey – and a skill that will help them throughout their life.
Through learning the importance of compassion, children will learn how to be kind to themselves, others and help those in need. As part of a broader skill set, compassion will help them think creatively in situations, make decisions that inspire their personal journey, and pursue life with purpose.
Here are 5 popular reasons that every parent should teach their kids to be compassionate:
1. Encourages kindness, patience, acceptance and tolerance of the self and others
Knowing good moral values such as kindness, humility and courage builds a child’s character, and compassion is at the root of them all. This is why it’s essential to start teaching them compassion while they’re still children. Those values mold them to become the person you want them to be.
2. Cultivates a better understanding of others
Compassion teaches kids to listen, and this empathy helps them to better understand others. Teaching children why negativity towards others can cause negative outcomes helps them learn about understanding the perspective of somebody else and how to empathize with them.
3. Builds stronger relationships with other children
When children are compassionate to the other children around their age, they learn that stronger relationships can develop. Being able to build social connections is a vital life skill, and will follow them throughout life.
4. Promotes social harmony and, as a result, lowers risks of bully-like behavior
Compassion is the opposing force of bullying. When kids learn and practice their compassion early, they will be able to encourage environments of compassion all around them, and discourage bullying behaviors in others as well as themselves.
5. Compassion is like a muscle, it gets stronger the more it is practiced
This means that they start building the compassion muscle from a young age, and it continues to grow with them through life. This growth allows them to develop holistically as a person.
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