E8. Fostering Empathy in Children and Pre-Teens with Dr. Yamilka Urquiza

Welcome back for the next adventure of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans. Today’s guest is Dr. Yamilka Urquiza and she will speak about her research into fostering empathy in kids. All Aboard !1:41  Dr. Urquiza tells us about her upbringing in Cuba in a multi-generational households.10:50 Her research findings included a reciprocity of caregiving between the generations.13:00 Other findings included: for those now grown adults who had been a helper-caregiver as kids, they now had a positive attitude toward caregiving; also, increased empathy.16:30 Dr. Urquiza shares her childhood experience of caregiving for her great grandpa in Cuba.18:14 Through caregiving role/experiences, kids learn to think about others and the experiences of others and thus they grow their perspective-taking skill and empathy development.19:48 The research participants who described having their own empathy and consideration of others expanded through the caregiving role/experience.20:24 Kathryn describes the multi-generational context of her own kids are being raised in and how she helps them grow empathy and perspective-taking through conversations with them.23:49 Kathryn expands their multi-perspective context to immigrant families.25:10 Ronda describes her sadness about her kid being raised physically separated from his grandparents, and thus this opportunity for exposure to multiple perspectives is more limited.27:09 Kathryn describes how attachment can be developed across time and space.31:01. Dr. Yamilka describes how her son now, without prompting, goes to the nearby senior facility to pay saxophone for the elderly.33:44 Dr. Yamilka describes her joy in finding this positive benefit of fostering empathy from caregiving when previous research had found negative impact and stigma.Thank you for listening! Kathryn is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.You can follow Kathryn de BruinFacebook  YouTube   IG   Yelp   Google +   Twitter   WebsiteYou can follow Ronda EvansFacebook   Facebook   IG  LinkedIn   Website You can follow Dr. Yamilka UrquizaEmail: [email protected]: (619) 786-0052Website: www.halcyonfh.com