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/  CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected]   ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/   ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21 ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast Video edited by David Tsvariani