Teaching Kindness and Empathy (without Shame and Excessive Guilt)

From some things we hear and even witness, it might feel like kindness doesn’t come very naturally to children and adolescents (or any human for that matter). When we are noticing our kids straying away from their natural inclination to be kind and empathic, we can take an active role in encouraging kindness and empathy and also in instilling a belief system that reflects these characteristics in them as individuals.