empathy is alive and well

Oct 16, 2015 14:47

I am reading a book about the formation of empathy in kids. It is talking a lot about the limbic system, and mirror neurons, some of it I knew already, but much is new ( Read more... )

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ba1126 October 16 2015, 19:45:04 UTC
What a bright little girl, to be able to put her feeling into words!! I tried,when raising my 7 kids, to help them name their feelings and to express them (both the 'good' and the 'bad' ones) It seems to be an area that some parents neglect, especially with their sons. Being able to name and express your own feelings leads to better understanding (and feeling) other people's feelings. Especially in marriage, being able to do this is a way to grow closer and more 'in tune' with your partner.

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anteros_lmc October 19 2015, 21:02:03 UTC
Oh my what a perceptive little girl! "All the way dead?" That's heart breaking. You live among good people.

Empathy is fascinating. I was thinking just the other day about how we can empathise so strongly with fictional characters. How is it that marks on a page can provoke such a strong physical response in us? It's a kind of magic that never ceases to amaze me.

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eglantine_br October 19 2015, 22:02:59 UTC
I think that book was what led me to the Cleveland fic. I was thinking about holding babies. Funny about Adam Smith. I don't know much at all about him, but he would not have been my first guess for someone thinking deeply about empathy.

And now I am thinking also about Dr Hornblower, all alone with a hungry baby, trying to rig up some sort of bottle while he figured out what to do with the shreds of his life.( I think he eventually found a wet-nurse.)

And I am thinking of Archie's mom, in her grand house, in her shabby chair.

Magic, as you say.

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