Guest writer Michele Lilyanna has a new lesson in our Awakening Joy for Kids series. One Heart - Building Compassion and Empathy (Awakening Joy Step 9, Compassion) "This lesson helps us talk to the children about what can break our hearts and cause separation from our friends and family." "When I was a child in school in the 70s, I don’t ever remember being taught strategies for building compassion and empathy. I was told to be nice, and that was only if I was caught by the teacher doing something “bad.” However, for every child, “being nice” has a very different meaning and the act of “being nice” most often is a way a child stays out of trouble, which does not necessarily …
