Empathy - Parent 1

Your student is participating in classroom activities helping them learn the meaning of empathy. We would love for you to keep the discussion going at home!

Definition: Empathy is the ability to understand and share feelings of another person. Empathy means you try to understand how someone is feeling and you try to see a situation from their point of view.

Here are just a few ideas to help get the conversation started:

• Empathy is the ability to understand and share feelings of another person. Empathy means you try to understand how someone is feeling and you try to see a situation from their point of view.
• How can you show empathy to someone who is scared, sad, lonely?
• What does it mean to put yourself in someone else’s shoes?
• Share your own situations when you were empathetic.