A new definition of kindness and empathy? (on educating children)

Today's version of the Toronto Star has several articles on kindness and empathy. The feature article appears on the front page of the "Insight" section. The title of the print version is "Kindness: A fledgling movement aims to instil empathy and make us a kinder, gentler, society." The online version is How to fight meanness? Try a bit of kind.¹

The article is written by education reporter Louise Brown. The gist of the article is that we need to teach empathy and kindness² and perhaps the schools should be involved. But the main teachers should be parents.
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