For the Youtube video conversation go to: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS2i0PkG5rjjaOSrRzUotRQ Mary Gordon In this episode Carol discusses empathy, how it can be taught and what happens when it goes missing, with Mary Gordon, founder of Roots of Empathy in Toronto, Canada, and author of a book by the same name.
Mary Gordon is founder and director of Roots of Empathy in Toronto, Canada. Empathy, she realizes is a foremost resource for both individuals and groups and nations, etc. The innovative theme of her program is the practice of teaching empathy to children in schools.
A baby is brought by a caretaker into a given classroom where the stages of development and the meaning of the baby’s cues are taught to the children. The class becomes attached and better equipped to read the baby’s cues, and a wide variety of children, from autistic to acting out to isolated refugees, are positively influenced by these experiences. Mary, is both full of empathy herself and understands what happens in a world where it is missing. Her conferences include world leaders and her admirers include the Dalai Lama.