Holiday Break Episode 1: What you can do to avoid being a Scrooge

Release date: December 24, 2023

In this first mini Holiday Break episode, I explore A Christmas Carol's central idea, which I argue is empathy. Links to the research I cite are below. Full-length Talking About Kids episodes will return in the new year.

Links

An Overview of Empathy

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5571783/

The Science of Empathy

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5513638/

Cultivating empathy

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/11/feature-cultivating-empathy