Katy Dawson on Having Empathy for an Angry Child

 

• teaches 3rd grade

• Kindergarten - Story of dealing with angry child with empathy

• boy throws block at other child

• dealing with this incidence with empathy

• finding his needs, making connection

• get connected then anything is possible

• connection is a start

• open heartedness, connection

• Empathy is really powerful - it opens hearts

• it's listening

• Build community through empathy

• let's go help, what happened? how's he feeling?

• looking at other's feelings

• Naming the experience

  • it helps kids that are unhappy to hear it from others

Katy Dawson on Empathy and Open Heartedness

 

• check in with my heart

• kids ability to connect

• open hearted versus wanting to do something

• give empathy

  • don't give empathy because I should

  • have an open heart

• stories of bullying and empathy

•  aikido of empathy

Katy Dawson on Akido as Metaphor of Empathy

 

• empathy is like Akido

• valuing each sides energy or needs

• there is not right and wrong, no bad guys

• following the energy

• human beings are energy - we want to connect

• a pull to connect with each other

Katy Dawson on How we can Build a Culture of Empathy?

 

• Working with parents and giving them the tools

• Schools can become centers of empathy

  • Some say don't teach empathy at school but rather at home

  • they haven't been in the schools

• letters to the editor, full of blame

• want to talk with peoples who's letters confused me

  • get people who are on the other side of the fence to have dialog

  • a forum for conversations

  • for creating connection and understanding

  • so enemies are not enemies anymore

  • We're brought up in a culture of whose right and who's wrong

• the opposite of what happens on tv now.

  • not trying to listen

  • drama of fighting

  • drama of coming together - movies that are alive