natural disasters

How can we help Haiti? Turn Empathy into Action

by DrRobyn on January 14, 2010

AP Photo/Medecins Sans Frontieres, Stefano Zannin

It’s Empathy Month for Powerful Words. Given the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that recently occurred in Haiti, it’s time to connect our new understanding of empathy with a real world disaster and real world consequences. Talking to your children about how to cope when a natural disaster occurs [...]

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photo from: MSNBC: XINHUA via AFP- Getty Images

The tragic earthquake may have occurred in China, but it has rocked the whole world. Especially due to the very high death toll and the percentage of children lost in the disaster, hearts around the world are heavy.
Whenever a worldwide tragedy occurs, children look to their parents [...]

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