Educators must practice self-care before they can create safe and supportive environments conducive to teaching empathy to students.

Could empathy become extinct?


The thought of living in a world without empathy should be enough to get the attention of most people who work in the field of education

Key points:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic forced more people are online and cause more people to feel undervalued
  • Educators--distance educators in particular--must practice self-care in order to help their own students learn empathy
  • See related article: This key strategy can help boost teacher well-being immediately

If empathy were an animal, it would undoubtedly be on the endangered species list--potentially on the cusp of meeting a fate comparable to the woolly mammoth or the saber-toothed cat.  Since 1973, the purpose of the Endangered Species Act has been to protect endangered animals and foster habitat, which not only promotes safety and recovery from the events or circumstances that led to rapid decline, but also advocates and educates for future changes in policy, procedures, and society to ensure the animals are nourished and safeguarded.  In short, the endangered species list attempts to save animals before it is too late.  Although not a living organism, empathy is on the verge of becoming an endangered social skill.

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