March 21, 2022 - We are fitting in another “ Ask Me Anything” before beginning a series on Kids and Food. Today Alex responds to questions about how to teach our kids empathy, and how to explain adoption to a biological sibling.
References:
Adoption:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804559/
Community Paediatrics Committee (2001). Paediatr Child Health, 6(5):281-283.
https://www.hopespromise.com/2020/10/21/the-effects-of-adoption-on-biological-siblings/
Hunsley Jana (2020). The effects of adoption on biological siblings, National Council for Adoption, Hope’s Promise blog.
Empathy:
Warneken F, Tomasello M (2006). Altruistic helping in human infants and young chimpanzees, Science, 311(5765). 1301-1303. DOI: 10.1126/science.11211448.
Svetlove M, Nichols S, Brownell C (2010). Toddlers’ prosocial behavior: From instrumental to empathic to altruistic helping, Child Dev, 81(6):1814-1827, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01512.x (open access)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfGAen6QiUE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHY3m4c8aWE
Talking To Kids about Difficult Subjects:
https://supportingchildcaregivers.org/videos--May 20, 2020, “Talking to Kids about COVID-19 and Other Difficult Subjects"
