Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Seeds of Compassion

http://www.seedsofcompassion.org/why/

My Masterpiece Field: Helping Others

Brain Development 

-Social and emotional development is defined as a person's capacity to identify, understand, experience, manage and express a full range of positive and negative emotions
-Ability to develop empathy for others as well as develop healthy relationships with others as actively explore the environment and learn with it
-Emotions are biologically built into the structure of a young person's brain 
-Studies have shown that the critical brain connections that determine emotional, social and intellectual development form through early relationships depending on how much activity and attention they are given
-Parents and caregivers strongly affect the wiring of their brain through interactions
-First step in cultivating human compassion is to develop empathy for your fellow humans
-Thankfully, humans are wired to respond to others in need 
-Social and emotional development is crucial and of utmost importance because it is the foundation of and preparation for school and in life 

5 Vocab Words

Alleged (adj) -declared or stated to be as described ; doubtful, suspect
Filial (adj) -of or pertaining to a son or daughter 
Introverts (n) -a person characterized by concern primarily with his or her own thoughts and feelings; shy person
Mediocre (adj) -of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad 
Wast (v) -second person singular indicative or be

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