Update: April 2019
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For Educators: A Curriculum for Expanding Empathy & Compassion to 'Others'
Caring and compassion are vital, teachable skills with the power to promote tolerance and inclusiveness in our schools, communities, and neighborhoods. This simple set of lessons for elementary school students has been designed by Making Caring Common and Doing Good Together to inspire and empower children to be ambassadors for good beyond their close social groups. Try them at your school today.
In the News
Our new report on college admissions received extensive media coverage this past month:
ABC News: Start Here
America Magazine: We’re sacrificing our kids’ mental health to the college admission industrial complex
Deseret News: The college admissions process poses an ethical test for parents, and many aren't passing. Here are 7 tips
EdSurge: Making the College Admissions Process Work for All Students
Education Week: 140-Plus College Admissions Deans Pledge to Prioritize Service, Ethical Character
Forbes: I Might Be A Helicopter Parent In College Admission If...
Forbes: The College Admission Scandal: Voices Of Reason Part One
Forbes: The College Admission Scandal: Voices Of Reason, Part Two
Good Morning America: Report calls for parents to emphasize character during college admissions process
Here & Now: Another College Admissions Twist: Sabotaging Other People's Kids
Inside Higher Ed: A Call for Parents to Behave
Quartz: The college application process is an ethical test—and many parents are failing it
The Chronicle of High Education: We Asked 20 Elite-College Admissions Deans About the Bribery Scandal. Here’s What They Said.
The New York Times: The Moral Wages of the College Admissions Mania
The Washington Post: Feel like the college application process is out of control? Here’s how to keep it ethical.
The Washington Post: The college-admissions scandal rattled rich parents. But will it change them?
The Washington Post: When parents are so desperate to get their kids into college that they sabotage other students
TODAY: After the scandal: How to parent your teen through college applications (sanely)
U.S. News & World Report: What to Look For When Hiring a College Consultant
Usable Knowledge: Reducing Achievement-Related Stress
WBUR: Educators Urge Parents And High Schools To Make Ethics The Heart Of College Applications
For more information and resources, check out our website, and be sure to follow Making Caring Common on Facebook and Twitter to join the conversation online.
Tip for Families: Empathize with your child and model empathy for others
Children learn empathy both from watching us and from experiencing our empathy for them. When we empathize with our children they develop trusting, secure attachments with us. Those attachments are key to their wanting to adopt our values and to model our behavior, and therefore to building their empathy for others.
Read more tips for cultivating empathy on our website.