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Teens Are Still Developing Empathy Skills
The teen years are often full of door-slamming, eye-rolling and seeming insensitivity, even by kids who behaved
In adolescence, critical social skills that are needed for one to feel concern for other people and to understand how they think are undergoing major changes. Adolescence has long been known as prime time for developing cognitive skills for self-regulation and executive function.
“Cognitive empathy,” or the mental ability to take others’ perspective, begins to rise
Adolescent boys actually show a
This doesn’t mean, however, that we can do nothing but just wait for teenagers to develop a feeling of empathy. In fact, parents can help instill(灌输) affective empathy into their children. Affective empathy is
The findings reflect a major
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For the entirety of our life we have been coping with anxiety. But having some anxiety, especially in a stressful situation, isn’t
Anxiety is an uncomfortable emotion, often
Too much anxiety can be debilitating (使体弱力衰). But a normal amount is
When anxiety is turned up too high, Dr. Suzuki added, it tends to become less useful. The first step in controlling anxiety that holds you back is to
A certain degree of anxiety can help people prepare for a potential
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When I was a young man, I though life was all about me — about how I’d make my way in the world, become successful, and get the things I want. But then the two of you came into my world with all your
I want all our children to go to schools
I want us to push the boundaries of discovery so that you’ll live to see new technologies and inventions that improve our lives and make our planet cleaner and safer. And I want us to push our own human boundaries to reach beyond the
Sometimes we have to send our young men and women into war and other dangerous situations to protect our country — but when we do, I want to make sure that it is only for a very good reason, that we try our best to