Having Compassion for Humanness

Flora, age six, complained that “lately” she had been receiving fewer presents than her brother.  Her mother did not deny the complaint. Neither did she explain to Flora that her brother was older and so deserved more. … Read more

Kinds of Compassion in Parenting

Sara is the youngest of our three children. She was always more cautious than Emily or Andy. I don’t know why. We never deliberately tricked or deceived her. She was just more cautious. In fact, she was … Read more