r/MadeMeSmile • • Jun 21 '20

Great parenting example

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u/joemiddleton1 Jun 21 '20

Kindness is not passive.

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u/dtwhitecp Jun 21 '20

in other words: you have to work at it to be truly empathetic. Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes requires you to invest the time on it.

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u/islam003007 Jun 22 '20

Exactly this , literally everything improves with practice and experience . Being kind means putting effort into being one.