Dear Eric: I’ve never written to a columnist before but felt compelled to put in my two cents about the letter from “Ignored Friend”. The letter writer resented that one of her friend’s teenage sons ...

It was a lesson in humility and empathy. About 20 teens, led by five adults, participated in the World Vision-sponsored 30-Hour Famine and learned what it’s like to be hungry, like many who live in ...

It is tough to be a teenager these days. High school plays out under a social media microscope, one that parents and young people can find difficult to free themselves from and focus instead on what ...

Student wearing a mask in the classroom. Source: Photo by Yan Krukov from Pexels Watching young people settle into yet another school year shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, I can’t help but admire the ...

Empathy is the ability to understand and be sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of another. It is a common stereotype that autistic people do not have empathy. This stereotype is ...

Empathy refers to the ability to understand how a person feels and to experience their emotions. Sympathy refers to feeling for another, such as feeling sorry for them, without actually feeling their ...