empathy
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Knowing what the parent is struggling with can offer a path toward empathy and repair.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Each exemplifies his empathy for people in their day-to-day challenges, but he regarded the last, about Maude Callen, a black nurse-midwife in an impoverished community in South Carolina, as his most rewarding assignment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Her daughter has obviously inherited Heder’s deep well of empathy, one that is more concerned with bringing new, unseen stories to the screen than with the pursuit of cool points or pure fame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"Where is the empathy? I've lived here for more than 20 years - I've got friends, I've got family."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
My empathy link was really tingling for the first time in months, which either meant a whole lot of people had suddenly switched on the Nature Channel, or Grover was close.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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