![]() ![]() As the pandemic pushes us into isolation, culture wars rage, and disinhibited cruelty brews on social media, it feels a little controversial to suggest that empathy has downsides. In the adult world, however, the virtues of empathy are less clear. And as the episode goes on to tell its young audience, understanding other people’s feelings is important. ![]() It means putting yourself in someone else’s shoes.”Īs definitions go, Barry’s one seems a pretty good one for empathy – it’s about projecting yourself into somebody’s mind to feel what they feel. “You’re not showing a lot of empathy, Kari. In one episode, the character Barry – a blue rectangle with pink eyebrows – is glum about the result of his football match. On CBeebies, the BBC service for little children, there’s a programme called Treasure Champs, which aims to teach young viewers about their feelings, and how to manage them. ![]()
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