90: Teaching Our Kids About Empathy, Compassion, and Refugees with Sarah Parker Rubio

March 9, 2020

For centuries, people have been using stories and narrative to teach important lessons. Stories have the power to teach us to love, to forgive others, to be empathetic, just, and to strive for better than we have.

In Episode 90, Daniel and Christina interview children’s author Sarah Parker Rubio about teaching our kids empathy and compassion through the use of story. Sarah opens the refugee discussion between kids and parents in her book, Far From Home. Far From Home is a simple but multi-layered refugee story (drawing directly from headlines) that will help children understand the world around them and remind them that they are not alone.

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In This Episode, You Will Hear About:

Teaching our kids empathy and compassion through the use of story
How to talk to your children about the refugee crisis
Practical ways your family can help refugees

Resources Mentioned During the Episode:

Purchase a copy of Sarah’s beautiful children’s book, Far From Home
Read Sarah’s articles, 4 Ways Anyone Can Help Refugees and How To Talk To Your Kids About Refugees
Listen to our previous episodes about How To Raise Kids That Change The World and How to Raise Grateful Children
Check out Episode 87: How to Find Your Family’s Purpose

Quotes and Tweets:

“Many of us cannot imagine that level of trauma, but we can think about what would it be like. We can make a connection from an experience that we’ve had and use our imagination to get to a place of empathy and compassion.” – Sarah Parker Rubio @imbetweenshow
“Story gives us the opportunity to strengthen our imagination and help us bridge the gap between our experience and someone else’s experience that may be very different” – Sarah Parker Rubio @imbetweenshow
“Story helps us make points of connection with people who may be different than us and see their humanity.” – Sarah Parker Rubio @imbetweenshow
“Empathy and caring is really seeing the humanity of another person, being open to their experience, being willing to receive their story, and being willing to put yourself in their shoes as much as you can.” – Sarah Parker Rubio @imbetweenshow
“Hope is our armor.” – Sarah Parker Rubio @imbetweenshow
“Wherever we are together, that’s home.” – Sarah Parker Rubio @imbetweenshow

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Meet Sarah Parker Rubio:

Sarah Parker Rubio edits children’s and young adult books by day and writes them by night. She was born in the United States, grew up in Costa Rica and Ecuador, and now has a bilingual and bicultural family with her husband, Colombian composer Gary Rubio. They live in the Chicago area with their two sons, Gabriel and Adan; two sassy cats, Perry and Bono; and a giant white dog named Finn. Find out more about Sarah via her Website, Facebook, and Instagram