There are research studies on almost every conceivable topic. Some topics are seemingly important and some seem trivial. A recent research study seems to be very important to us as a nation. Dr. Keith Ablow wrote on this recently on the Fox News Web. He said:
A University of Michigan Study of nearly 14,000 college students has found that they have less empathy than college students did during the 1980s or 1990s. In fact, today’s college students scored about 40 percent lower in empathy than their counterparts did 20 or 30 years ago.
If accurate, this study has important implications for America. As I wrote in my last post, "Empathy is critically important to healthy relationships." I suggest you go to the Fox News web or to Dr. Ablow's web Living the Truth to read how he characterizes this issue.
If America's youth are losing the ability to EMPATHIZE with others, we are really moving into troubled waters. Without EMPATHY, we will move farther away from good parenting, caring for hurting people and the ability to understand how to correct bad habits. This skill is foundational to an orderly society. Take a look at the drug cartels in Mexico if you want to see what happens when EMPATHY is destroyed.
If you build your life on a house a cards it will fall when the storms of life come and blow on it. Jesus the Messiah
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