When Empathy Fails in Your Relationships | Starts With Me
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Date: 2022-06-18

When Empathy Fails in Your Relationships | Starts With Me

What are the specific problems with empathy?  
Last night my 6-month-old daughter decided not to sleep, she was one in the morning, and she knew I had a conference today. I don't know how she knew but she knew it and. Babies are very wise.  

Yes, and I think their moral some very impressive person wrote Just Babies. So, Paul, that's another one of your books. That is a plug. If for those who don't know. So, she knew I had this conference, UM? And she was crying. And I was just thinking if I were to empathize with you Little baby, I would be exhausted.  

Right? Like so maybe we can start to get into what are the specific problems with empathy? When we want to help my baby cry, she is really struggling. She is stressed out about something. Why should I not? Have empathized with her what is some of the issues. Good, I think about this a lot regarding parents. I am not a therapist, I'm not a manager but I am a parent.  

My boys are now in their 20s and off to the world but those are exactly the questions and here's what you do want to have towards you. Maybe you want to care about your baby. Could be an awful parent if you said who cares? She is crying. You want to love your baby that's one thing you also want to understand your baby as best you can. You know your theory seems to be that she was crying to make you tired for the next day. That's good. Theory maybe she. Maybe she was wet. Maybe she had gas, maybe whatever, and it could help. She's hungry, feed her and all that stuff. But would it? Help to feel her pain. Well, you know. In your example, maybe it wouldn't hurt, maybe just hurt you, but there are all sorts of cases where it gets you into trouble. 


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