Compassion: Seeing Clearly

What you need:

• CNN Hero: Yash Gupta (YouTube)
• Community Compassion worksheet

What you do:

1. Ask your child, "Who are some people in the community who help others who are struggling?"
2. Ask, "What does it mean to be compassionate? How do you feel when others help you if you are having a hard time?"
3. Ask, "When have you shown compassion for others?"
4. Show your child the video "CNN Hero: Yash Guta."
5. After the video, ask you child, "Why did Yash want to help others receive glasses? How did this affect his community? The world?"
6. Ask, "What is one thing you would like to do in your home or in the community to help others?"
7. Review the Community Compassion worksheet and work with your child to complete it.