In my last blog I talked about Rowling’s advice on the importance of failure.  She surprised the audience again with her words on imagination.  But she didn’t talk about artistic imagination & filling your life with creative new worlds.  She talked about the ability to imagine the life of another person, in other words – empathy.

She especially exhorted the audience to imagine the lives of people who live near or in far and distant places, but whose lives are directly impacted by how we conduct our lives, in our communities and in our country.

Kids learn this lesson of imagination by learning to share, learning to put other’s needs ahead of their own.  This is how we raise caring, compassionate children.

How do you help your children learn this lesson of imagination?

David Walsh