Forbes magazine discusses the importance of emotional intelligence and the need for empathy:
While schools around the world are increasingly leveraging movement and expressions through dance to teach learners socio-emotional skills, programs like Roots of Empathy and Turnaround for Children are helping foster positive relationships.
Roots of Empathy teaches children to become kinder human beings. Founded in 1996 by child advocate and parenting expert Mary Gordon, this experiential learning program leverages the relationship between an infant and its parents to children empathy and emotional literacy.