Importance of Teaching Compassion and Giving Humane Education to Children

According to Wikipedia, Compassion is a human emotion prompted by the pain of others. More vigorous than empathy, the feeling commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another's suffering. It is often though not inevitably, the key component in what manifests in the social context of Altruism.

Why Compassion is important:

Man is a social animal and always looks for the support and guidance of others. He always was and is depended on others to progress. Right from first man to the modern man, we always are depended on others, particularly on Nature. When i say nature, its trees and obviously animals. Animals were great friends of man since ages. They always helped man right from transportation to laboratory testings. So, in the development of man and his culture, the role of animals is almost indispensable. But, in the mean time, we have ignored that, animals are also creatures and since they are helping us, we should be more thankful to them. With the time we started thinking that, exploiting animals is our right. But, which is not. God has created all the living beings with a different purpose. Cutting down trees without purpose is now leading to Global warming and Air pollution. The purpose of creating trees is to give oxygen, which we forget so badly.

Like wise every living being is created for a purpose but not to get exploited or being killed ruthlessly. The main difference in this thinking is because in these busy lives, we are not teaching our kids about being compassionate to others. Its mainly the fault of the system itself. Our parents always taught us about being compassionate. But in these days, how many parents are talking about this? I doubt very few. The percentage may be around 10, i guess.

What is importance of promoting compassion or humane education?

1. It helps to prevent violence and helps kids apply the concepts of respect and kindness towards animals in their own lives.

2. It helps kids understand current and past social justice movements.

3. It empowers kids to realize that they can make a positive difference in their communities and the world around them.

4. It motivates young people, who are naturally fond of animals to become involved in a cause that they care about.

5. It prevents them being anti social elements.

6. It could change your kids lives ... and may be your own!!

Hence, i request all the readers to teach compassion and humane education to your kids. Systematic re-inforcement  will make your kids understand the importance of it and will behave like responsible human beings.

You must be interested in these readings :

1.Wiki - Compassion

2. Teaching kindness to animals. (Important to read)

Thanks

Bharadwaj

A Tribute to Kittu

Kittu ............. our most wounderful pet..........a DOG !!!!!

Very Intelligent, honest, good, sensible, humor and what not ............ it will take loooooooooooooooooot of space to describe about Kittu. It joined our family 12 years ago when i was doing my final graduation. It was 2 days old and not yet opened its eyes. It would go to another side, if we call from another direction. That small when it came. It was typically like a sumo fighter. No shapes when arrived.

My father never liked pets, but Kittu with its personality and behaviour was able to change the whole thinking of my father. Now, my father feeds more than a dozen small road side Dogs every day. It would pick up the phone, stand on my news paper inviting me to paly with him. It would run all around the home, and would sleep fully tired.

In its child hood, it has suffered from a infection and we noticed it little late. We were taken him to hospital for a week and doctors gave IV lines to Kittu....thank god it survived. I still remember giving him energy drinks with a spoon.

Kittu was so disciplined. He would never touch food if he was ill. That is the first indicator for us that he was not well. He understands every single instruction of us and we also understand every single expression of him. So, communicative was our Kittu.

Our house is known as kittu's house. Kittu also helped my mother recovering from a serious health problem. We both were very good friends. We both were playing a lot of with each other.

Kittu has gained lot of Fan following with its behaviour and infact we have learned lot of things from him.Very high self esteem was the asset of Kittu.

Unfortunately Kittu has passed away leaving all of us on 31st August 09 attending a medical assistance from the doctor. May his soul rest in peace.

Unforgettable Friend. This time when i return home, i will not see him, some thing not happend in the last dozen years.

Kittu, you have left lot of memories for us and we can not forget you darling.