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Learning Sympathy
學會同情
A big part of being human is feeling sympathy, but how early on in our lives do we learn this? Scientists find that babies respond to other people by crying when other babies cry. However, babies can't distinguish between themselves and others until they're eighteen to twenty months old. Toddlers start to show concern for others around this time. Kids also begin to do things like comforting other people. And by the time they're three, most children will try to protect a victim in a fight.
惻隱之心，人皆有之。但是我們是在哪個成長階段開始，有了惻隱之心的呢？ 科學家發現，嬰兒在聽到其他嬰兒哭泣的時候，也會對人哭泣。但是，嬰兒到18個月至20個月大的時候，才能區分自己和別人。蹣跚學步的小孩大約從這個時候開始表現出對他人的關心。同時孩子們也開始會做安慰他人之類的事。到三歲的時候，大多數孩子會想要保護爭斗中弱勢的一方。
