Page 51 - Highlights for Children (December 2017)

How Caring

Are You?

If you see a friend crying, do you reach
out to that friend, or do you go running
in the other direction? Do you have
empathy? Take this quiz and find out.

1. You bump into a boy at school
and he drops his books. You:
a. Help him pick them up.
b. Say “sorry” but continue on
to class.
c. Do nothing. He was in your way.

2. You’re at the mall when you see a

girl from your school crying. You:
a. Go over to her to see if there is
5. You are on the school bus as the doors
anything you can do to help.
close. You see a kid running down the
b. Feel bad for her, but do nothing.
street yelling for the bus to stop. You:
c. Duck into a store before she sees you.
a. Tell the bus driver that a kid is trying
3. You and some friends have plans to catch the bus.
to go to the movies. Your best b. Cringe. You know how it feels to miss
the bus.
friend confides that he doesn’t have
c. Pretend you don’t notice. It’s the kid’s fault
enough money. You:
for being late.
a. Suggest that everyone play ball in
the park instead.
b. Tell your friend “OK. Maybe next
time,” and then go to the movies
without him. Results
c. Stop inviting your best friend when
you have plans with others. you would feel if you were in his or her shoes. happens to someone else, try thinking about how

4. Your soccer team is winning when how others feel. The next time something
someone on the other team gets If you answered mostly c: You tend to ignore
hurt and the game is canceled. You: might try thinking about how you can help.
a. Hope the player on the other team others feel, but you prefer not to get involved. You
is OK. If you answered mostly b: You notice how
b. Are disappointed, but you try to thinks of others.
remember that there will be You seem to be a compassionate person who
other games. If you answered mostly a: Congratulations.
c. Are mad. Your team was winning!

Art by Mike DeSantis.