Review of Jim Mustard Event
Written by Yvette Rogers and published at whatsgoinon.ca
Jim Mustard, the keynote speaker of the evening, discussed the Roots of Empathy program, wherein an infant is brought into the classroom setting – with outstanding results. He talked about childhood development and brain function, he talked about getting the community together from both the bottom down and the grass roots up, he talked about not waiting around for government to do something but to get started.
In about a half-hour we learned of his experiences as a human being, a parent, as a foster parent, as someone who recognizes social development as the key ingredient for any development, and one who knows on several levels why we need to bring our perspective back to the infant.
It’s not about the economy, it’s not about the environment, not entirely for their own sake – put an infant in the mix and you start to recognize reality. Babies don’t lie.
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I left feeling inspired. I left with a sense of hope for the community. I also felt like I wanted to drop by Jim Mustard’s house and gather some ideas over tea. I left thinking the Roots of Empathy program is one of the best ideas I’d ever heard of.
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