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percent less empathetic than they werethirty years ago, with much <strong>of</strong> the drophav<strong>in</strong>g occurred s<strong>in</strong>ce 2000. (<strong>The</strong>study’s authors speculate that the decl<strong>in</strong>e<strong>in</strong> empathy is related to the prevalence<strong>of</strong> social media, reality TV, and“hyper-<strong>com</strong>petitiveness.”)Of course, hav<strong>in</strong>g these traits doesn’tmean that sensitive children are angels.<strong>The</strong>y have selfish streaks like everyoneelse. Sometimes they act alo<strong>of</strong> and unfriendly.And when they’re overwhelmedby negative emotions likeshame or anxiety, says Aron, they canbe positively oblivious <strong>of</strong> other people’sneeds.But the same receptivity to experiencethat can make life difficult for thehighly sensitive also builds their consciences.Aron tells <strong>of</strong> one sensitiveteen who persuaded his mother to feeda homeless person he’d met <strong>in</strong> the park,408/929

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