Compassion, integrity and empathy are more than just words. They are traits that everyone should embody...but we know that does not always happen. Unfortunately, we do not hear enough about these traits in our youth. As some of us get older, it gets easier to remark that kids have changed. It's a rite of passage for us, because we heard the same thing from older people when we were young.

Let's face it, we hear that kids have shorter attention spans, use their phones too much, and only care about themselves. After spending 19 years in the world of elementary education...I don't believe that is true.

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