Empathy gives importance to what of a child?

Correct answer: Feelings

Empathy gives importance to a child’s inner experience, including feelings, fears, needs, and the reasons behind behaviour. A child may make mistakes or behave noisily, but an empathetic adult does not reduce the child to those outward actions. Instead, the adult asks what the child may be feeling and responds with patience and care. In The Little Girl, understanding Kezia’s fear and confusion is more meaningful than merely criticising her mistakes or reacting to her visible behaviour. Option A is therefore correct. Noise is only an external action, mistakes alone invite judgement, and frightening a child is the opposite of empathy. Genuine empathy begins with emotional understanding.