Empathy and compassion are cornerstnes of a happy meaningful life. Empathy is also a building block of morality, breeds courage and reduces prejudice and racism. These pro-social behaviors are critical for healty social development. Kids and teens with positive social skills are more likely to have high sucessful marriages and careers. Teaching emparty is both extremely important and extremely difficult because its not somthing that can be instilled from a book or verbal repetition. it emerges in emotional situations, which digital games can simulate. For example games such as Pixelberry’s own high School Story that can be otherwise difficult to simulate outside the real life world