The concept of empathy is important when serving young children in early childhood settings. As the United States grows more diverse, the early childhood workforce has stayed pretty much unchanged; most teachers are white, middle class women (Warren, 2015). Potentially the dissimilarities between teacher and student could compromise the impact of lessons and the learning environment on young children. Empathy is a tool that can help teachers “step into the shoes” of their students and their families, in order for them to modify and differentiate the educational experience for each unique child. Simply stated, empathy is the ability to take the perspective of others and then act on how this perspective informs the work of an early childhood teacher. The ability to take the perspective of children and their families and respond to their perspectives should be at the heart of our work.