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Bestselling author Michele Borba offers a 9-step program to help parents cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood—and explains why developing a healthy sense of empathy is a key predictor of which kids will thrive and succeed in the future.
In our hyper-connected, social-media-saturated society, many of us (especially young people) are so obsessed with snapping “selfies” and living a virtual life online that were forgetting how to care for the people right in front of us IRL (thats “in real life”). The resulting Selfie Syndrome is leading to an empathy crisis among todays youth—teens today are forty percent less empathetic than they were just a generation ago, and narcissism has increased fifty-eight percent during that same period.
But there is a solution: studies show that the antidote to Selfie Syndrome is empathy. And the good news is that empathy can actually be cultivated in children, starting even before they can talk. In UnSelfie, esteemed educator Dr. Michele Borba presents new and compelling research that explains how to impart this key skill to kids—whether its teaching toddlers how to comfort one another or giving teens the tools to stand up to bullying—and why empathy paves the way for future happiness and success.
Caring about others isnt just about playing nice; its a skill thats vital for childrens mental health, leadership skills, and continued well-being, today and tomorrow. Dr. Borbas 9-step plan for raising successful, happy kids who also are kind, moral, courageous, and resilient provides a revolutionary new framework for learning empathy. Empathetic kids will thrive in the future, but the seeds of success can be planted today—one habit at a time.
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Praise for Michele Borba:
“[The] go-to parent expert.” CNN
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“The most trusted parenting expert in America.” Dr. Drew
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“The Mommy Whisperer.”
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“The Mommy Whisperer.” Natalie Morales, TODAY show
About the Author
Michele Borba is a former classroom teacher with a wide range of teaching experience, including work with children with learning, physical, behavioral, and emotional disabilities. She received a Doctorate in Educational Psychology and Counseling from the University of San Francisco, an MA in Learning Disabilities and BA from the University of Santa Clara, and earned a Life Teaching Credential from San Jose State University. She is a regular NBC contributor who has appeared 125 times on the Today show and has been featured as an expert on Dr. Phil, Dateline, The View, NBC Nightly News, The Doctors, MSNBC, Fox & Friends, Inside Edition, Fox Headline News, The Early Show, and CNN, among many others. She lives in Palm Springs, California, with her husband and is the mother of three grown sons.