UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (626 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01FKLZ0KS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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but it can quickly and so far it is good. Haven't finished reading it yet, but it can quickly and so far it is good.. Must read for parents and educators Every parent, grandparent, and educator should read this book.. Five Stars Dana White Great book. All parents should read this.
Borba's nine-step plan for raising successful, happy kids who also are kind, moral, courageous, and resilient provides a revolutionary new framework for learning empathy. Best-selling author Michele Borba offers a nine-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. And the good news is that empathy can actually be cultivated in children, starting even before they can talk. In UnSelfie, esteemed educator Dr. In our hyperconnected, social-media-saturated society, many of us (especially young people) are so obsessed with snapping "selfies" and living virtual lives online that we're forgetting how to care for the people right in front of us IRL (that's "in real life"). The resulting Selfie Syndrome is leading to an empathy crisis among today's youth - teens today are 40 percent less empathetic than they were just a generation ago, and narcissism has increased 58 percent during that same period. Empathetic kids will thrive in the future, but the seeds of success can be planted today - one habit at a time.. Michele Borba presents new and compelling research that explains how to impart this key skill to kids - whether it's 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 happines