THE ESSENTIAL BLUEPRINT TO HELP PARENTS AND EDUCATORS SHIFT OUR CHILDREN'S FOCUS FROM I, ME, AND MINE TO US, WE, AND OURS
Teens today are 40 percent less empathetic than they were thirty years ago, often with devastating consequences. In UnSelfie, bestselling author and parenting expert Dr. Michele Borba pinpoints the forces causing the empathy crisis and offers a revolutionary nine-step plan to help parents and educators cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood, including:
Why spanking, yelling, and time-outs can squelch empathy
How lavish praise keeps kids locked in "selfie" mode
Why reading makes kids smarter and kinder
How to help kids be "Upstanders" in the face of bullying
Why self-control is the best predictor of wealth, health, and happiness
How to ignite a Kindness Revolution in your kids and community
With age-appropriate exercises and examples from years of research, Dr. Borba offers a framework that yields the results we all want: successful, happy kids who grow up to be kind, moral, courageous, and resilient adults.