Hailed as "an absolute must-read" (Jean Twenge) and a book that "will
change your kids' lives" (Jack Canfield), UnSelfie by Dr. Michele Borba
explains what parents and educators MUST do to combat the growing
empathy crisis among children today--including a 9-step empathy-building
program with tips to guide kids from birth through college, and
beyond.Teens today are forty percent less empathetic than they were
thirty years ago. Why is a lack of empathy--which goes hand-in-hand with
the self-absorption epidemic Dr. Michele Borba calls the Selfie
Syndrome--so dangerous? First, it hurts kids' academic performance and
leads to bullying behaviors. Also, it correlates with more cheating and
less resilience. And once children grow up, a lack of empathy hampers
their ability to collaborate, innovate, and problem-solve--all must-have
skills for the global economy. In UnSelfie Dr. Borba pinpoints the
forces causing the empathy crisis and shares a revolutionary,
researched-based, nine-step plan for reversing it. The good news?
Empathy is a trait that can be taught and nurtured. Dr. Borba offers a
framework for parenting that yields the results we all want: successful,
happy kids who also are kind, moral, courageous, and resilient. UnSelfie
is a blueprint for parents and educators who want to kids shift their
focus from I, me, and mine...to we, us, and ours.
