Unselfie why empathetic kids succeed in our all-about-me world
"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-...
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New York :
Touchstone,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First Edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The hidden advantage of empathy and why it matters for our children
- Part One. Developing empathy
- 1. Empathetic children can recognize feelings: teaching emotional literacy
- 2. Empathetic children have a moral identity: developing an ethical code
- 3. Empathetic children understand the needs of others: instilling perspective taking and learning to walk in another's shoes
- 4. Empathetic children have a moral imagination: reading to cultivate empathy
- Part Two. Practicing empathy
- 5. Empathetic children can keep their cool: managing strong emotions and mastering self-regulation
- 6. Empathetic children practice kindness: developing and exercising compassion every day
- 7. Empathetic children think "us" not "them": cultivating empathy through teamwork and collaboration
- Part Three. Living empathy
- 8. Empathetic children stick their necks out: promoting moral courage
- 9. Empathetic children want to make a difference: growing changemakers and altruistic leaders
- Epilogue: The empathy advantage: the seven most creative ways to give children the edge they need to succeed.
