UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World

Hailed as &quot;an absolute must-read&quot; (Jean Twenge) and a book that &quot;will change your kids' lives&quot; (Jack Canfield) , <i>UnSelfie</i> 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.<br><br>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.<br> <br>In <i>UnSelfie</i> Dr. Borba pinpoints the forces causing the empathy crisis and shares a revolutionary, researched-based, nine-step plan for reversing it.<br> <br>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. <i>UnSelfie</i> is a blueprint for parents and educators who want to kids shift their focus from <i>I, me, </i>and<i> mine</i> ... to <i>we, us, </i>and<i> ours.</i>