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The groundbreaking exploration of the power of empathy by renowned child-psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry, coauthor, with Oprah Winfrey, of What Happened to You?
Empathy, and the ties that bind people into relationships, are key elements of happiness. Born for Love is truly fascinating. Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project
From birth, when babies fingers instinctively cling to those of adults, their bodies and brains seek an intimate connection, a bond made possible by empathythe ability to love and to share the feelings of others.
In this provocative book, psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry and award-winning science journalist Maia Szalavitz interweave research and stories from Perrys practice with cutting-edge scientific studies and historical examples to explain how empathy develops, why it is essential for our development into healthy adults, and how to raise kids with empathy while navigating threats from technological change and other forces in the modern world.
Perry and Szalavitz show that compassion underlies the qualities that make society worktrust, altruism, collaboration, love, charityand how difficulties related to empathy are key factors in social problems such as war, crime, racism, and mental illness. Even physical health, from infectious diseases to heart attacks, is deeply affected by our human connections to one another.
As Born for Love reveals, recent changes in technology, child-rearing practices, education, and lifestyles are starting to rob children of necessary human contact and deep relationshipsthe essential foundation for empathy and a caring, healthy society. Sounding an important warning bell, Born for Love offers practical ideas for combating the negative influences of modern life and fostering positive social change to benefit us all. It reveals how and why the brain learns to bond with othersand is a stirring call to protect our children from new threats to their capacity to love.
Author: Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 04/05/2011
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780061656798
Language: English
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