Borba, Michele

"...offers a 9-step program to help parents cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood-and explains why developing a healthy senseof empathy is a key predictor of which kids will thrive and succeed in the future..."--Provided by publisher.

"According to Michele Borba, the woman Dr. Drew calls "the most trusted parenting expert in America," there's an empthy crisis among today's youth, who she dubs the "selfie generation." But the good news is that empathy is a skill that can -- and must -- be taught, and in UNSELFIE (her first book for a general trade audience) Borba offers a 9-step program to help parents cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood"--.

"Presents the 6Rs of bullying prevention (Rules, Recognize, Report, Respond, Refuse, and Replace), a process for reducing peer cruelty and increasing positive behavior support in schools. Includes guidelines for implementing research-based strategies, collecting data, training staff, mobilizing students and parents, building social-emotional skills, and sustaining progress. Digital content also included"--Provided by publisher.

Offers realistic advice on how parents can deal with thirty-eight types of difficult behavior, including anger, biting, defiance, hitting, stealing, tantrums, whining, and more.

Provides parents with a variety of practical, hands-on suggestions to curb their child's attitude problems, including tips for preventing arrogance, bad manners, temper tantrums, greed, impatience, jealousy, and selfishness.

Shows parents how to help children ages four to fifteen who do not have friends or have difficulties in friendships, covering such issues as tattling and gossiping, teasing and bullying, shyness, bossiness, insensitivity, oversensitivity, competitiveness, peer pressure, cliques, breakups, and being the "new kid.".