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Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered
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ISBN: 006165678X
Author: Perry, Bruce D
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An inside look at the power of empathy: Born for Love is an unprecedented exploration of how and why the brain learns to bond with othersand a stirring call to protect our children from new threats to their capacity to love 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, renowned child psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry and award-winning science journalist Maia Szalavitz interweave research and stories from Perry's 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 it is threatened in the modern world. Perry and Szalavitz show that compassion underlies the qualities that make society worktrust, al
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Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered