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Scores of disturbing indicators tell us today’s teens are forty percent less empathetic than they were thirty years ago. This self-absorption epidemic hurts kids’ academic performance and resilience, and it can lead to sadness and bullying behaviors. 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. Empathy is a trait that can be taught and nurtured to yield the results we all want: successful, happy children who also are kind, moral, and courageous, and able to shift their focus from I, me, and mine to we, us, and ours.

Michele Borba, Ed.D. is the author of 24 books that have been translated into fourteen languages. In her latest book, Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World, she 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.