Michele Borba - RAISING UNSELFIES! Why Empathy is Key to Real Success, Happiness and Resilience and Proven Ways to Nurture It In Kids

_PARENTING WITH PURPOSE SPEAKER SERIES . . ._DR. MICHELE BORBA -“RAISING UNSELFIES: Why EMPATHY IS KEY TO CHILDREN’s SUCCESS, HAPPINESS, and RESILIENCE”_ (Community Book Read!)_TOPIC DESCRIPTION: _UnSelfie:Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World_ by Dr. Michele Borba, introduces a revolutionary but simple idea that will transform our kids’ lives: that empathy—rather than being a nice “add-on” to our kids’ development—is in fact integral to their current and future success, happiness, and well-being. And empathy is a quality that can be taught—in fact, it’s a quality that must be taught, by parents, by educators, and by those in a child’s community. What’s more, it’s a trait that kids can cultivate and improve, like riding a bike or learning a foreign language because it’s comprised of habits. But why should we want our kids to empathize? For starters, the ability to empathize affects our kids’ future health, wealth, authentic happiness, relationship satisfaction, and ability to bounce back from adversity. It promotes kindness, prosocial behaviors, and moral courage, and it is an effective antidote to bullying, aggression, prejudice, and racism. Empathy also prepares kids for the global world, and gives them a job market boost. Empathy is core to everything that makes a society civilized, but above all, it makes our children better people and it’s why we must raise empathetic children. But how? Nine essential competencies comprise empathy. With practice, they can become habits that children will use for a lifetime to maintain their caring capacities. UnSelfie offers dozens of ways to instill these habits. DR. MICHELE BORBA is an internationally recognized expert and author on children, teens, and parenting. Her work aims to help strengthen children’s resilience, build strong families, create compassionate school cultures, and reduce peer cruelty. Her practical, research-based advice is culled from a career of working with over one million parents and educators worldwide. She is an NBC contributor appearing over 100 times on the TODAY show and her work has been featured on Dr. Phil, Dateline, The View, The Doctors, The Early Show and CNN and well as in Newsweek, People, Good Housekeeping, Chicago Tribune, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Post, The New York Times and The Globe and Mail. Dr. Borba is the award-winning author of 22 parenting and educational books.  NOTE: CHILDCARE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT. Have questions about Parenting with Purpose Speaker Series . . . Dr. MICHELE BORBA -“RAISING UNSELFIES: Why EMPATHY IS KEY TO CHILDREN’s SUCCESS, HAPPINESS, and RESILIENCE”_ (Community Book Read!)_? Contact Minnetonka Public Schools