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Raising Kinder Kids in a Crueler World

Posted: January 10th, 2011 by Michele Borba


Proven tips to nurture compassion children and reduce peer cruelty Last fall I was on the East Coast helping a small school district implement a character education program. My first meeting was with a district administrator to assess the students’ needs, and the discussion has haunted me ever since. I began by inquiring about the [...]



Empathy Crisis: Why Children Are Crueler

Posted: May 2nd, 2010 by Michele Borba


EMPATHY: Identifying with and feeling other people’s concerns. Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Abraham from Pontiac, Michigan, told his friend that he was going to shoot somebody. He allegedly stole a gun and practiced his aim on stationary targets. Then he walked to a convenience store, pointed his gun at a stranger and shot Ronnie Greene Jr. in [...]